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Happy Birthday Bob (Chainsaw13)!!!

I hope you enjoy your day with some fine smokes. :ss

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY BROTHER!!!! :noon

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Happy Birthday Brother!
Wish I could celebrate it with you, enjoy your day!!!

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:hb Happy B-Day John Smotlz!! :hb :D :D

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Have a great B-Day, Bob! :hb

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Happy birthday Bob! Smoke a good one

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Happy birthday brotha!!!
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Happy Birthday Bob!

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Happy Birthday, my man!!! :tu

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Happy birthday brother

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Felicitous salutations on the anniversary of your entrance to the world.

Or

Happy Birthday!

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Thanks guys. I'll see about a cigar later tonight. My oldest sister's taking me out for dinner to a really interesting restaurant where we'll be doing the chef's tasting menu. Looking forward to that.

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that sounds fabulous, Enjoy man!

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Originally Posted by Chainsaw13 (Post 1722484)

Have a great time. Take (mental) notes and bring it back to your own kitchen.

Many happy returns, Bob.

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Happy B-Day!!! Smoke a great one... :ss

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Happy Birthday Bob!!! :noon

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Bob, hope you have a great Birthday.

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Happy Birthday Bob!
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Happy Birthday. Hope it's a great one.

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Happy Birthday, Brother!:banger:D:tu

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Originally Posted by pnoon (Post 1722523)

Have a great time. Take (mental) notes and bring it back to your own kitchen.

Many happy returns, Bob.

So the dinner was fantastic. The restaurant, Grange in Ann Arbor, sources all their products locally. The dishes are very thoughtful, but simple presentations of the ingredients.

First course - house cured duck soprasetta. Very nice, deep, rich flavor from the duck as compared to pork. I'm going to look into making this myself now that I'm dry curing my own meats/sausages.

Second course - fried Great Lakes smelt, with a house aioli. I hadn't had smelt in years and it reminded both my sister and I about the times our dad would go smelt dipping in Lake Erie and bring back buckets full of them. Oh so good. The aioli was different from the norm, with garlic scapes and a french mustard mixed in.

Third course - Grilled chicken bratwurst over a mashed potato puree and a concord grape reduction. They make the sausge in house and had just the right amount of seasoning in it to play well with the potatoes/grape sauce.

Fourth course - Roasted Tamworth pork with lima beans served over a sweet corn puree. Their take on a succotash with the corn/lima beans. Wow was that some of the best pork I've eaten. Some bites we buttery soft, while others more towards the edge were carmelized and crispy. The pairing with the sweetness of the corn and the lima beans was spot on. Nice textural contrast with each bite.

Fifth course - Chocolate creme with raspberry sorbet, chocolate crumbles, raspberry jam and whipped cream. Holy cow did they amp up the flavors on this dish. I was so engrossed with the deep flavor of the creme, my sister asked me if I had tried the sorbet yet. Nope, so I took a bite. Not what I was expecting. It was like they had reduced a quart of raspberries into this little, shooter marble sized scoop of sorbet. I'm talking knock your socks off intense. Again, how can you go wrong with chocolate and raspberries?

My sister had gotten the wine pairing with her meal to, so she let me try some of them. I'm definitely growing an appreciation for wine and food. The Spanish wine with the pork and the Port with the dessert were my favorites.

So I never did get my birthday cigar. By the time I got home it was late and I was exhausted, so it was straight to bed. I'll make up for it tonight.

Thanks again for all the well wishes. It was truly a great birthday.

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Now THAT is some birthday dinner.

Thanks for sharing.

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Sounds incredible Bob, how did you remember all that?
No pics makes me sad and hungry.

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that does sound wonderful

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Originally Posted by Blak Smyth (Post 1722912)

Sounds incredible Bob, how did you remember all that?
No pics makes me sad and hungry.

When it comes to food, I have a mind like a steel trap. I thought about taking pics of the dishes at one point, but we were already a couple courses in so I figured it wasn't worth it.

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Originally Posted by Chainsaw13 (Post 1722916)

When it comes to food, I have a mind like a steel trap. I thought about taking pics of the dishes at one point, but we were already a couple courses in so I figured it wasn't worth it.

Thinking with your stomach again I see! :D

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Happy belated birthday Bob! That dinner sounds amazing! I'm gonna have to visit there.

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Happy belated birthday brother!!

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Fantasitic meal Bob. I'll have to check out Grange sometime when I'm out at my Dad's in Milan.

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Happy Birthday Bob!!