dj ross one played a great mix of hits- ranging from jay z, cyndi lauper and m.i.a. dancers dressed in red feathers entertained the crowd with a french musical and everyone eventually ended up on the dance floor- no matter how old.
but let's get to the important part- the food! cuisine was artfully assembled by chef claude troisgros (from blue door at the delano) and it was quite an extensive selection. servers, dressed in all white and red converses- which i was crazy about- handed out appetizers such as brazilian chicken skewers, crabavocat (guacamole, crispy shrimp, blue crab with spiced tomato couls), shitake and duck confit with ginger and cilantro and my favorite was the steak tartare- beef along with anchony, boiled egg and capers topped with truffle oil on a baguette crostini. one of the bars served a vegetarian ensemble of caviar over sweet potato chips and i found myself wanting to pop those babies into my mouth one after the other.
the entree stations were immediate crowd pleasers. i had the chilean sea bass, served with hearts of palm and soy glazed cashew nuts, lime and fresh herbs. this combination was phenomenal. lamb morel and steak a la bordelaise was also offered and finished pretty quickly.
dessert was passed around in mini-tastings with choices such as molten chocolate cake, raspberry napoleon (filo dough with raspberries and cream) and the one that won my heart, the white chocolate creme brulee. desserts like this are really too good to be true!
what an evening. least to say, i was overwhelmed with content and after quite a few grand marnier concoctions... a big fan of everything in the name of rouge.