Eden's on campus is a student run dining room, and for the spring 2015 semester is serving 8 - course dinners for about $36 a seat, at the price includes the wine served for each course. Here is what Chef John (their teacher) has to say about the dinner this week:
Cherry trees are about to blossom and Anime Detour - the Japanese popular culture convention - is about to begin, so Eden's On Campus offers an eight-course celebration of Japanese cuisine. Some dishes will be traditional, some modern, some shameless.
Here is the menu
Anime Detour Japanese Feast
Amuse-Bouche
Takoyaki with Kewpie-style mayo and Okonomiyaki sauce
Appetizer
Gyoza-style pot stickers with pork, daikon radish and cabbage
Salad
Mixed Seaweed salad with Tsukemono and Wafu dressing
Soup
Miso Cha-su Ramen with Quail Egg
Fish
Salmon and Oyster Motoyaki
Palate Cleanser
Lychee Ginger Sorbet
Meat
Deconstructed Sukiyaki with Daikon & Purple Sweet Potatoes
Dessert
Azuki and Green Tea Mochi Ice Cream
Bread
An-Pan, Melon-Pan & Curry-Pan
The menu itself will be on their Facebook page which you can access here.
Further information about the courses, as well as any pictures taken by the students will be posted on the Facebook page as well.
The location is the Eden's on Campus dinner room at the Eden Prairie Hennepin Technical College, which is at 13100 Collegeview Drive, Eden Prairie, MN 55347, about 11 minutes away by car from the convention.
The times of the dinners are Thursday March 26 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and on Friday March 27 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The maximum number of people that can accommodated each night is 40-45, and they have accommodated as much as 15 people per reservation in the recent past.
If this all sounds good, then you can make a reservation by calling 952-995-1417. Just leave a message and they will call to confirm your reservation.
We hope to see you there,
Daniel Nordin, 2nd semester student of Culinary Arts at HTC Eden Prairie.