MATC fundraiser - April 19 (Milwaukee)

Thursday the 19th, 5-8PM
Menu looks good and the price is right - $55 at the door
http://fivestar.matc.edu/

exvaxman wrote:Thursday the 19th, 5-8PM
Menu looks good and the price is right - $55 at the door
http://fivestar.matc.edu/

And $45 in ADVANCE.

I may go.

And here is a 6.5 minute video:

http://www.themorningblend.com/videos/145143035.html

exvaxman wrote:Thursday the 19th, 5-8PM
Menu looks good and the price is right - $55 at the door
http://fivestar.matc.edu/

I agree that the menu LOOKED good, so much that I took off at noon on Thursday to make the drive up to Milwaukee. I wanted to see the Milwaukee Public Market and stop at Penzey's Spices.

It was a real mixed bag.

The best part of the meal was the work of the pastry and bakery students. They prepared a great assortment of excellent truffles, petit fors, and pastries. They did some excellent cake toppers in chocolate and some very good decorated cakes.

The rest of the food was a real mixed bag. The high points of the meal were the smoked meats (ham, turkey, pulled pork) and the Cubal specialties. The seafood presentation was also done pretty well.

The Cajun table was pretty blah lacking a lot of flavor. One of the dishes - crawfish etoufee - was good BUT was preplated early and was COLD.

What concerned me was the inability of many of the students to explain the dishes. For example, I asked one student what the turkey was smoked with ... "Wood chips." What kind of wood? " I don't know." Also, many of the students did not know the main ingredients in several of the dishes.

Also, the room was just too small for the event. After the first hour, it was hard to get to teh food lines.