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A $150 Galatoire’s menu for honoring a New Orleans wine connoisseur

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New Orleans Restaurant Examiner

What does a nationally recognized gourmet restaurant serve to honor an industry leader at a $150 dinner?

How about Poisson Meuniere Amandine or Smoked Pork Chop served with dirty rice and Marchand de Vin?

That's what Galatoire's Restaurant in the New Orleans French Quarter plans to serve January 24, 2011 at the WYES Max Zander Award Dinner honoring wine merchant Butch Steadman.

The poisson in this case is identified only as a Gulf fish, presumably the best available at the time.  It will be served with toasted almonds, meuniere sauce and creamed spinach, along with a 2009 Napa Cellars chardonnay from Mt. Veeder.

Marchard de Vin

The Marchand de Vin served with the pork chop is a wine and butter sauce that is very popular in New Orleans Creole restaurants such as Galatoire's, Antoine's and Arnaud's.

The entrees will be preceded by:

  • Either shrimp remoulade, pommes soufflé with Rosemary Alioli or escargot in Hersaint cream.
  • Turtle soup with sherry
  • Asparagus and Hearts of Palm salad
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The entrees will be followed by chocolate pot du crème.

Two Joel Gott Wines

Wines are provided by Trinchero Family Estates of St. Helena, California.  Wines served at the dinner will be:

  • 2009 Trinchero Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc, Mary's Vineyard with the hors d’ oeuvres
  • 2009 Joel Gott Sauvignon Riesling Colombia Valley, Washington with the turtle soup
  • 2009 Terra d'Oro Pinot Grigio with the salad
  • 2009 Napa Cellars Chardonnay, Mt. Veeder Napa Valley with the fish
  • 2008 Joel Gott 815 Cabernet with the pork chop
  • 2008 Terra d'Oro Zinfandel Port with the dessert.

Butch Steadman

Butch Steadman is the wine and spirits director at Dorignac’s super market in Metairie.  He is being honored for his contributions to the WYES public television wine auction and for his educational contributions to the wine and restaurant business in the area.

The  annual award is named in honor of Max Zander, who was considered one of the most influential forces in the history of the New Orleans wine business.  He died in 2009 at the age of 88.

, New Orleans Restaurant Examiner

As a newsman, PR guy and retiree, Carroll Trosclair has enjoyed good restaurants from San Diego to Boston and from London to Paris, Rome and Venice. But he rates the restaurants in his hometown right up there with the best and is committed to providing visitors and natives with helpful reports on...

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