Chinese President to attend a $20,000 dinner at Bill Gates' house.

[napi21]

WHAT does one serve at dinner that could possible cost $20,000?

No link, just heard it on CNN. Where showing pics of the Chinese Pres. plane landing in Seattle and the guy waving like crazy at the cameras.

[maxsolomon]

1. ask & you shall recieve

$20000/100 = $200/person. not such a huge budget, considering.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002936768_hudish18.html

Dinner menu



First course

Smoked guinea fowl salad with hazelnuts, spring radishes and Granny Smith apples

Entree

Three choices:

• Fillet of beef with Walla Walla onions, local asparagus, celeriac purée and chervil glacé

• Alaskan halibut and spot prawns with spring vegetables, fingerling potatoes and a smoked-tomato-infused olive oil

• A vegetarian option

Wines

2002 Leonetti Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon or 2003 Chateau Ste. Michelle Chardonnay, Canoe Ridge Estate

Dessert

Rhubarb brown butter almond cake

Source: Lou Gellos, corporate communications at Microsoft

[napi21]

2. Oh geesh, there I was being stupid again! I just figured when you

hosted a dinner at you own HOUSE you wouldn't be inviting 100 people!

[MissB]

3. Gates does have a rather largish house.

[acmejack]

5. You, missb, are a master of understatement....

You are your own tour guide inside the Gates estate. Simply click on the active areas of the image or use the text links below to navigate. Text applies to link below!

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/tech/billgate/gates.htm

[SammyWinstonJack]

7. LOL!

[Maine-ah]

8. could have done a hell of a lot better on the wine selection.

[maxsolomon]

9. chateau ste. michelle sponsored it

so 'free' sounded pretty good.

there is very very good wine in washington state. just not chateau ste. michelle.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

4. The U.S. taxpayer/consumer, that's what's for dinner.

[TechBear_Seattle]

6. I would gladly pay 3x that much to sit next to President Hu and ask...

Why my company should invest in a country with one of the very worst human rights records of any developed nation on the planet.

[RepublicanElephant]

10. and he would say...

"...because you can!"