Danforth Inn

The evening was another Danforth Inn gala.  And the food was nothing short of revelatory at the LifeFlight dinner held at Tempo Dulu, a performance orchestrated by chefs Shelby Stevens and Chris long, whose regular beat is at the Danforth’s sister establishments, the Camden Harbour Inn and Natalie’s Restaurant.

life wine

The reason for this celebration was to thank LifeFlight, a nonprofit organization that takes to the air to transport patients in need of critical care. Hoteliers Oscar Verest and Raymond Brunyanszki were thanking them for taking care of their chef Chris Long when he had an accident last year that was life threatening and needed to be transported to Maine Medical from Camden for immediate care.

Fine wines served at the dinner in one of three dining rooms at Tempo Dulu at the Danforth

Fine wines served at the dinner in one of three dining rooms at Tempo Dulu at the Danforth

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Note: Because of the extended July 4th weekend, Friday Dining is appearing today.

Sometimes I feel like the churlish critic who ate Portland, Maine, or is it eating me? No matter because when you come upon such a restaurant as Tempo Dulu, in the utterly glamorous new iteration of the Danforth Inn where it’s magnificently housed, it makes nearly all other dining experiences that you thought were so good tame by comparison.  That’s not to say that dinner at some of our  most revered restaurants like Central Provisions, Back Bay Grill or Fore Street is not duly fabulous.  But it’s a combination of the exotic blending of cuisine—Indonesian—taking place in an absolutely gorgeous setting that makes the distinctive shoals of fine dining  so singularly superb here.

Curried egg and the Wayang cocktail

Curried egg and the Wayang cocktail

The waiters are all handsome with Ipana-perfect smiles and beautifully attired.  The principal rooms where cocktails are served shimmer like gold dust so worldly it could host cads with escorts or dowagers in diamonds.

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