I had clients in town yesterday, Thursday, from San Diego, CA, and we had dinner at Cooking Accomplished. Our evening consisted of a cooking demonstration with a 4-course dinner. WOW! We had a fantastic time! Our evening began with our group enjoying wild mushroom gougeres appetizers, with French white wine, as we sat chatting around a coffee table in their comfortable sofa and chairs. We progressed to the seating counter around a cooking station for our meal, where we enjoyed a seasonal salad of local ingredients topped with a pomegranate vinaigrette that tasted like salad candy (my associate Laura said that she would never have believed that healthy food could taste this awesome!). We watched as our crab cakes and steaks were cooked to perfection right in front of us, and everyone agreed the crab cakes were the best any of us have ever had. The Oregon red wines we enjoyed with our dinner were the right compliment to our meal. For dessert, we loved the flourless chocolate cake drizzled with caramel and served with coffee whipped cream on the side. The Oregon Raspberry Aperitif we sipped with dessert completed a fantastic evening that everyone agreed could not have been more fun. Our night out with my clients was a huge success, and I do not believe we could have had anywhere near the good time we had, if we'd simply gone to a restaurant; even if we had a private room!
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