{"id":68,"date":"2014-09-19T03:29:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T03:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.diningtraveler.com\/2014\/09\/recap-arcadia-farm-harvest-dinner.html"},"modified":"2015-04-03T19:30:55","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T19:30:55","slug":"ArcadiaFallHarvest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diningtraveler.com\/2014\/09\/ArcadiaFallHarvest.html","title":{"rendered":"Recap: Arcadia Farm Harvest Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Upon arrival, we were immediately welcomed by Pamela Hess, the executive director of Arcadia who has a long professional history with Marines as an <\/span>embedded journalist covering Operation Iraqi and <\/span>Enduring Freedom during key periods of the war. Pam gave a heartfelt speech to welcome us to the dinner. One of the things she said that resonated with me as a veteran was the fact that there is so much humanity amidst a war. If there is one thing I learned from my deployments, it\u2019s exactly that.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n
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<\/span>Our dinner began with pork belly and a ceviche, two of my favorite items this summer made by Chef Jesse Miller from Caf\u00e9 Saint Ex<\/a>. We enjoyed the perfectly cooked pork on a bed of apple butter. The ceviche had a nice spicy kick and the perfect citrus balance. We then moved on to more beautifully made dishes by Haidar Karoum, executive chef of Proof <\/a>. We sampled a delicious cauliflower salad seasoned with tahini (one of the favorites at the table) and an eggplant and shrimp salad. The second course was rounded with a Korean-style marinated beef made by Danny Lee of Mandu DC.<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/span>For the third course we indulged in a slow roasted pork with spiced peach chutney by Chef William Morris of Vermilion<\/a>. The pork was flawless but the star of the dish was the chutney, the table devoured it! We then found a tiny space to fit the perfectly crisp fried chicken and refreshing watermelon and papaya salad by Jonah Kim<\/a>. To conclude, we spoiled our taste buds with the most amazing corn ice cream I\u2019ve ever had paired with a fresh blueberry pie. I don\u2019t even like ice cream like that, this one made me a convert.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n