El Gaucho Bellevue - Food

My Scottish heritage revisited. A trip back to Scotland (sort of)…

This week I get the chance to relive a bit of my heritage. I will be hosting a Johnnie Walker dinner where my inspiration came from the fact I am Scottish (clan Macintosh). Two years ago my wife and I toured Scotland and the Edinburgh Castle. While there, something strange happened to me and I felt as though I was finally among people like myself – and the funny part is that they looked just like me!

So telling you all this, you might be asking what this has to do with my love for creating great food? Well, James Beard was one of my long time heroes (I know he wasn’t one of these rock star chefs that are all over television). James was Scottish as well and I highly recommend that you take some time out to read a little of his inspiration. His approach was that all food needs a foundation to be built upon and he was a rock. Some of the food I will be making for the dinner was researched on the Robert Burns website. They hold a dinner every year to celebrate his contribution to writing in the world.

So if you want to taste a bit of my Scottish heritage and thoroughly enjoy yourself for an evening, please stop by (call 425. 455.2715 to RSVP) and enjoy the Johnnie Walker dinner. And whether you are Scottish or not, make sure you come up and introduce yourself to me and that you read my Scottish story.

Chef Cain