OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper invited U.S. President Barack Obama and some officials to a working lunch Thursday in the well-appointed quarters of the Speaker of the Senate, located in the Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings.

A look at the fine Canadian cuisine offered:

  • Pacific Coast tuna with a chilli and citrus vinaigrette
  • Maple and miso cured Nunavut Arctic char
  • Lightly pickled vegetables and an organic beet relish
  • Applewood smoked plains bison
  • Winter root vegetables and local mushrooms
  • Cauliflower and rosemary puree
  • Juniper and Niagara red wine jus
  • Saugeen yogurt pot de creme with a lemon and lavender syrup
  • Wild blueberry and partridgeberry compote
  • Acadian buckwheat honey and sumac tuile