The James Beard Experience – hors d’oeuvres

Last week I had the honour of going to this dinner:

We invite you and a guest to join us on Wednesday, November 3 at 6 p.m. at the Burroughes Building to experience a preview dinner of Executive Chef Chris Mills’ Pacific Rim-inspired five-course meal. It is an exclusive opportunity to sample Chef Mills’ menu and wine pairings in advance of his presentation in New York City at the renowned culinary institution James Beard House.

The hors d’oeuvres menu was as follows:

(Note: The photos here are ones I took. Please don’t use them without permission.)

Hors D’Oeuvres

Peaches & Cream Chicken Corndog

Japanese Hummus

Chicken Tacos

Pacific Tuna Chopsticks

My beautiful friend Diana and I ate them all.

Along with many glasses o’ Joie Rose out of British Columbia… JOEY peeps know how to par-tay.

The Chicken Corndog was one of the best (and whitest) pieces of chicken I have ever had. Everything was served by the Regional Managers (Assistant to the Regional Manager?) of JOEY Restaurants, which made for a fun experience.

Not so much for them, perhaps.

Tomorrow, I’ll share the sit-down dinner menu.

In the meantime, see pics from the event courtesy of The Globe & Mail. You might recognize the lady on slide 5…