May R&D Dinner with Dee Buizer

Senae Thai’s Dee Buizer was born in Bangkok, Thailand’s metropolis-melting pot of cuisine. She opened her first restaurant Sweet Basil in Berkeley, California thirty years ago. With the help of family, she went on to open several additional restaurants in California, Maryland, and Arizona. If you had the opportunity to taste Chef Dee's food at Senae, you know this dinner isn't to be missed. Chef Dee will be taking over the kitchen at Saffron for this R&D dinner. **Appetizer**: Miang Khum roll - Thai herbal snack consists of Betel leaf filled with minced ginger, minced lime, toasted shredded coconut, and red onions sauced with palm sugar glaze, rolled in rice paper. **Salad:** Som thum - Thai fresh green papaya, purple carrots and long beans tossed with crushed peanuts, garlic and chili in lime-palm sugar dressing. **Soup:** Thom Kha Hed - Coconut milk mushroom spicy-sour soup. **Main Course served family style:** Kao pad Sapparos - Fried rice with pineapple, curry powder, and vegetables. Ped Pikpao - Braised breasts of duck served atop green beans "pik pao" -Thai chili purée & garlic sauce, garnished with fried basil Panang Bison - Bison short ribs stewed in panang curry & coconut milk served in kabucha squash bowl, garnished with tempura eggplant. **Dessert:** Fresh mango served atop forbidden rice seasoned with semi-sweet coconut sauce. ***Vegetarian options are available***