Event

Name: Afrokase Dinner
Start: 2025-02-26T18:00
End: 2025-02-26T21:00
Location: Tigerlily

Afrokase Dinner

Join us at Tigerlily on Wednesday, February 26 as Chef Rockii Duncan visits their roots with a special Afrokase tasting dinner in celebration of Black History Month. Born into a military family in Virginia and raised on traditional Southern cooking, Chef Rockii got their first taste of Asian cuisine at 8-years old when they relocated to Japan. As Executive Chef at Tigerlily, Chef Rockii is now using their culinary expertise to blend the two cultures for a one-of-a-kind Asian-soul food fusion dinner.

This special dinner includes seven courses, each specially curated by Chef Rockii to connect guests to their story journey through a melting pot of thoughtfully chosen flavors. Think Japanese Onigiri (rice balls) stuffed with collards, black-eyed pea salad with an Asian infusion, or koi-shaped chicken-and-waffle Taiyaki. Dinner includes seven courses and four drink pairings. Tickets are $125.

MENU
I: Gumbo, prawns, andouille, celery, onion, red pepper, served in jumbo prawn head. Paired with Sidecar: Hennessy, Cointreau, lemon juice, champagne, sugar rim.

II: Freedom Soup: Joumu Raman with oxtail, epis, soba and squash.

III: Onigiri stuffed with collards and turkey neck. Paired with sake pour.

IV: BEP Salad: black-eyed peas, kale, Japanese Milk Bread croutons, yuzu, brown butter Caesar.

V: Red snapper with succotash vinaigrette and Japanese spaghetti. Paired with sake pour.

VI: Bread pudding with sake caramel. Paired with Caramel-Espresso Martini

VII: (Take Home) Chicken n Waffle Taiyaki with pickled watermelon maple syrup.