L’École Culinaire – More Than “Just” a School
Last Thursday I had dinner at L’Ecole Culinaire’s
Presentation Room on the Plaza. If
you’re not familiar with it, it’s a private cooking school with locations also
in Memphis and St. Louis. They offer classes
to us ordinary mortals as well (see our current wine contest for their wine
class on February 12th!) as well as degree classes and diplomas in
culinary skills and restaurant management.
Students do the cooking and baking as well as the serving and
hosting.
BUT, what I want to talk about is this dinner we had. Prepared and served by students, it was
delicious and remarkably, and I mean remarkably, inexpensive. The charcuterie board was amazing, four or so
different meats and pates, grilled bread, scallions, beets, couple of
difference sauces – it was, truly, a meal for two all on its own. Seven bucks.
Entrées were $12 and you could
choose from five – a fish, sirloin, lamb, and a chicken lasagna that was
unusual and excellent according to my co-taster. I had the pork chop which was perfect and
served with probably the best Brussels sprouts I have ever had. There was a
choice of three desserts, each at $3, which included flaming bananas
foster. The place has a bakery outlet
downstairs which is open five days a week and serves coffee as well.
You can only get dinner on Wednesdays and Thursdays and
reservations are preferred of course.
Call 816-627-0100 for those. And
check out their evolving classes on chocolate, wine, pizza, and more for amateurs
by first checking out our website
which will take you to their classes. Or go there for lunch, Monday through
Thursday.
L'Ecole Culinaire Presentation Room
310 Ward Parkway
Kansas City, MO 64112
Ph. 816-627-0100
Kansas City, MO 64112
Ph. 816-627-0100
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