Yesterday, President Obama and a group of 50 deep pocketed supporters willing to pay $30,800 a head to dine with him headed up to Chef Marcus Samuelsson's new Harlem hotspot Red Rooster for a DNC fundraiser. And, as it so happens, they did not eat fried yard bird. They gathered on the Rooster's lower level and dined on cornbread with honey butter, lobster salad with asparagus and peas, braised short ribs with spring onions and honey-glazed chokes, chocolate cake, and sweet potato doughnuts, all served alongside American wines. What no apple pie?
What President Obama and friends ate in Harlem
DINNER WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA
Cornbread, honey butter.
LOBSTER SALAD
asparagus, peas, hot biscuit
The wine was, Hermann J. Wiemer Riesling "Semi-Dry" 2008
Finger Lakes, New York
BRAISED SHORT RIBS
honey-glazed chokes, spring onions, red wine reduction
The wine was, Brown Estate "Chaos Theory" 2009
Napa Valley, California
CHOCOLATE CAKE
rhubarb compote, buttermilk sherbert
The wine was, Ridge Geyersville "Essence" 2007
Sonoma County, California
SWEET POTATO DOUGHNUTS
cinnamon, brown sugar
When the Chef was asked, what was his favorite dishes? Samuelsson said, "President Obama really loved the cornbread and our tacos."
But Don't Tell Moochie!
