Wednesday night's Taste of the Nation event uptown -- raising funds for hunger-relief group Share Our Strength -- featured Dining blog correspondent (and Observer food editor) Kathleen Purvis as one of the judges. Her report:
Tough duty: Judges were impressed with the lobster bisque from LaVecchia's, the spring rolls from Basil Thai, and the lamb ribs, golden tomato and fried grits (plus a bite-size version of its ever-popular Krispy Kreme bread pudding) from Savannah Red. After consuming serious calories in an attempt to be fair, here were the winners.
Hot food:
1. Upstream, togarashi-marinated Key West shrimp with pickled watermelon.
2. Mez, lobster and shrimp cake on red pepper sauce.
2. Mez, lobster and shrimp cake on red pepper sauce.
Cold food:
1. Firebirds, shrimp martini on strawberry salad.
2. Gallery at Ballantyne Resort, cold appetizers including plum tomatoes stuffed with local fresh goat cheese and topped with pine nut/peppercorn brittle.
Table display:
1. Central Piedmont Community College, for the Aztec chocolate fountain (assembled on-site that afternoon by pastry instructor Geoff Blount and his students) and a student-made chocolate/sugar sculpture.
2. Gallery at Ballantyne Resort, for the cold appetizer presentations.
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1 comments:
The photograph of the table setting is interesting. Are the forks "turned over"? Are the forks in the correct position - salad fork on inside? Intersting.
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