Birdie Yang Cellar Dinner | May 26, 2021

Thanks to Birdie and Janine Yang and Baku Restaurant for hosting an unforgettable cellar dinner experience last week - a remarkable Charlotte Wine + Food auction lot sold at our 2020 Wells Fargo Kickoff! Guests enjoyed a 9-course modern Japanese Kaiseki dinner using the best ingredients from around the world. The Yangs picked 10 of their favorite rare and hard-to-find selections from their cellar from Champagne to the best of Burgundy and Bordeaux - a truly unforgettable evening of fundraising and fellowship for all who attended.

Proceeds benefited GenOne, Mitchell’s Fund, The Learning Collaborative, and The Relatives.

The dinner menu included the following:

BOOMAMOTO OYSTERS/ cucumbers, melon, passion fruit ponzu, caviar
SEAFOOD PORK SHUMAI/ scallops, tiger prawns, sea bass, Berkshire pork, ginger, garlic, sake
LIVE RAZOR CLAMS/ garlic, olive oil, sea salt
LIVE LOBSTER/ ginger, spring onion, modern style
HALIBUT – HIRAME/ spring onion, ginger, soy, watercress
SEA BASS/ saikyo miso, chinese gai lan
MIYAZAKI GYU/ maitake, shitake
FRENCH LAMB CHOPS/ lemon grass, rosemary, honey, spring mix
MAPLE LEAF DUCK BREAST WITH SEARED FOIE GRAS/ five spice, ginger, honey, sweet soy, grilled peaches

2007 Champagne Salon Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Brut
2004 Champagne Salon Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Brut
2011 Domaine Leflaive Batard-Montrachet
2017 Domaine Leflaive Bienvenues-Batard-Montrachet
2015 Bouchard Pere et Fils Chevalier-Montrachet
1996 Domaine Jacques Prieur Clos de Vougeot
1996 Domaine Jacques Prieur Echezeaux
1996 Domaine Jacques Prieur Musigny
2009 Domaine Armand Rousseau Gevrey-Chambertin Clos St. Jacques
1990 Château d'Yquem

Photo Credits: Josh Bannen