Students and instructors at Le Cordon Bleu Miami are throwing a five course dinner and silent auction Saturday, August 13 at 6 p.m. to help with the medical bills of their own Chef Humberto Guardiola. Cost is $75 per person. Tickets are available here. [EaterWire]
First
plantain soup
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caldo santo
seafood and root vegetables in coconut broth
Second
Caribbean salad
cilantro- lime dressing, cassava chips
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conch salad
guanabana (sour sop) vinaigrette
Third
salt cod
tomato salsa, coconut arepa, avocado foam
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chicken lollipops
guava-bbq glaze
Fourth
tenderloin of beef
sweet plantains, rum-raisin demi- glace
tenderloin of pork
mofongo of yucca, salsa criolla
Fifth
cheese plate
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stout sorbet
chocolate disc with pineapple sauce