In case you lost your invitation

From The Seattle Times, the menu for tonight’s dinner for Chinese President Hu Jintao at Bill Gates’ home:

First course

Smoked guinea fowl salad with hazelnuts, spring radishes and Granny Smith apples

Entree

Three choices:

• Fillet of beef with Walla Walla onions, local asparagus, celeriac purée and chervil glacé

• Alaskan halibut and spot prawns with spring vegetables, fingerling potatoes and a smoked-tomato-infused olive oil

• A vegetarian option

Wines

2002 Leonetti Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon or 2003 Chateau Ste. Michelle Chardonnay, Canoe Ridge Estate

Dessert

Rhubarb brown butter almond cake