Posted on 12/29/2011 6:32:07 AM PST by FreeAtlanta
Obamas enjoy multi-course tasting menu By Jonathan Easley - 12/29/11 07:35 AM ET
President Obama enjoyed a five-to-seven course tasting menu Wednesday night at a dinner in Honolulu with first lady Michelle Obama and 10 friends.
The dinner at Alan Wong's restaurant in Honolulu comes as the president enjoys his annual holiday break in Hawaii, a vacation nearly cut short by the fight over taxes with Republicans in Washington.
The Obama's are regulars at Wong's restaurant—both gave head chef Wong a hug upon entering before being taken to their “traditional table,” which Wong describes as the “feng shui” seat in the house, according to the pool reports.
The Obamas were part of a group of ten, which included the president’s sister, and the party ordered off a special tasting menu – a multi-course meal designed specifically by the chef.
“The Obama party had a special 5-course tasting menu for $75 a person, $105 per person with wine pairings for each course," according to the pool report. "Highlights include "Sassey Salad" and bacon wrapped pork loin,” according to CNN’s Peter Morris, who the pool report said was at the restaurant when the president arrived.
Other diners generally didn't notice the president's arrival, the pool report said.
The Obamas spent about three hours at the restaurant before returning to their rental at around 11 p.m.
Before the dinner, Obama hit the links, spending nearly seven hours at the Ko’olau golf club with Mike Ramos, Greg Orme and long-time friend Robert Titcomb, who earlier this year plead no contest to soliciting a prostitute in Honolulu.
BTW, did anyone ever release whether his buddy was busted with male or female prostitutes? There was a lot of questions about it at the time.
It was a transvestite prostitute.
Are the taxpayers picking up the tab for the ten “friends”? This needs to be investigated. With transportation costs at 3.5M they must have brought along about 500 “friends.”
Fox reported that the press was miffed because Obama refused to release his golf schedule and dinner plans. Turns out (as told on Fox) that a member of the press was at the same restaurant and saw Obama there and reported details including that they spent three hours “tasting.”
Heh.....be careful not to mix up that phrase.
Did Titcomb bring any of his transvestite prostitute friends to this “tasting”?
Do you think zero will say anything about Iran’s threat..............crickets.
From what I can see the only thing that differentiates “Obama on vacation” from “Obama at word” is the location. He does pretty much the same stuff at both.
Yes, it is the last thing he thinks about before going to sleep at night, and the first thing he thinks about when he wakes up in the morning. He told us that, so it must be true.
“”for $75 a person, $105 per person with wine pairings for each course””
These people aren’t off kilter, are they?
What they spent per person is the week’s grocery tab for a lot of folks. But I’m sure they were thinking of us!!
Because he doesn’t see it as a threat.
Those damn Republicans! How dare they try to work when this President wants to go on vacation!
“The Obama party had a special 5-course tasting menu for $75 a person, $105 per person with wine pairings for each course,” according to the pool report. “Highlights include “Sassey Salad” and bacon wrapped pork loin,” according to CNN’s Peter Morris, who the pool report said was at the restaurant when the president arrived.
This is what “journalists” do nowadays. Sad.
Utterly disgusting. I could never hang out with such a disgusting deranged person..... Bammy Boy's bisexual buddy. But for Bammy Boy it's no big deal.
The reason they did not release the schedule is the knew it would take Barry FOREVER to play Ko’olau. It is one of the hardest courses in the world, and goofy Obama probably had to send his secret service minions back to the clubhouse a couple times to buy more golf balls.
I played there once and have to say it is one of the most beautiful and intimidating courses I have ever experienced. I had such a good time, I played another 18 after I finished the first 18. If you miss the fairway on any holes, you are in dense jungle like growth. Most of the holes have long carries over ravines. Number 18 is intense, a long carry on your drive over a ravine, and then another long iron into the green over a second ravine.
I would have loved to have been around to witness Barry hacking away at Ko’olau.
That’s O.K.
He was a Democrat. (Sarcasm)
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