Last Supper Club of the Summer @ Three Muses

Amuse & Cocktail served on the balcony @ Three Muses

Our last supper club until September!  This is a small, intimate event on an evening when Chef Daniel Esses incredibly popular "Three  Muses" restaurant is closed for regular business.  Dan has designed a special French Caribbean themed menu for the evening that we will pair with French wines and a delicious Caribbean style cocktail presented by David Sobiesk of Artisan Fine Wines.  This promises to be a wonderful evening of great food, wine and company! The seating for this event is extremely limited and we only have 12 spots available for swirl customers, so please watch for my special email later this week with reservation instructions.

Chef Daniel Esses’ Supper Club

Cost: $75 inclusive

For reservations: email Candice Sirmon, candice.sirmon@gmail.com

You will receive a return email from Candice with a PayPal link where you can pay with credit or debit card.  Your reservation is not complete until payment is made and Candice receives the confirmation from PayPal.  She will follow up with an email once she has received your payment. 

Wines supplied by Swirl Wine Bar & Market

Presented by David Sobiesk, Artisan Fine Wines

Amuse Bouche

Mini Goat Meat Pies

Ananasinha ~ Rum, Velvet Falernum, Pineapple & Lime

1st Course

Crab And Corn Fritter

2011 Verget-Macon Charnay "Le Clos Saint-Pierre”, Burgundy 

2nd Course

Banana Leaf Steamed Snapper with Grilled Peach Salsa

2011 Chateau De Valmer Vouvray, Loire

3rd Course

Pork Tenderloin Colombo 

Sides- Yellow Rice Pilaf With Local Fresh Beans

          - Coconut Milk Braised Greens

2011 Chateau de Saint Cosme Cotes du Rhone les Deux Albions, Rhone

Dessert

Banana Tarte Tatin with Coconut Ice Cream & Rum Carmel Sauce

2008 Herman Mosel Beerenauslese, Austria

Supper Club at Three Muses

Three Muses Supper Club

March 12, 2013 @ 7pm

Sold Out

Chef Daniel Esses
Wines supplied by Swirl Wine Bar & Market
Presented by James Moises, Bizou Wines

$75 inclusive

Amuse Bouche
Curried spinach and goat cheese bruschetta
The Portlandia, Blood Orange Juice, Rosemary, Aviator Gin (Oregon)

1st Course
Swiss chard roll with quinoa, red lentil and sultana raisins in a mushroom broth
2011 Lumos Wines Pinot Gris Rudulfo Vineyard, Oregon

2nd Course
Tikka masala salmon on a cauliflower and carrot fritter
2008 Moises Vieux Carre Pinot Noir, Oregon

3rd Course
Curry leaf and coconut milk braised oxtail over saffron risotto
Served with sides of almond turmeric green beans &
      pickled cucumber and red onion salad
2006 Dominio Sketches of Spain Tempranillo, Oregon

Dessert
Strawberry and mascapone Napolean with hazlenut tuilles
2009 Capitello Wines Dolcino

Savory Bites: Three Muses

"Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got till it's gone..." 

Chef Dan & Antonio

Remember the days when Chef Dan Esses was filling time with us while he was working on opening his now very popular restaurant Three Muses?   Oh how I miss those Friday nights when that sometimes cranky but always creative Jewish guy would be cooking up his tasty tapas dishes armed with nothing more that a wracked out toaster oven and a skillet. 

But luckily he hasn't gone far, so Kerry and I took a trip to the Marigny last night to visit Dan and see what's new on his very eclectic, incredibly affordable, and deliciously creative menu.  We like to sit at the bar and sip on a cocktail as we peruse the menu.  I'm quite fond of their signature drink, the muse, which is a refreshing gin, St. Germaine, strawberry and cucumber concoction that is dangerously good, while Kerry sipped on a perfectly mixed mohito.

We ordered a few dishes and I have to say that each one was an absolutely delightful blend of flavors and textures and given the chance I would order them all again next time except that I always want to try something new.  Accompanied by the live jazz vocals of Lindsey Zaworski, we feasted on small plates of the Miticana Gratin, Garlic and Sesame Asian Greens, Housemade Bresaola with Arugula and Shaved Parmesan, Lobster Egg Rolls with a Sweet Chile Lime Sauce, Braised Pork Belly with Apple Chutney and Scallion Pancakes and finished with Local Butternut Squash Ravioli in Sage and Brown Butter.  So as you can imagine at this point we are feeling a little over served, but we couldn't pass up the complimentary "Chocolate Heaven"  that Dan sent out.  And I have to admit that it was one of the best chocolate desserts I've had; moist flourless cake with a rich chocolate ganache icing, a sauce of brandied cherries accompanied by a creamy delicious scoop of their housemade candy cane ice cream.  Unbelievably delicious!

I unfortunately didn't have my camera with me, but just trust me that all of the dishes looked as good as they tasted and I can't wait to go back again!!

Three Muses

536 French­men St.
New Orleans, La 70116

(504) 298-TRIO

Savory Bites

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Chef Dan's Delectable Dough - Besides trying Chef Daniel Esses' infamous pastas dishes every Friday night at Swirl, you can purchase his freshly made fettuccine, ravioli, gnocchi and tagliatelle as well as his homemade sauces at the Tuesday and Thursday Crescent City Farmers Market. Want to learn how to make it yourself? Join Dan on Tuesday, March 23 for his pasta demonstration class at Swirl where he gives you hands on lessons making 3 different pastas and sauces while we pair them with our favorite wines. Call us.

Book Signing with Poppy Tooker at Swirl!

Date: July 31
Where: Swirl Wines, 3143 Ponce de Leon Street
Time: 6 to 8pm
Cost: Free

Slow Food New Orleans Founder, published author, culinary activist and chef Poppy Tooker will be at Swirl Wines this evening for a book signing of The Crescent City Farmers Market Cookbook where she tells the story of the Crescent City Farmers Market through recipes, anecdotes, and profiles of key market vendors. Local culinary talent Chef Daniel Esses will join Poppy with tapas plates for sale created from the recipes in the book using ingredients from the Crescent City Farmers Market. And as is there is each and every Friday at Swirl, there will be free wine to taste and enjoy as Antonio Molesini, Italian Wine Specialist from Republic National, will be pouring 4 free wines from his native Italy.

Plus local artist Rudy Rowell will be hanging 10 new canvases for tonight,s event. And if you know his work, you know how quickly it sells, so stop by to see what Rudy's up to now!

For more information call Swirl Wines at 504.304.0635.