French Regional Lunch - Champagne - Food & Wine Event 2013

[ehagerty]

Monsieur Paul Restaurant

Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte

Speaker, Wayne Ballard
Sainte Michelle Wine Estates Champagne Specialist

Chef de Cuisine: Francesco Santin

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Our table setting

Champagne chilling, waiting for us!

Getting Started - Champagne & Bread

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Amuse-Bouche
(working from memory - I know it was scallops and I thinks it was prepared ceviche-like)

Nicolas Feuillatte Brut, N.V.​

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Pate Pantin Champenois, Coeur de laitue
Homemade warm pate in a crust, lettuce heart

Nicolas Feuillatte, Blanc de Blanc, 2004​

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Filet de Boeuf sauce aux truffes, tarte aux oignons caramelizes, carottes
Beef tenderloin with truffle sauce, caramelized onion tart, carrots

Nicolas Feuillatte, Palmes d'Or, Rose, 2004​

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Macaron Framboise, rose au champagne, sorbet framboise
Raspberry, rose and Champagne macaron, raspberry sorbet

Nicolas Feuillatte, Brut Rose, N.V.​

The meal photo op

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More pictures to follow .....

 

[ehagerty]

I had my uncle drop me at the Beach Club - with a couple of hours to spare before lunch, I took a quick walk to the International Gateway

... looks like a refurb for the Dolphin (we have pictures of the dolphins lying on their sides near the Caribbean Beach before installation - must have been the year they opened - where did the time go!?!?)

... including these for those of you who like to add to your screen saver

.. decided to do a lap around World Showcase

... spotted this renegade (butterfly)from the Flower and Garden Festival

.. listened to a Mariachi set

.. ran into Chef Jens

.. and the Toji gate - with no people at 11:30 am

... approaching France - did not notice until I got home that the two people looking at the sign were the wine suppliers / speaker for the FRUNCH (the suit was the give-away)

Champagne Wayne

Phillipe, preparing the wine service

The hosts

Thanking the chef

The photo op

What a few glasses of champagne will do - rosy cheeks!!

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[TigerKat]

It was a fabulous Frunch and meeting you and Michelle made it even nicer!

 

[cdtommie]

Fabulous pictures Ellen. You take the best!

 

[ehagerty]

It was a fabulous Frunch and meeting you and Michelle made it even nicer!

Thanks TigerKat - we enjoyed meeting you, too - fun to meet fellow DISers at these events - hard though, without knowing what to look for - in this case Michelle knew what to look for - I tend to be easy to spot - "tall, gray hair"!!

Fabulous pictures Ellen. You take the best!

OK - NOW I know your DIS name - fun meeting you and your wife, too!

 

[wiigirl]

Great review!

 

[podsnel]

You really do take the most beautiful photos, Ellen.

Looked like a GORGEOUS frunch- wish I had been there!

 

[ehagerty]

Great review!

Thank you for taking the time to comment!

 

[ehagerty]

You really do take the most beautiful photos, Ellen.

Looked like a GORGEOUS frunch- wish I had been there!

Thanks! You're boys are young men already - where does the time go! Hopefully, you can attend some FRUNCHes during your 2014 F&W trip. Will be posting the breakfast and Grand Marnier pictures soon!