Chris and Idie Hastings of Hot and Hot are locally and nationally recognized for their attention to detail on every plate, creative use of fresh, seasonal and local ingredients and overall culinary imagination! At the forefront of the farm~to~table movement, you can taste their commitment to quality in every bite and sip!
We recently celebrated an Anniversary dinner there and our experience from start to finish was another example of flawless service, quality and flavor!
We started out the night with an cocktails...for me an award-winning cocktail..The Summer Jewel...muddled garden cucumber with Bombay Sapphire, fresh squeezed grapefruit, finished with sake and rimmed with sweet ground pink peppercorn and juniper...Ah-mazing! Refreshing yet spicy..perfection in a pink rimmed glass! The hubby had a Chilton County cocktail - you can see it in the background..local muddled peaches, Vodka, sparkling Muscato..yep..as delicious as it sounds! And if you are wondering about that bread in that basket - or those biscuits which you can slather with the most amazing butter you can imagine..soft, smooth, velvety, rich..well it was like...butta!
If you are like me then over the past few years you have been wondering where all the good tomatoes have gone...well I'll tell you where they went! They are in the Tomato Salad at Hot and Hot! They are famous for this dish and we were lucky enough to enjoy it on one of the last nights they served it this season (back in Sept) I could list off all the ingredients in this magic salad; several varieties of amazing local tomatoes, ridiculously good bacon, corn, local field peas, buttermilk-fried okra, and the list of deliciousness goes on and on..
None of these ingredients listed on a page could prepare you for the amazingness that is this salad! (Yep - that is a word and if you don't believe me you have never tried this salad!)The quality of this next photo is a slap in the face to the perfection that was The Fig Tasting..let me pause here for a brief explanation of how I feel about figs: LOVE..TRUE LOVE! This was a love song to figs..and by that I mean Figs with Foie Gras, Figs with Country Ham, Figs with Mascarpone, Figs with Rosemary, Figs with Anchovy and Spicy Walnut..is that the most delicious group of ingredients you have ever heard? That is what I am talking about!! Let me admit that I was not good at sharing bites of this!
And for my main course...the Pork Trio..BBQ Shoulder with Arepa Cake and Peach Mojo, Loin with Creamy Pea Salad, Sausage with Mushrooms and Butternut Squash..each bite was worthy of its own blog..real talk..delicious!
And we finished off this fab meal off with another award-winning dish..Hot and Hot Doughnuts: tonight's version featuring Apple Butter and Cinnamon Sugar, Pecan Pie and Chocolate Eclair..
Perfect finish!Ok fine...confession time..we had TWO desserts! Look at that patience being demonstrated while i snap this picture! ;) Late Summer Verrine with Pear Mousse, Asian Pears, Muscadine Grape Gellee and Ginger Sorbet.. What else is there to say..I have just reached my maximum delicious ingredients per blog limit....
