Monday 13 September
Today was the opening of Brock's International Building, new home of the Classics Department. Barbara was part of the welcoming committee, and gave a talk to introduce the new Cypriote Museum display cases that she and the students had just set up. We were so glad that Martha and Don could drive in and represent SUNY Buffalo for the festivities that we just had to go out and celebrate afterward.
Our choice was the luxe Inn on the Twenty, a standard-bearer for local food and wine on the Escarpment.
Our wine was a 2007 Gamay Cave Spring - whose cellars are right next door.
Starters were seared sea scallops on golden cauliflower pureé, olive oil poached cipollini, and "vierge sauce"; and milk fed veal marsala with braised (but unfortunately flavorless) lobster mushrooms, a big pecorino arrancino, and Marsala jus.
One main course was a merlot-brined venison chop served with flavorful triple-crunch mustard spaetzle, sturdy greens, and Coronation grape gastrique. The venison chop was fine, but there were a couple of overdone venison slices too - what was that about?
The other was smoked Lakeland Meats duck breast with a Four Corners garden tower (red and yellow peppers, mushroom duxelles, onion, fennel), fresh basil, heirloom beans and Parmesan tea (broth).
We ate, and gossiped, and drank to our extreme satisfaction.
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