Los Angeles Wine Bar Plans Evening Of Bacon Delights
Like your bacon with a side of bacon? Then February 2 should bring you to Corkbar in downtown Los Angeles for a three-course bacon tasting menu. The wine bar is teaming up with artisanal bacon purveyor the Cast Iron Gourmet on this delicious event. A collaboration between Corkbar executive chef Albert Aviles and the Cast Iron Gourmet chef/owner Rashida Purifoy, featured items will include frisée and bacon salad with roasted tomato, shallot, bacon lardons, and grain mustard vinaigrette; Báhn Mi sliders, made with cured pork belly, Hoisin glaze, Sambal aïoli, micro cilantro, and pickled daikon and carrot, served on a brioche bun with a side of Sriracha sauce; and a bacon chocolate cupcake with caramel whipped cream and bacon lardons. The menu costs $25. An optional wine pairing is available for $13, and includes a 2009 Melville Viognier, Santa Ynez Valley; a 2006, Holus Bolus Syrah, Santa Barbara County; and a 2008 Justin "Obtuse" Port, Paso Robles. A limited number of reservations will be accepted for this event."The idea for the 'Swine & Wine' menu came about after Rashida came into Corkbar for dinner," Aviles says. "We both share a mutual admiration for all things bacon and next thing we knew, plans were in the works for a bacon-centric tasting menu here at the wine bar."
Corkbar is also offering guests a chance to win two complimentary "Swine & Wine" dinners by becoming a Corkbar Twitter follower and tweeting @Corkbar the name of their favorite bacon dish-anything from an at-home recipe to a favorite restaurant dish-between 12 a.m. PT on January 13 and 11:59 p.m. on January 31, 2011 (existing Twitter followers are eligible, though they must still tweet within the aforementioned timeframe). The winner will be notified via Twitter's direct message service on February 1, 2011. Dinners are redeemable exclusively on February 2, 2011 and are non-transferrable. The Cast Iron Gourmet will also be offering special bacon-centric prizes for social media fans that attend the dinner, visit www.facebook.com/CastIronGourmet or follow the company on Twitter for further details.
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