Choo your food

The Cod operates mostly on the side of the Rockies where the Donner Party had a variety of foods to choose from besides each other, but I have been informed that there are distinctive things about a social gathering on the portion of the continent that abuts the pacific. One imagines never more so than for the gala celebrating the new Jimmy Choo store on Rodeo Drive. They are fancy shoes, and the menu, from Patina is fancy, too:

Square Brioche with Citrus Smoked Salmon and Vodka Crème Fraîche
American Black Caviar Pavé on Blini with Chive Crème Fraîche
Wild Mushroom Tartlet with White Truffle Oil
Tuna Tartare Cuplet with Avocado and Wasabe
Petit Filet of Beef on Mini Potato Pancake with Horseradish Crème Fraîche

Mini Flourless Chocolate Cake

Premium Liquor, Patina Selection of White Wine
Cucumber Lemonade Spritzer
Soft Drinks, Mineral Water, Juices

Speaking of California-based shoe-oriented culinary momensts, is the difference between this and when  Werner Herzog ate his shoe the difference between 1980 and 2007, or the difference between LA and Berkeley? Take us out, Crime Mob: