A white chocolate-ginger mousse with Cabernet-poached pear and mint put a sweet ending to this feast. The baby salad with avocado, orange segments, fresh basil, cotton onions finished with lemon and olive oil cleansed the palate for grilled beef filet mignon with Port wine demi-glace served with white sweet potatoes and goat cheese. Next came a pan-seared salmon with Creole sauce and green banana mash. A five-course dinner started with bacon-wrapped plantain with fresh mango chutney and jalapenos. He has his own chef’s garden at the estate, providing produce and herbs. Reynolds Tobacco Co.īutlers welcome guests to the glorious and historic hotel which has hosted presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford as well as Oprah Winfrey and the late Maya Angelou.Įach morning, a complimentary gourmet breakfast buffet is served in the Manor House overlooking the beautiful gardens.Īt dinner in the Persian Card Room, a butler said, “the walls of this stately room are composed of 19th-century elaborately carved and guilded wood panels, which were removed from a small mosque in what is now Istanbul.” I am told that the winter holidays are magical at the estate, with crackling fireplaces and decorations adorning the magnificent “castle.”Ĭhef Gregory Rollins, a native of Barbados, is an award-winning chef, receiving the bronze medal at an American Culinary Federation Competition among others. Gray, son of Wachovia co-founder Alexander Gray, was former president of R.J. With its own storied past, this former private home, built between 1927-32 by Bowman Gray, today is an international conference center. The Graylyn Estate, 1900 Reynolda Road, Winson-Salem, was my incredibly hospitable and elegant home away from home. From classic Southern food to Italian, Moravian to vegan, Winston-Salem has it all. Not to mention, its food scene burgeons in every conceivable ethnic direction with restaurants, markets, food trucks, cafes, coffee shops, bars and bakeries that are as diverse as the region’s population.
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