With the holiday season rapidly approaching, I managed to get my hands on the Goldman Sachs Xmas Party Menu for this year. I'm told it's not final, but this is what they are proposing (note the pretty ballsy choice of venue...)
Goldman Sachs Holiday Fete - 2009 at the Palais Versailles
APERITIFS & HORS D'OEUVRES
Finest Golden Chartreuse Elixir
DOM Benedictine
Selection of Trappist 'Biere Belgique'
Chateauneuf du Papes - Balthazars of Domaine du Pegau 2000
Minted-Green Dacquiris Flowing From a Kozlowski-Inspired Ice Sculpture Fountain.
(Holy Water or non-alcoholic beverages available on request)
With Canapes of 'Pigs-in-a-Blanket', 'Devilled-Eggs', Blood Sausage; Godiveau Lyonnais;
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FIRST COURSE
Shark-Fin Soup
or
Fish & Loaves (fish is sustainably caught from the banks of Iceland)
or
"Salade Romanov" of Lobster & Black Truffles Sprinkled With Gold Foil
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MAIN COURSES
(Served Smorgasbord or "All You Can Eat-Style", to satiate the most unsatiable of appetites)
Roasted Market Goose Entier with "Couilles Brasse" With Scalped Pototoes
Chateaubriand of Milk-FED Beef avec une Sauce Banquiere
Braised Roebucks in a Creme-de-la-Creme Sauce
Banquette-Holding a 'Surf And Turf' with a bonus of sauce fine-blanc
Traditional Stuffed Turkey in a "Sangfroid" sauce
Freshly-Slaughtered Cutest Spring Lamb (Roasted on a Spit) in a Minted Sauce
"Stuffed Sucking Pig Five-Ways" (Chef's Surprise)
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DESSERT
Cherry-Picked-Bonus Jubilee
Sponge Cake with a Luxurious Creme Anglaise
Grand-Sized Profiterole Balls with a Rich Chocolate Sauce
Gaffes with a Blanc-Fine Syrup
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PETITS-FOURS
American Sponge-Drops
Bittersweet Karma Cookies