Dinner and Music Hosted by Philip Gelb.Philip is a Vegan Chef, Musician and a Teacher.He hosts a monthly “DINNER AND MUSIC” event in which he prepares all vegan cuisine and invites a special guest musician to provide the entertainment. Check his web site for more information. In this event, he prepared every dish with a tea that we provided him with. AWESOME. Menu for the Evening. |
Shoko and Phil co-founded the group, “Natto” several years ago which has released 2 highly acclaimed CDs and toured in the States and Japan.
Arrival |
First Course |
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As the guests enter, they are greeted with cold infused Karigane Cha from Kyoto served in a Tempered Wine Stem. |
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Tea and rice soup, Ochazuke (genmaicha green tea) paired with a cold infused Kyoto Bancha. |
Salad paired with tea |
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Salad, Cucumber wrapped in daikon slices with fried oolong tea leaves and apricot sauce. |
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Paired Tea, Sakura/Aojiso/Gold Leaf tea (yeah, there really are gold flecks in this tea!) |
Entree paired with tea |
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 Entree Green tea noodles (matcha) fried tofu balls stuffed with lotus root, carrot, sesame seed, ginger, basil with an oolong-walnut sauce daikon pickled with Shincha and cherry blossoms with a side of gyokuro tea leaves with shoyu. |
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Paired Tea An Oolong from Taiwan called Oriental Beauty |
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Live Koto Music |
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Shoko Hikage, originally from Akita Japan, grew up playing koto. After College, studied with the great avant garde koto masters, Kazue and Tadao Sawai. |  |
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The Finale |
Thanks Philip |
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Dessert Matcha 3 ways matcha cake w/ maple matcha ice cream and matcha covered raspberries Paired Tea Premium Blooming Tea served in a Tempered Wine Stem. |
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