From the chocolate altar room, we moved to the formal dining room which seats 12 – 14.
I have pictures of their dining room and some portions of their house in my previous blog posts (Dinner with the Liechtensteins, etc.)
Cora D. Ong (The CDO in your hotdog) with the gracious and elegant host, Maymay Liechtenstein
A new conversational piece now adorns the living room. Another genius creation by Gabby Barredo. I have no words to aptly describe this unique masterpiece.
Gabby Barredo Masterpiece
Maymay, her pretty and talented daughter Lauren, and Tess Prieto- Valdez.
The extremely elegant 5 star table centerpiece is all chocolates. It is beyond one’s ken.
We were all dumbfounded when we entered the dining room which smells like chocolate. Kaya high na high kami lahat.
I did not dare taste this Chocolate liquor because I am allergic to alcohol. I found this Swarovsky crystal so cute.
Chocolate night
Ambassador of Greece Constantina Koliou, Gigi Daza, Wife of Israeli Ambassador Eti Bar-On, Virgie Lane, Chit Lijauco, Maymay, Sonya, Me, Charisse Chuidian
Lauren, Cora Ong and Vicky Zubiri
Maymay, Tessa and Atty. Lorna Kapunan
Shall we eat?
SYMPHONY
Air dried bacon, Medjool dates, Chorizo, Vosges haut chocolate 62% dark – Chicago,
La Carlota Sugarcane,
Fortnum and Mason Black Mitcham Peppermint 70 % – Picadilly,
Sevruga caviar,
Askinosie Single Origin 34% Trinitario from Davao, Philippines
Cadiz quail egg,
Pacari cacao pearl single originin 60% Arriba National from Ecuador
Get mo yan? Translation, appetizers, all with some chocolates.
ORCHARD
Hass avocaado, cranberry, roasted grapes, pistachio, cacao nibs- Scharffen Berger
100% roasted nibs- Berkeley Chuao,
Criollo beans roasted- Chuao, Venezuela
Translation, the salad was very good. It was served on an inverted double mask (face) made of Murano glass sculpture Maymay bought from Italy.
It was done by one of Italy’s greatest artists, I forgot the name.
GARDEN
to put this photo in context, this is a very tiny plate with a miniature garden.
Cauliflower, broccoli, asparagus, mushroom, soil of willie’s Peruvian Gold Chulucanas 70% Single Estate,
Dark- Criollo, Peru white chocolate mayonaise- Teuscher 40% milk chocolate, St. Moritz
SEAFOOD
Qualicum Beach scallop seared in organic Cacao butter- Rabot Estate Buena Vista Plantation 1005 Single Estate Dominican Replublic
Aioli, tomato, Parsley, Ink
Translation- masarap sya ha.
The bright colors on the plate match Tessa’s ensemble
FOIE GRAS
Rougie goose foie gras smoked with Quezon cacao tree bark, Grenada Chocolate company, dark -60%,
Chocolate salt – Meadow Portland
Black salt – Bombay market
Rose & lavender salt – Cannes market
Citron puramid salt – Peck, Milan
(Maymay collects salt from all over the world)
Atty. Lorna Kapunan smells the foie gras. Ang bango kasi nung smoke.
GUYABANO TREE
guyabano popsicle dusted with cacao powder – La maison du chocolat 100% dark Single Origin – Ivory Coast
Anna Sobrepena and Tessa Prieto
ENTREE
Maymay needs more time to plate the entrees so her talented daughter entertained us with her singing.
Lauren is a trained soprano.
Think of Me
72 hours sous vide Black Angus beef rubbed in cacao Michel cluizel 100% Single Estate Dark Tinitaria, Trinidad
Truffled beets with Pierre Marcolini dark 70% Belgium
Potatoes with Spruengli 34% white chocolate from Zurich
Ube mashed with Jacques Torres, dark 70%, New York
I chose the fish over steak.
Chocolate Fish, Saffron, Cacao liqueur
PRE DESSERT CACAO PASTA
Chocolate Pasta- cacao powder, Hotel chocolat – budo Plantation 52% Forastero Sao tome
Ricotta, white chocolate, Pierre Herme – Paris
DESSERT
Grand Cru- Mousse
Amedei Porcelana, Chuao 100% Pontedera, Tuscany
Valhorna Porcelana, Criollo 90% Venezuela
Oriol Balaguer, Criollo – Trinitario 90% Barcelona
Strawberry, Rogue chocolatier Silvestre 75% Bolivia
Kumquat, divine 85% Dark, Ghana, Africa
Smoked Zhuji Persimmon, Wilde Irish Artisan 80% Dark, Dublin
hay salamat we’re coming to an end
I beg you please don’t ask me for the translation. Copying the names are already difficult enough.
We were given 4 kinds of coffee and tea to choose from:
Elite Turkish Coffee from Jerusalem
Coated Coffee Chocolate- Fauchon 45% cocoa butter from Nice
Laduree Caramel Tea from London
Chocolate Colombian Espresso Coffee Santandeer, 70% from Columbia
I chose this- ted Coffe Chocolate from Italy. I just took a sip.
All the ingredients came from different cities and countries.
My stomach was full of united chocolates of the world.
It was almost midnight, time to go home.
Thank you Maymay. As always, it was amazing.
