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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Brian Tairaku Ritchie dinner/concert, October 9, 2014

A very rare solo appearance by Brian Tairaku Ritchie, known by many for being the bass player for  the Violent Femmes for many many years. Brian has been studying shakuhachi for 2 decades and will be playing solo pieces for shakuhachi.

Thursday, October 9 2014
7 pm
limited space for 20
$60/person
$80 with drink pairings
Location: loft in West Oakland
Reservations: vegshaku8 at gmail dot com

Apertif:
St Georges Terroire Gin, Cucumber, yuzu peel and juice, mint, ice.

Soup
Dal with tomatoes

Dim sum plate
Apple smoked tofu wrapped with snow peas in yuba, fried wontons, Tempeh char siu steamed bun, daikon pickle, homemade blueberry yuzu mustard, homemade sichuan chili oil

Entree
sour curry in Carnevale pumpkin bowl, rice, burdock pickle, lotus root pickle

dessert
Apples stuffed with walnuts, raisins and baked in chardonnay and spices; oolong vanilla sorbet.
Pairing: St Georges Botanivore Gin, Apple, Pear, Cinnamon, agave, rocks

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