Restaurant Events Stamford Napa & Company Recap: Ode to a Blogger's Feast Sarah Green August 18, 2011 Sometimes, a culinary experience is so sublime, Calliope is evoked. On Monday evening, 16 bloggers were invited to experience NAPA & CO, featuring their talented Executive Chef Arik Bensimon. We came, we ate, we were inspired. Tiny tidbits were passed, 6 courses were served, and wines were perfectly paired . But prose wouldn't do it justice. Only through poetry and some visual food porn can you, too, feel a part of our pilgrimage to edible rapture: HAIKU Duck egg gently poached Hatched atop Fontina bed Truffle chip pillows Pork Belly Skewers Pickled Rhubarb Tangy, Sweet Caramelized Delight Oh, Hen of the Woods Fennel Pollen Blanketing Halibut Heaven A SOUS VIDE SONNET Lamb Belly, Slow Cooked, Delicately Glides Resting, Dreaming upon its Fava bed Of oval, green lily pads lifting high Medallions of glory, perfect tears shed Under - it's magic. A pureed potion, Beans are gently pummeled, drizzled, mashing Like the spray of wild and feral ocean Upon the taste buds, flavor waves crashing Yet more awaits, forks descend, penetrate White yogurt ribbons, goat's milk for the gods Wrapped sweet morsels, surrendering to fate Plump, fava clouds transport the savory pods Paired with Chianti - Ambrosia, delight Gourmand's nirvana, lamb belly, done right. A BRISKET TALE B etter than Bubby's R aised on local grass I nfused with jus S avory, succulent, slightly sweet K runchy Korn Kompote E xquisite heirloom tomatoes T ender, tantilizing, to DIE for "Oolii" Oo lala! Oolii - Croatian mushroom Oolii - "google" stumper Oolii - bride to the fettucine groom Oolii - shitake trumper Oolii - saffron sponge Oolii - Chardonnay's friend Oolii - take the plunge Oolii - latest trend DESSERT- A Mathematical Equation Mascarpone cheese cake fluff + sweet basil infusion + fresh, infused raspberries = sublime finish + 16 sated foodies LIMMERICK There once was a girl from Nantucket...(oops - wrong limmerick!) The Kitchen at Napa & Co Really knows how to put on a show With Bloggers around To Impress and Astound They certainly know what they know! A LITTLE LATIN DIDDY: Amo ergo edo. Edo ergo amo. And now, some heartfelt prose to finish - Thank you, Mary, Charlie and Arik Bensimon for a most poetic evening. With admiration from CTbites.com.
