Dish March 2020 | Page 8

DISH MAGAZINE MARCH 2020 Clockwise from top left: A charcuterie display of local flavors at the Frozen Falls dinner. The first course at the Frozen Falls Dinner was Fennel battered Erie pickerel and cured Atlantic salmon, quinta quinoa and edamame salad, dill grapeseed oil drizzle. The Frozen Falls Dinner soup was Yukon gold potato, leek and white bean soup, truffle shoestring fries, spinach drizzle. Chefs at Table Rock House Restaurant prepare the 1918 shipwreck apple filo barge with warm cinnamon-scented Niagara spy apples, raisins, vanilla gelato, filo pastry basket, chantilly cream and Ennis Farms mini-maple crème brûlée. A chef stands at the charcuterie display of local flavors at the Frozen Falls dinner. Rock Cellars Pinot Noir. Entre: Char-grilled AAA beef tender- loin Benedict with potato rosti, Home- stead Farm poached quail egg, Hollan- daise sauce and roasted root vegetable, paired with Ravine Vineyards Cabernet Franc. Dessert: 1918 shipwreck apple filo barge with warm cinnamon-scented Niagara spy apples, raisins, vanilla gelato, filo pastry basket, chantilly cream and 8 Ennis Farms mini-maple crème brûlée, paired with Reif Estates Vidal Icewine. It seems to me that the idea of dining events presenting locally grown foods and wines is something that can be expanded on the American side of the Niagara region.  There are some restaurants produc- ing wonderful foods with locally grown produce – Carmelo’s in Lewiston comes to mind – but there should be more artfully created menus featuring the best that local farmers grow with a showcase of Niagara Wine Trail wines and spirits. The experiences provided by the Niagara Parks dinner that evening served up exquisite food-for-thought regarding businesses and organizations eagerly seeking tourist dollars. For more information about the Niagara Parks dinners, follow online on Facebook or at åwww.niagaraparks.com.