A Venetian New Year’s Eve dinner

I hope you all had a great start to 2013!

Did you have a fun celebration on New Year’s Eve? A lavish dinner? A few glasses of Champagne?

As I mentioned in a post I published two days ago, I celebrated New Year’s Eve at my favorite vegetarian restaurant in Vienna: Tian.

Tian is a fine-dining restaurant in Vienna’s inner district and is open from Monday to Saturday for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I went there a few times during my one-year stay in the Austrian capital, and was very happy to be back for a nine-course Venetian dinner to celebrate what has been an amazing year!

My (non-veggie) friend and I arrived at 7:30 pm and were greeted with a tasty lemon aperitif.

There was also some finger food to start the evening with. I tried the pumpernickel bread with Cheddar cheese and butter, as well as the avocado crostini.

And then it was time to take a seat at our table, as dinner was about to be served. We ordered two glasses of Foradori red wine.

One — Cauliflower crème brûlée

Two — Pumpkin, blueberries, and vegetables

Three — Potato salad 2.1

Four — Waldorf salad with celery soup

Five — White polenta

Six — Grapefruit and gin sorbet

Seven — Winter forest with truffles

Eight — Chicory with goat cheese and Perigord truffle

Nine — Coffee amaretti with passion fruit

As we were about to leave, the waiter brought over a goodbye treat to our table: Kir Royale and awesomely delicious chocolate pralines.

I had a very nice evening and really enjoyed the food. One of my new year’s resolutions is to cook more creative dishes at home, and the meal at Tian gave me a few good ideas… I will keep you all posted!

Happy new year!