A Garden of Culture

At a private home with a meditative garden that orchestrated the ambiance for the dinner setting, dinner guests included many from the design and art worlds and a Shanghai businessman.

Cortez arranged the dining area so that the table brought the outdoors inside.

The courses included:

• Spiced compressed prawns, poblano veloute, puffed red and black quinoa, feta powder, avocado drops
• Grilled veal cooked four ways
• A gold beet dish
• And an Inverted chai latte dessert