THE PRINCESS BRIDE – Tenacious Eats ‘Movies For Foodies’ February 14th at The Mahler Ballroom

By Tom Stockman | January 6, 2020

” Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die. “

There is nothing more fun (or romantic) than a Tenacious Eats ‘Movies For Foodies’ Film Series event! This time it’s the beloved 1987 cult classic THE PRINCESS BRIDE. It’s February 14th (that’s Valentine’s Day Guys!) from 6:30 to 10pm at The Mahler Ballroom (4915 Washington Blvd, St. Louis). Ticket information can be found HERE. A Facebook invite for the event can be found HERE

The Tenacious Eats site can be found HERE

What a fun night this will be:

Doors open at 6:30PM with a special movie themed Selfie Station, cash bar and multiple rounds of film and music trivia for tons of prizes and tickets to future Tenacious Eats Shows!

*Film begins at 7:00PM along with special Teats Treats! No dress code. Costumes always encouraged and rewarded!

*Film will be paused to introduce each course.

*Selfie Station!

*Trivia

$100.00 per person.
$125.00 per person day of event. Seating is limited and space cannot be guaranteed unless purchased in advance.

This menu is like a fairy tale!

First Course “As You Wish” Coq au Vin mini pies, Amish chicken, turnip, riesling, Herbs de Provence, Marcoot Alpine cheese, dates, apples, whipped parsnip top and a Sweet Knocker cider reduction. 

Second Course “My Name is Inigo Montoya Prepare to Die!” Housemade chorizo, crawfish, hominy, jamon, pomodoro and chickpea stew. Served with 12 month Manchego cheese and bittersweet chocolate sauce. 

Third Course “Never go in Against a Sicilian When Death is on the Line!” Farmer’s plate of beet pickled egg, cheese, figs, olives and Salam Bedu Sicilian sausage.

Fourth Course “Fezzik’s Restorative Lamb” Baby New Zealand lamb chop, mushroom bread pudding, potato parisienne, parsley, English peas, carrot, served with a lamb and fig glace. 

Fifth Course “To Blave! Max’s Miracle Pill” Dark chocolate coated magic. (Miracle Max’s top secret cure). 

Sixth Course “Wuv, Twue Wuv…” Chiffon wedding cake, French buttercream, layers of passion fruit and orange and white chocolate creme anglaise.

One of the best qualities of THE PRINCESS BRIDE is that it simultaneously manages to be both fairytale and fairytale parody. It lampoons the whole world of fairytale and fantasy while, at the same time, celebrating it. Most of the characters within play it for laughs other than the title character (who is, after all, a fairytale princess and not a female Groucho Marx) and Mandy Patinkin’s Spanish revenge-bent swordsman.

The cast, largely composed of lesser-known talents (at the time) and notably absent the big megastars that were then dominating the box office, is superb. The romantic  leads were basically unknowns; the beautiful and talented (nice English accent!) Robin Wright and the suave and handsome Cary Elwes. Wally Shawn is also perfectly cast as the supremely intelligent (or so he thinks) Vizzini. Andre the Giant plays the role of giant that was (literally) made for him to play — he does a good job and is very appealing as the archetypal gentle giant. Chris Sarandon gets to go way over the top to great effect as Prince Humperinck (apologies to Englebert, but did they choose the name just ‘cos it’s inherently funny?) and Christopher Guest shows off both another flawless British accent and the ability to quite effectively and quietly capture the feel of your basic model psychopathic sadist. Peter Cook even gets to make an appearance as a clergyman with a speech impediment. Billy Crystal is great and his ad-libs add to the film. Carol Kane is also effective — both of them in extreme make-up — as his wife. Back in the present day reality, Peter Falk is terrific as the grandfather who’s patiently reading the tale to his grandson, well played by young Fred Savage.

I have yet to meet someone who has seen THE PRINCESS BRIDE and didn’t love it

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By integrating film and food, Movies for Foodies creates an original experience, a feast for the senses, an event that brings food and film, chefs and diners together.

Tenacious Eats only works with locally produced food procured by them and hard-to-find ingredients, imported from places that specialize in them. With each new film, we write a new menu specific to its story. Sometimes the menu is literal and sometimes it is inspired interpretation. In all cases, each dining experience is different because each film is different.