OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper invited U.S. President Barack Obama and some officials to a working lunch Thursday in the well-appointed quarters of the Speaker of the Senate, located in the Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings.
A look at the fine Canadian cuisine offered:
- Pacific Coast tuna with a chilli and citrus vinaigrette
- Maple and miso cured Nunavut Arctic char
- Lightly pickled vegetables and an organic beet relish
- Applewood smoked plains bison
- Winter root vegetables and local mushrooms
- Cauliflower and rosemary puree
- Juniper and Niagara red wine jus
- Saugeen yogurt pot de creme with a lemon and lavender syrup
- Wild blueberry and partridgeberry compote
- Acadian buckwheat honey and sumac tuile
