ARNAUD’S TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL POTATO MONTH WITH COMMEMORATIVE DINNER

 

ARNAUD’S TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL POTATO MONTH WITH COMMEMORATIVE DINNER

Five-Course Menu to Feature Spud-Centric Dishes Paired with the Wines of Willamette Valley

(NEW ORLEANS, La.) – July 30, 2015 – Known for their signature Soufflé Potatoes, it’s only natural that Arnaud’s would pay homage to the beloved accompaniment and its spud-ly counterparts during National Potato Month. Join Arnaud’s for the Potato Perfected Wine Dinner, Thursday, September 17. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will begin at 6:45 p.m., with dinner to follow promptly at 7:30 p.m.

Guests will enjoy a five-course dinner menu, each featuring variations of the potato, paired perfectly with the wines of Wines Unlimited. The menu will also feature specialty cocktails – the Raspberry Moscow Mule and Vodka with Small Batch Tonic – created by Chris Hannah of Arnaud’s French 75 Bar.

The Potato Perfected Wine Dinner menu includes:

Cocktails & Canapés

Soufflé Potatoes

Potato Cake with Caviar

Gulf Shrimp and Andouille Croquettes with Goat cheese and Rosemary Jelly

Sweet Potato Hash with Tasso ham and Pepper Jelly

Raspberry Moscow Mule

Vodka with Small Batch Tonic

Dinner

Vichyssoise

A demi-tasse of cold potato soup

Elk Cove Pinot Gris, Willamette Valley 2014

Scallop

Pan-seared with new potatoes, baby greens and truffled honey vinaigrette

Elk Cove Pinot Gris, Willamette Valley 2014

Black Drum

Potato-encrusted and pan-seared with fennel and herbsaint butter

Soter North Valley Chardonnay, Willamette Valley 2012

Deconstructed Shepherd’s Pie

Roasted beef tenderloin, Saint-Andre potato gratin, summer peas and Bordeaux jus

Willamette Valley Vineyards Estate Pinot Noir, Willamette Valley 2013

Dessert

Sweet Potato Cake

Caramel crunch ice cream

Warre’s Otima 10 Year Tawny Port

Guests can join in on the celebration for $100 per person (inclusive of tax and gratuity). Limited seating is available and reservations are required. To make reservations or view the entire menu, call (504) 523-5433 or visit www.arnaudsrestaurant.com. Arnaud’s is located at 813 Bienville Street and open nightly starting at 6 p.m.

About Arnaud’s

Located steps off of Bourbon Street in the heart of the French Quarter, Arnaud’s offers classic Creole Cuisine and exemplary service in beautifully restored turn of the century dining rooms. Since its inception in 1918, Arnaud’s has remained true to its traditions and courtesies.

 

Offering live Dixieland Jazz in the Jazz Bistro, romantic dinners in the Main Dining Room, cocktails in the award winning French 75 Bar and an assortment of private French Quarter fine dining rooms, Arnaud’s offers the quintessential New Orleans dining experience.