In talking about the Masters Champions Dinner menu, there are two groups of folks. There are the Masters champions who eat its contents with fork, knife and spoon.
And there are those who poke and prod it.
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With that, we bring you an exchange this week on “The Steam Room” show, hosted by announcer Ernie Johnson and basketball hall of famer-golf junkie Charles Barkley. They’d been asked what they would put on their menu — and what Barkley thought of this year’s, which was developed by Rory McIlroy. Video of the answers is below, and below that are some thoughts.
What Charles Barkley thought of Rory McIlroy’s Masters Champions Dinner menu
Before we get to that, here is McIlroy’s complete menu:
–There were four appetizers: peach and ricotta flatbread with balsamic, hot honey and basil; rock shrimp tempura with creamy spicy sauce; bacon-wrapped dates with goat cheese and almonds; and grilled elk sliders with caramelized onion jam and roasted garlic aioli.
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–There was a first course: yellowfin tuna carpaccio with foie gras, toasted baguette and chives.
–There was a choice for the main course: Wagyu filet mignon or seared salmon. With either came traditional Irish champ, sauteed brussels sprouts, glazed carrots with brown butter and crispy vidalia onion rings.
–There was a dessert: sticky toffee pudding with vanilla ice cream and warm toffee sauce.
Barkley’s thoughts? He took issue with three items:
–The peach and ricotta flatbread. “It’s a little too foo-foo for me,” he said. “… You got to have meat on your flatbread.”
–The bacon-wrapped dates. “Oh, come on. Stop it. That’s the only way you can up f**k up bacon.”
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–The yellowfin tuna carpaccio. “That’s like really thinly like — yeah, no, no, no, no.”
What about the main course? Barkley said this: “You know, I only eat tilapia. And there’s a couple other fish I eat, but not salmon. Branzino, I love branzino. And there’s one more I eat because fish is too fishy for me. I know that sounds stupid.”
And McIlroy’s dessert?
“I don’t think you can go wrong with that,” Barkley said.
What Charles Barkley would put on his Masters Champions Dinner menu
Here’s what Barkley would have:
–The main course? “I’ll take the fried chicken they got at the Masters. It’s some of the best fried chicken I’ve ever had in my life when I was there.”
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–Appetizers? Shrimp cocktail and crab cocktail.
–What else? A Caesar salad, no anchovies. And “some type of vegetarian bulls**t.”
–Any seafood? A dover sole.
–Dessert? Key lime pie and apple pie and vanilla ice cream.
Additional thoughts?
Said Johnson: “I don’t even know what to say.”
Said Barkley: “Yummy.”
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