Due to extreme busyness with work, I’ve been avoiding the old blog. But leave it to a work function to inspire me to post again.
Today, my employer hosted a holiday luncheon for its Nashville and Franklin offices at the Union Station Hotel. In my 20 years (!!!) living in Nashville, I have never had occasion to visit this landmark (I visit the Flying Saucer often enough but never its neighbor). We had a really quite good meal catered by the hotel.
There were two salads–one mixed greens, the other Bibb lettuce with figs, goat cheese, roasted red peppers, marcona almonds, and olives (and may a stray marinated artichoke heart). I went for the latter, thinking the cheese to be feta. But I nibbled around the musty old goat and found the flavor combo a little odd but mostly tasty.
The entrees were standard choices of beef, chicken, or fish. They were served on the buffet with the line stopping several times whenever the beef pan ran out. Is beef really that good? Seriously people, blackened snapper was available!
And, dessert, that was the biggest hit! Choices were cheesecake, a chocolate fudge cake, carrot cake, or praline tartlet. I went with the praline and downed two delightful cups of coffee with it.
So whoever cooks for Union Station, props, you are recommended. And props to my company for such a fancy affair!