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May 2011 Kangaroo Valley Voice www.kangaroovalley.nsw.au Page 15
Win a great dinner—Valley Voice launches new readers contest
Who would you have at your table
This month we launch a new competition
for our readers.
All you have to do to win a magical meal for
two at the fabulous Jing Jo Thai Restaurant
is to let your imagination loose on an
interesting concept.
Imagine you are planning to have a dinner
party (in your own home) with spouse or
partner as co-host and can invite four people to
share the table.
You can ask any person you wish to nominate
from history or from the world of today.
Gender is irrelevant (all males, all females or
any combination of the sexes) that is up to you.
Perhaps you might choose, Colonel Ghaddafi,
Mahatma Ghandi, Mother Teresa and
Winston Churchill as a group.
Or Benazir Bhutto, Indira Ghandi,
Margaret Thatcher and Madame Curie
Or if sport is your go something like, Sir
Donald Bradman, Mohammed Ali, Betty
Cuthbert and Yvonne Goolagong could be an
interesting group.
For those of deeper thought what about Plato,
Aristotle, Shakespeare and Rousseau sharing
the “nosh up”
In addition to the names you choose please
write a short paragraph of why you have
nominated each person to your dinner party
and what you were setting out to achieve in the
balance. And lastly (apart from your name and
contact details) what taste sensations will your
guests receive on your menu for a three course
dinner
To give you some inspiration we have sample
entries from Rosemary Stanton and “The
seasonal chef” two of our Valley Voice
columnists.
Who I would ask to dinner
From the seasonal chef
So the brief is to create a three course meal with
four guests from the past or present. Hmmm,
where do I start
So many possibilities, who do I invite and what
are we eating… where are we at that time
Letting the imagination run wild for a while this
is what I came up with.
Picture this… sitting in plush velvet chairs at a
long wooden table in a 1400 century castle on
the North York moors.
It’s the middle of winter and we have open fires
raging the table lit by candlelight while the wine
has been flowing. Sitting at my table are four
guests that have all been chosen for a specific
reason.
Apart from these four guests my family and
friends are all sitting around to enjoy this joyous
occasion as well. Hey if you can bring people
back from the dead I’m sure we can sneak in a
few extra people right!
My Guests,
Frank Sinatra
For every great feast you should always have
some amazing entertainment. So Old Blue Eyes
will be singing for his supper tonight.
Roald Dahl
As well as great music we all need an amazing
story teller. To be able to sit down and revisit
the stories
from my
childhood by
this author
would be
priceless.
Heston
Blumenthal
Heston is one
chef that I really admire for his brilliant work
in the culinary field. His food is crazy but
delicious and has a real twist. Hopefully he
might share some of his journeys and give us
an insight into his warped mind.
Leonardo di Vinci
This guest is here to be my Pictionary partner
for obvious reasons. Hopefully he may stay
around long enough to give me some pointers
on sketching as well.
The Menu:
Entrée
Roast wild mushroom soup with chive cream
served with sourdough
and freshly churned butter
Main
Suckling pig with garden vegetables, crispy
roast potatoes and red wine jus
Dessert
Trio of desserts- crème brulee, hazelnut gelato
and sticky date pudding with toffee sauce
Hope you enjoyed the evening as much as me.
Goodnight!
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