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A ringing endorsement...

Roudy
Roudy Posts: 431
edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
The week before Eggtoberfest my brother and I planned a Memorial Service for my father who was a 60 year resident of Indianapolis. I was given the task of finding a private room in a restaurant the night before the service so we could host out of town family members and dear friends of my parents. As luck would have it a friend suggested Chef JJ's, a venue that we could rent for ourselves. The chef cooks on Big Green Eggs and provides excellent food and impeccable service. Here are a few photos of the evening:

The deck outside on the banks of the White River
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Chef JJ working some magic on appetizers
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Dates stuffed with manchego cheese and wrapped in peppered bacon (yes I did steal the recipe and cooked it at Eggtoberfest - huge hit!)
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Spinach salad - wonderful
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Cooking away
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I'm either swapping lies or recipes with JJ and sous chef Jenna
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The dessert - a pear bread pudding with a rum/walnut glaze
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I missed taking photos of the marinated skirt steak and smoked trout because all twenty four of us were too busy devouring every course presented to us.

Any of you Eggheads visiting Indianapolis must make a point of visiting this place . I feel I'm pretty accomplished cooking on the Egg, but this night made me feel like dropping to my knees and crying "I'm not worthy!"

http://www.chefjjs.com/
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  • Hoss
    Hoss Posts: 14,600
    Impressive! ;)
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  • Clam
    Clam Posts: 117
    I enjoyed the post and pics!

    thank you.
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  • Spring Chicken
    Spring Chicken Posts: 10,255
    Cool...

    I'll add it to my list of 'must go to' places if and when I'm ever up that way. I hope he takes walk-ins.

    Thanks.

    Spring "Up Walking Around" Chicken
    Spring Texas USA
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  • JLOCKHART29
    JLOCKHART29 Posts: 5,897
    Very nice. A high end resturant using an Egg! ;)
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  • cookn biker
    cookn biker Posts: 13,407
    First, sorry for the loss of your father.
    Next, love seeing a restaraunt using eggs. That ain't nod diner either.
    Molly
    Colorado Springs
    "Loney Queen"
    "Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship, explore your thoughts about one another candidly, work together for a common goal and help one another achieve it."
    Bill Bradley; American hall of fame basketball player, Rhodes scholar, former U.S. Senator from New Jersey
    LBGE, MBGE, SBGE , MiniBGE and a Mini Mini BGE
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  • BobS
    BobS Posts: 2,485
    Thanks for sharing. Sorry for the loss of your father, but that certainly looks like a wonderful celebration of life. Both the location and the food looked great.
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  • lowercasebill
    lowercasebill Posts: 5,218
    my sympathies on the loss of your father,,, that looks like a wonderful place to celebrate his life , great egged food beautiful location.. thanks for posting .
    bill
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  • uglydog
    uglydog Posts: 256
    Roudy: My condolences on the loss of your father. What an impressive place for a memorial gathering, and great looking food. I'm sure your guests enjoyed the atmosphere.
    Uglydog
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  • 2Fategghead
    2Fategghead Posts: 9,624
    Roudy,

    Isn't a coincidence that I to have been touched by Chef JJ and his wonderful sous Chef Jenna.

    Here is all their info:

    Chef JJ's Back Yard
    1040 Broad Ripple Ave.
    Indianapolis, IN. 46220
    WWW.chefjjs.com
    317.602.3828

    This past Aug. Cindy and I were invited to grill at Indianapolis, IN. first annual Eggfest and when we arrived we were welcomed with open arms.

    So,Kudos to Chef JJ & Sous Jenna and their promoter Staraya as well as Sulivans Do-it store.

    Here are some pic's of the Eggfest last Aug. 2009 at Sulivans Do-It in Indianapolis. I plan to attend the 2010 Indy fest.

    Here I am grilling on two large eggs. There were about 25 eggs cooking at this event and we guess about 1500 spectators. I was told by one person that because of me he did purchase an egg!

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    This is Andrew Ball he is very good on the egg and we soon become friends.

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    Myself 2Fategghead then Staraya the promoter and Sous Chef Jenna and my Cindy posing for a pic at the 2009 Eggtoberfest.

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