Lunch at Le Cordon Bleu

The CV Red Hat Vixens traveled to downtown Scottsdale earlier this month for lunch at Technique Restaurant, the public dining room for Le Cordon Bleu cooking school in Arizona. I have eaten there before in December 2011 with the Red Hats and have eaten at the one in Minneapolis for daughter's birthday dinner in 2012. (Click on the links to see the menu & food selections from two previous visits.)

Our group of 15 were the only diners this time. The food was excellent and professionally presented (as it should be). I did not take a photo of the menu and it is not on their website, so you will get my names for our dining selections.

iPhone photos, sorry

I selected a quinoa salad with kale & other vegetables

and potato soup

(Of course, their titles were much more interesting than my name choices.)

fish taco

chicken entree

beef entree

(The choices were more limited this time.)

Ice cream sandwich for dessert OR

Citrus pie

(my choice)

Some photos from the desserts and

creative designs displayed in the hallway

in display cases...

baby cake

ocean or sea theme

Three young ladies were creating this and the next two photos 

I watched them shape the fondant

And then leave the building with their cakes

in their hands

But this display was my favorite

Look at the ruffles and flowers

Even the cups were make of fondant

The signs also of fondant

I think the buttons were real, but, I am not certain

The variegated coloring of the peach ruffle

Amazing!

Beautiful!

Creative!