April 19, 2007

What a friend we have in cheeses!

Blasphemy or verity? Does it matter that the cheeses were all French? That the venue for this six-course cheese-eating dinner was the venerable Mitchelli's in Pioneer Square? That the guest of honor was Lou DeLaurenti?

Mitchelli cheese dinner.jpg

All God's ungulates get in on the act. Sheepish Ossau Iraty on bruschetta to start, followed by mountain-milky Comté shavings on a salad of Boston bibb and golden beets, then Calvados-washed Grain d'Orge surrounded by tomato bisque. Moving on, a goaty Bûche Maître Séguin with smoked lamb tongue and roasted portobello; cave-aged blue-veined Roquefort atop a flatiron steak; cream-infused Délice de Bourgogne with a mocha pot de crème, all matched up with four fine wines.

In the end, verity trumps blasphemy, washes away sins, grief, needless pain. Besides, Mitchelli turns 30 this year! Thirty!! A friend indeed.

Mitchelli's, 84 Yesler Way, Seattle, 206-623-3883

Europe Vacation Packages - Order FREE Travel Brochure!

Posted by Ronald Holden at April 19, 2007 9:53 AM
Comments

Oops...I thought I was posting under NUE...oh well.

Posted by: peabody at April 21, 2007 7:08 PM

Thanks for posting this! I have wanted to go to 08 for awhile and now I have an excuse.

Posted by: peabody at April 21, 2007 7:07 PM

Sound delicious. Good thing God invented Tums, as well.

Posted by: David at April 19, 2007 1:38 PM