Scherzo

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Scherzo

June 26, 2021

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Phone: 612-567-7857

www.ScherzoMN.com

We go to and review 40+ restaurants and dining occasions a year.

We like unusual things. So when we found out about Scherzo: A Table of Ideas, a night with a Chef on Facebook, we immediately were in. The concept is simple. Justin Emil the Chef and Katie produce a food and drink event for eight lucky people unmatched in the Twin Cities.

We went to Summer Italian - June 26th. 2021, event. The cost was $80 each for food and an additional $30 each if you wanted the beverage pairing, which we did. With things opening up with Covid it was their first event in about eighteen months. There was eight of us that met at 7PM, three couples and two singles. Half of us were 60 plus the other have were under 40. It was a nice upscale event with almost no talk of politics and mostly discussions of area food and drink.

Chef Justin Emil designed all the courses and paired each drink with it. It takes him days to come up with the menu and no two events have the same food or drink. Justin and Katie hope to do monthly events this year. They have a mailing list you can get on at their website, www.scherzomn.com and wait for the email for the next event and have your credit card ready.

For the next three hours we learned about cooking, wine pairing and great places to eat, drink and buy food in the twin cities. The food was as great as the education we got.

Below is pictures of what we ate and Justin prepared and served us.

Course One

Bruschetta, Chianti Butter, Tomato Agro dolce

Wine: NV Via Emilia Vino Spumante Brut Bianco Emilia; Carpi, Italy

Additional Course

Tomato with Balsamic Vinegar

Course Two

Walnut Risotto, Bay Scallop, Parmesan and Thyme

Wine: 2018 Cieck Erbaluce di Caluso; San Giorgio Canavese, Italy

Course Three

Spaghetti Carbonara, Lowry Hill Meats Pancetta, Pecorino Romano Espuma

Wine: NV Cellario II Barrusco; Carru, Italy