All I knew was the date of the festivities and the theme, golden dragon! Little did I know I was going to be blindfolded from the subway and escorted 2 blocks and up 2 flights of stairs to a strangers apartment with a private chef and an intimate group of my favourite NYC peeps! That's right I had a surprise 5 course dinner party with a private chef and waitress, basically I'm Oprah nee Joprah!
The Menu
Blood orange cocktails and Lemonade cocktails , red and white wine
Chives and Pork Dumplings & Vegetarian Dumplings with dipping sauce - I am a dumpling fiend! and these were amazing I love the texture of steamed dough and then lightly fried it so soft and crunchy.
Lemongrass Shrimp over rice Vermicelli - simple and refreshing
Pan Fried Scallops served with Parsnip Puree and Stir Fried Pea Shoots - The scallops were delightful, cooked just right, with the side of fried pea shoots and the puree it was the perfect combination of textures and flavours in your mouth. Dear lord I am still dreaming about this parsnip purée! It was fantastic the consistency was perfectly smooth, light and fragrant in flavour I went back for I wanna say fourth and fifth helpings, it was my birthday okay.
Sauteed Chinese Broccoli and garlic - As good as it sounds I was devouring it with my parsnip purée helpings.
Pavlova served with Cream and Berries - The cake! This was inspired by the Aussie in me gotta have a pav! It was delightful with fresh berries, cream and meringue I just noticed that the cake was red white and blue! It instantly made me think of my BFF Antoinette now I have to get her recipe to replicate this dessert for the looming slapsgiving!
Fortune Cookies - These were hands down the coolest fortune cookies I have ever busted open. Each guest wrote a fortune to me then the chef put them in hand made fortune cookies and I read each one and had to guess who wrote them. Here's a few
Respect your elders and be generous with gin - g-dawg
I'm basically rich - scoop dawg
When you smile the world smiles with you - Chris
This was hands down the best birthday present I have ever received! a special thank you to the Metcalfe-Klaw crew for putting it together, thank you to all the delicious guests for making it so memorable and to my cousin Zoe, events mastermind with all her awesome NY contacts leading to this, her biggest event of all thank you times a bajillion I'll never forget the golden birthday extravaganza!
Also a huge thank you to the host and chef Alexis Greene and Nana Pavelic! Checkout Supper Club NYC if you want to create a magical event like this!
Love the way you love!
~JBomb
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