distilled AZUR - A Study of Spirits and Their Ingredients

Several months ago, we started kicking around ideas for a dinner with distilled spirits as the theme. Doing research, AZUR discovered that the concept of using spirits in entrees was very limited except rum. We also polled our customer base through Facebook to seek input. The resulting menu would become "distilled AZUR" which essentially takes five spirits and deconstructions them to their base ingredients. Then, we created a five course menu using the ingredients in the dish as well as the spirit itself. To us, the concept didn't seem to be that extreme; however, we have had several people ask us to explain the dinner. We like the fact that the food is thought provoking and in keeping with our adventuresome offerings. Executive Chef Jeremy Ashby enjoyed the challenge as well. AZUR will be hosting distilled AZUR: May Chef Series Dinner this coming Thursday, May 28 at 6:30 p.m. If you're intrigued, follow the link for more details. http://azurrestaurant.com/chefseries.aspx