An Evening at the Oscars

This weekend we celebrated this years best films by hosting an Oscar Party. We of course wanted to indulge like the stars so we decided to make some Asian inspired treats for dinner followed by decadent chocolate Oscar Cake with raspberries. Rey, who has recently lived in Japan for nearly 2 years, picked up a few great tempura tips form the masters. Barb offered up the Pilipino inspired Pancit Noodles from an authentic Asian market. I contributed Chinese Fried Rice which I learned how to make ironically, from a Japanese student. The food was amazing, fresh, crisp, and bursting with yummy Asian flavor. Hat's off to all on a job well done!


The show itself and the red carpet outfits were amazing. We enjoyed critiquing this years do's and don’ts in fashion. I for one think that Nicole Kidman could wear street rags and make it look elegant. I actually adored her in the cute little red number she wore this year. I loved Forest Whitakers' wife's dress which was adorned with beautiful flowers on her back. Will Smith and family despite any Oscar's this year truly looked like the all American Oscar family right down to Jada's Oscaeresk gold dress. Other beauties in fabulous dresses include Cameron Diaz, Reese Witherspoon, Penelope Cruise, and Cate Blanchett.

Kudos to the most important winner, in my opinion, Al Gore for his documentary "An Inconvenient Truth". Also to Melisa Ethridge for her best original song "I Need To Wake Up", written for Al Gore's documentary. Hooray for Alan Arkin who gave an outstanding performance in "little Miss Sunshine" and won an Oscar for best supporting actor. Also a Big congrats to Martin Scorsese for his brilliant work in the film "The Departed". Scorsese not only won the award for best director but his picture received the highest award by being voted best film of the year.


The only way to end a fantastic night filled with gourmet food, high fashion, and great films is of course, with chocolate! Just like the big wigs in Hollywood celebrate with decadent delectables so did we. We enjoyed our own mini fudge cakes filled with raspberry ice cream drizzled with chocolate ganash and fresh raspberries topped with a light dusting of powdered sugar. The perfect ending to a perfect night.