St. Louis’ Clandestine Chef took his underground dinner party truly subterranean on Saturday, holding his invite-only affair known as Entre in the vintage wine cellar of a posh cottage in Augusta. This month’s fete featured an all-vegetarian menu: brioche toast with black garlic, goat cheese, tomato, microgreens and a balsamic glaze; a cucumber-mint sorbet floating atop gazpacho served alongside an avocado purée with olive oil powder, roasted corn and flash-fried basil; and white and green asparagus with fried béarnaise and strawberry foam. Next up, a beet tartare with mango yolk, followed by a veggie pot pie filled with blue potatoes, carrots, English shelling peas and corn. For the final round, mango sticky rice with green tea foam. Oh, and six rounds of libations – wine or beer, choose your fleet.
Want to get in on the covert supper club? Contact the Clandestine Chef via his Web site www.danssouslaterre.com and you might make the next guest list.
– Ligaya Figueras
This article appears in Jun 1-30, 2009.