Let me just tell you that I've only got hold of the menu thanks to my 'best contact in Spain', Ximena. She had to mobilise her extended Spanish family and engage in 'espionage worthy of cold war days' in the process!
But here's the menu, for your perusal. Enjoy! Sounds pretty good, don't you think?
Photo by Erik Peinar, courtesy of the Office of the President.
Official dinner at Palacio de Real Madrid on July 9, 2007
Cold melon and raisin cream soup
Confit of sea bass with dill and summer vegetables
Poularde chicken, roasted with thyme and roast potatoes
Cold chocolate soufflé with caramel threads
Wines:
Old Sherry
Martín Codax 2006
Grans Muralles 2000
Cava Freixenet
Cold melon and raisin cream soup
Confit of sea bass with dill and summer vegetables
Poularde chicken, roasted with thyme and roast potatoes
Cold chocolate soufflé with caramel threads
Wines:
Old Sherry
Martín Codax 2006
Grans Muralles 2000
Cava Freixenet
Here's the menu in Spanish for those of you preferring to read the menu in original:
Cena de honor que ofrecen Sus Majestades los Reyes al Presidente de la República de Estonia y Sra. de Ilves
Crema fría de melón y uvas pasas
Lubina confitada al eneldo con verduras de temporada
Pularda asada al tomillo con patatas al horno
Soufflé frío de chocolate con hilos de caramelo
Fino de Jerez en crianza
Martín Códax. 2006
Grans Muralles. Cosecha 2000
Freixenet. Gran reserva
Palacio Real, 9 Julio 2007
Crema fría de melón y uvas pasas
Lubina confitada al eneldo con verduras de temporada
Pularda asada al tomillo con patatas al horno
Soufflé frío de chocolate con hilos de caramelo
Fino de Jerez en crianza
Martín Códax. 2006
Grans Muralles. Cosecha 2000
Freixenet. Gran reserva
Palacio Real, 9 Julio 2007
PS Curious to know what the Queen of England or the Emperor of Japan and other foreign dignitaries were served on their official visits to Estonia? Click on the Festive Menus label on the right hand side to find out.
4 comments:
Hey! One of the sea bass jumped up on her head!
Sounds like an interesting summer-time menu - not too heavy or rich. But I think the President's wife needs a fashion consultant. It looks like her skirt has a mind of its own.
hahahahaha Alanna, that's hilarious! i was looking at the hat too, thinking 'wtf...'
Pille, where do you get these menus from? :)
Alanna - you're so cheeky!!
Pene - I don't think the skirt is too bad - and in any case, her wardrobe has improved considerably since last autumn, don't you think?
Maninas - some of the menus have been published in Estonian papers, one I've got from a friend and Ximena helped me with the Spanish one:)
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