Last Tuesday we hosted a late-June dinner for thirty in a quaint Brooklyn apartment. French and Chinese fusion was the theme of the meal, with duck from D’Artagnan, local organic veggies from Sang Lee Farms and wines from Wolffer Estate Winery. A recipe for one of the canapes is at Not Eating Out in New York, and a recap of the night at The Feedbag.
Our hapa community of cooks, eaters, helpers and friends is growing. We had an incredible crew to thank for making the event a wonderful time for all, especially our hostess who gave up her home for a day. Many thanks to Kate Lauber from Wolffer Estate and Jennifer Lee from Sang Lee who offered a talk about their family’s work before the dinner. Special guest appearance/dishwashing help by Ken Tanabe, founder of the mixed-race celebration Loving Day. Here’s photo stroll by Jesse Chan-Norris:
duck liver mousse on rice cracker canapes
Jennifer Lee of Sang Lee Farms (also a hapa!)
torching the red bean creme brulee desserts
five-spice duck confit puff pastry turnovers (served with Sang Lee Farms’ Fred’s Red Pepper Jelly)
Shanghai beauties postcards with menus written on backs
some of the real beauties
(more photos at our Flickr photostream)
Au revoir, and zai jian to Paris of the East for now, and we look forward to serving more dinners soon. A teaser of upcoming events in the works:
-A South-Asian dinner at a yoga studio with a class before dinner
-A Hawaiian luau outdoors
-Hapa Tapas (and cocktails) on a roof
-A Japanese-American dinner with karaoke afterwards
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