June 23, 2018 | 7:00 - 9:00pm

Krewe d'Etat Room, Tujague's Restaurant

 

Author and food historian, Poppy Tooker will walk guests through 300 years of delicious New Orleans food history. As the author of the  Tujague’s Restaurant Cookbook, Poppy will tell the story of New Orleans’ second oldest continuously operating restaurant, complete with the tale of New Orleans' first rockstar chef, Madame Bégué, and the restaurant's cross-dressing ghost, Julian Eltinge!

 

Featured Cocktail: Sidecar with Ferrand Original 1840 Cognac and Ferrand Dry Curacao 

 

Menu:

 

1st Course:

 

Crawfish and Goat Cheese Crepe 

with Chardonnay creole cream

Featuring: Bogle Phantom Chardonnay

 

2nd Course:

Choice of...

 

Speckled Trout Amandine

with Yukon gold mashed potatoes, haricot vert & creole meunière

 

Veal Oscar

with Brabant potatoes, asparagus, jumbo lump crabmeat & sauce béarnaise

 

Roast Duckling Madison

with parslied Brabant potatoes, braised Swiss chard & raspberry fig gastrique

Featuring: Parducci Pinot Noir

 

3rd Course:

Madagascar Vanilla Bean Crème Brûlée

with fresh blueberry compote

Featuring: Nocello

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Tea, Coffee & Soda included