Man, am I looking forward to a long weekend! You can tell I've had a busy week, since I haven't managed to post at all. Lame. There were some highlights along the way — a meet-up for the beach house, an opening party for Hundred Acres, some gym time, some couch time, and my second visit to Momofuku Ko.* I literally logged on to the reservation site on Wednesday at 4pm and there was a cancellation for 7pm that night. So — Roopa joined me (with an open mind) and we had an amazing meal. In addition to the dishes you can read about on some of the blogs out there, most of which I had last time, there were some new ones to try this time around. Roopa and I got served different things several times, which didn't happen on my last visit. I did not bring my camera — in fact, we chatted with one of the chefs, who mentioned they were possibly considering a no-camera policy. Anyhoo, back to the food:
- spring pea soup with crawfish, and a morel mushroom crepe
- kampachi with freeze-dried soy, chive flowers, chive oil, and pickled crosnes
- a japanese egg custard with asparagus, hackleback caviar, tarragon oil, and braised cashews
- lasagne with burgundy snails, broccoli rabe flowers, mushrooms, ricotta salada, and whipped ricotta
- halibut with radish salad, burnt onion, baby bok choy, and pepperoncini (my favorite new dish)
- trout with yuzu, pickled breakfast radish, bacon puree, and almonds
- kiwi sorbet with apricot puree and olive oil
- lychee sorbet with sesame "sand"
- cereal milk panna cotta with cornflake crumbs, avocado, and hazelnut chocolate
- yellow cake ice cream with chocolate, rhubarb, candied peas and pea "dust"
Once again, pretty damn amazing. We got the wine pairings again — this time I asked for a copy, which I'll hopefully get soon. And for your general amusement, here are the pics
from Matt's housewarming party are here. Well, at least those that are safe for general consumption.
* In case anyone's wondering why I didn't write about my Ko visits on Gothamist, first and foremost, I just wanted to enjoy my meal without worrying about giving a blow-by-blow recap. Second of all, I wasn't prepared for another per se treatment, although the dollar amount isn't even close in this case.
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Nice blog. Found it while surfing around looking for a picture of Cookie Monster. Happy Mem. Day!
Ben
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