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What does the French Line’s Sultan of Sauces have to offer? Check out the Ocean Liner Dinner Menu for April 7, 2018. Click the link in our bio for more info on auction items and tickets! Featuring a succulent multiple course meal and savory experience in the tradition of classic French Line Cuisine…. This contemporary execution of vintage first class dining is based on the actual menu items and preparation as was made famous on board the magnificent S.S. Normandie as she crossed the Atlantic at record speeds and high-style during the late 1930’s. Amuse Bouche Brie and Wild Mushroom Tartlets Parmesan Arancini First Course Classic French Onion Soup with Gruyere Crouton Intermezzo Champagne Sorbet Basil-Ginger Syrup Second Course Grilled Filet Mignon Yukon Potato-Celeriac Blintz and Red Wine Demi Glace Green Beans with Shallot Butter Third Course Chevre Salad Boston Bibb Lettuce with Sliced Pears and Baked Goat Cheese, Plumped Cranberries and Champagne Vinaigrette Warm European Style Breads, Fresh Whipped Butter Fourth Course Opera Torte A classic French layered cake with hazelnut and almond sponge, mocha buttercream And chocolate ganache Vegetarian Option Vegetable Strudel Grilled Seasonal Vegetables, Herbed Goat Cheese And Parmesan-Phyllo Pastry ⚓️ Images from the SSHSA Archives. #ssnormandie #menu #historicmenu #food #foodie #nonprofit #fundraiser #oceanliner #oceanlinerdinner #sshsa #shiphistory #frenchline #frenchcuisine #history #maritime #steamship #firstclass (at The Steamship Historical Society of America)

[revelrysociety]

Take a Seat at Spago in 1983

It's a Saturday night on Sunset Boulevard. The year? 1983. You're table? It's at Spago, one of the hottest restaurants in the city. It's only been open for a year, but the way its chef, Wolfgang Puck, is serving up California cuisine, this dining room is on its way to becoming one of the most iconic destinations in Los Angeles.

Many of our California-based Society members still recall the electricity surrounding Spago when it first opened where you'd have to traverse a row of Rolls-Royces parked outside before making the restaurant's front door, and sitting down to a nearly unheard of concept back then: simple dishes made with fresh, local products, at an affordable price. That's if you could get a table. A reservation at Spago was a status symbol unto itslelf in 1983.

Eventually the restaurant left this location and moved to it's present home on Canon Drive in Beverly Hills. But tonight, you're dining at the original, ground breaking room, that on a Saturday, just about everyone wanted to be in. Here's your menu.

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