We did a bit of an island tour on Sunday afternoon. We drove out to East End for lunch and to get a new pump for our fountain (which is still not working).
We tried Eagle Ray’s for the first time. Most important to us the food was really good, you had nice views and could sit in the shade! We will have to take my mom there when she is down next month.
So today we went for one on my favorite lunch spots- the Green House… however when we got there is was a place called Vivo! They changed owners and chefs about 2 weeks ago. I was very disappointed as I was really looking forward to my tea and pizza, but I ended up with a lion fish sandwich. The lion fish and freshly made bun were really good, but I will have to say I was still a bit disappointed.
A group of us purchased a dinner with at the governor’s house at a live auction. All the proceeds went to help the victims of the Nepal earthquake.
The evening started out with bubbles on the patio watching the sunset. They brought out some amazing appetizers. Some were so pretty we didn’t want to eat them!
After appetizers we sat down for dinner. It consisted of 5 courses each from an amazing chef on the island. The first course was from Chef Keith Griffin. It was a rare seared yellow fin tuna with roasted potatoes, haricots, tapenade, greens and a soft poached quail egg. The paired it with a really nice Schloss Johanisberger Riesling.
The second course was prepared by Chef Shetty Vidyadhara and paired with a Comtes Lafon Sancerre. The course consisted of a seared diver scallop with a callaloo puree, tomato chutney and a mandarin drizzle… amazing.
Chef Sandy Tuason prepared the third course- a local snapper with ditalini, tomato, presto broth and herb salad. This was paired with a Ramio’s from 2007. While I loved the food, I didn’t understand the pairing and I think it would have been better paired with a different wine.
The main course was prepared by Frederic Morineau and consisted of a Niman Ranch Lamb with a comfit, belly and roasted rack, goat cheese mash, eggplant caviar, cumin and honey glazed local carrot. Probably not my favorite course, but very nice. The wine however was a bit much with this as well- a Montes Purple Angel from 2012.
Finally came dessert! It was created by chef Melissa Logan. It was beautiful! A maracaibo chocolate pave with a hazelnut dulce sponge, passion fruit curd, praline ice cream and micro flowers. A work of art!
Yabbey had a rough day yesterday- she had to have 5 teeth pulled so she was at the vet all day and came home with stitches in her mouth. Then she wouldn’t take her medicine, so she had to back to the vet today to get a shot.
The Johnsons 