Attended another event-type meal in Chaska, this one at Dahlgreen Golf Club. Well, it’s not “in Chaska” – it’s on a rural road south of Hwy 212, but a Chaska address.
I’d heard of it many times, but never been there. On a dark November night, it’s hard to size up the golf course itself. The clubhouse is a nice facility inside with a huge fireplace, but hosting night-time events apparently isn’t the norm – the outside lighting was almost non-existent, so even finding the front door was like looking for a sliced drive in the rough.
The meal was plain but adequate with two pastas, one in white sauce, one in red. Surprisingly, coffee wasn’t included in the meal package, so you had to go buy it at the bar.
Highlight was the mini-cream puffs which as part of the dessert along with a variety of cookies. They were just the right size to pop one at a time and savor the taste.
Mouth-watering Omaha Steaks
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Saturday, December 7, 2013
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Restaurant/hotel review: Oak Ridge Conf. Center, Chaska MN
Got the opportunity (obligation) to attend a fundraising event at Oak Ridge Hotel and Conference Center in Chaska.
An evening of rubbing elbows with well-dressed old rich white people. Now I know why I was there: I fit three of those descriptions, just not the one they were really looking for.
Step one was putting on my suit. A check of the pockets revealed where I’d been last in it – a co-worker’s funeral three years ago.
This muddies my blog categories because although we ate there, it was a banquet-type setting rather than a restaurant, and although it was at a hotel, we were there only for a few hours of an event.
Oak Ridge is an elegant facility. You can poke around for more details here.
Geographically, it appears to be the hotel that would be associated with any major events at Hazeltine National Golf Club, which is just a triple-bogey to the east.
The three-course meal was served by white-gloved waiters and waitresses over a period of time equal to seven innings of a Twins game.
Ahhh, fine dining. As I buttered my dinner roll, I smiled at the irony of why eating a hard, crusty piece of bread while wearing a tie is thought to be enjoyable. All in all, the food was fine, but realistically I could have gotten the same menu items from Perkins for one-quarter of the cost, albeit without the wine.
I’ll give ‘em one point for the dessert – which no one at our table was able to exactly identify, but it came closest to chocolate cheesecake embellished with whipped cream.
The best moment of the evening was the opening prayer, including a request that we let go of our entitlement mindset and focus on giving. Appropriate words for any time.
An evening of rubbing elbows with well-dressed old rich white people. Now I know why I was there: I fit three of those descriptions, just not the one they were really looking for.
Step one was putting on my suit. A check of the pockets revealed where I’d been last in it – a co-worker’s funeral three years ago.
This muddies my blog categories because although we ate there, it was a banquet-type setting rather than a restaurant, and although it was at a hotel, we were there only for a few hours of an event.
Oak Ridge is an elegant facility. You can poke around for more details here.
Geographically, it appears to be the hotel that would be associated with any major events at Hazeltine National Golf Club, which is just a triple-bogey to the east.
The three-course meal was served by white-gloved waiters and waitresses over a period of time equal to seven innings of a Twins game.
Ahhh, fine dining. As I buttered my dinner roll, I smiled at the irony of why eating a hard, crusty piece of bread while wearing a tie is thought to be enjoyable. All in all, the food was fine, but realistically I could have gotten the same menu items from Perkins for one-quarter of the cost, albeit without the wine.
I’ll give ‘em one point for the dessert – which no one at our table was able to exactly identify, but it came closest to chocolate cheesecake embellished with whipped cream.
The best moment of the evening was the opening prayer, including a request that we let go of our entitlement mindset and focus on giving. Appropriate words for any time.
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