Barraud Caterers: Board of Directors Dinner



• Gotham Hall • Far Hills • Manhattan Loft • International • Roxbury • New York Bridal Salon • New York Harbor Birthday • Valentine's Day • Board of Directors • Beth Israel Medical Center • Stephen Wise Free Synagogue • Pumpkin Patch Project • Ladies Degustation • Guggenheim Museum • Riverdale Luncheon	One year a world renowned oil company based in Houston, Texas came to New York City, taking over Le Cirque for their Board of Director’s Annual Dinner. The following year they selected Barraud Caterers to celebrate their board members’ gala dinner. At the very successful tasting for the CEO’s two Personal Assistants and two guests, the first thing Ro Howe, Chef/Owner of Barraud Caterers was told immediately after the meal had ended was “Well, I think we should just get out of the way and you design the menu and evening for us.” Here is the result. Poached quail egg and bacon with chive Hollandaise Spice-crusted baked scallops with preserved lemon-curry relish Lobster in lobster gelée with cucumber-tarragon salad Smoked chicken and walnut salad with spiced yoghurt dressing Cheddar shortbread with apple-radish salad Veuve Cliquot Vintage reserve 1996 Carrot-orange water with ginger oil sorbet Cream of leek soup with chilled oscetra caviar truffles and chive crème fraîche Blanc de Lynch Bages 2001 Baked halibut with prosciutto-cardamom sauce Drouhin Beaune Clos des Mouches 1998 Roast magret of duck on duck confit bread pudding with root vegetables and Calvados apples Clos des Lambrays 2001 Spicy melon, pickled morel and watercress salad with oven-dried tomato sorbet — melon vinaigrette Camembert de Normandie with sweet phyllo Clacbitou with candied carrots Honeyed Manchego with smoked paprika, almond, thyme salad Abadia Retuerta El Palomar 1996 Cornmeal pear crèpe with sweet corn ice cream and Kentucky Bourbon syrup Chateau de Fesles Bonnezeaux 1997 Coffee, teas, tisanes with Friandises