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