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The Menu
This is the menu for the tasting menu & wine pairing the night I ate at WD-50; wine substitutions by...
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Uploaded on Oct 31, 2011
The Flatbread
A wonderfully thin flatbread that served as an excellent start & palate cleanser.
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Mackerel, sunflower, giardiniera, black vinegar
The black vinegar leather licorice threads were killer. Paired with Dewazakura ‘Festival of Stars’ Tobiroku...
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Everything bagel, smoked salmon threads, crispy cream cheese
Delish. Paired with a substitute by the bartender of a wonderfully toasty Champage, Guy Charlamagne Grand Cru des Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
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Foie-lafel
One of the best parts of the meal; fois-gras presented as a falafel pita. Paired with a substitute wine,...
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Poached egg in the shell, pumpernickel, caesar dressing, bean sprouts
One of the more fun dishes in the pagent, the shell was delicious. Paired with Palmina ‘Subida’ 2009 (Santa Ynez Valley, California).
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King oyster ‘udon,’ sweetbreads, banana-molassas, pickled ginger
The least visually appealing of the dishes, it's hard to make udon look like anything but slop. However,...
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Coho salmon, carrot, root beer, cherry
One of the flavor combos that remained the most seperated. The salmon-root beer axis was interesting, but...
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Duck, nasturtium yogurt, turnip, nutmeg
The most amazing duck I've had second to the "road-kill" duck from Moto. The nutmeg was...
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Lamb loin, ‘red beans & rice,’ chayote squash
Tasty lamb with cooked puffed rice serving as the red beans and bean grain serving as the rice. Paired with...
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Cold fried chicken, buttermilk-ricotta, tabasco, caviar
Not strictly part of the tasting menu, I couldn't leave without having this dish off the a la carte...
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Apricot, buckwheat, brown butter, quince, green tea
The second of the sweets following the unpictured grape-cheesecake-lime. The apricot sorbet was awesome...
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Soft chocolate, beet, long pepper, ricotta ice cream
A fine finish before the send-off rice krispy treats (not pictured). Pure magic, the beet and long pepper...
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Berklee Certificate
Imagine that! Looks like I am capable of completing something educational after all.
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Uploaded on Feb 13, 2010
Mmmm. Pie.
On a recent journey south along Highway 1, we stopped by the Pie Ranch. Despite their sign encouraging us...
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Uploaded on Aug 11, 2008
Quint Ones Baby!
My car recently hit 11111 miles and I took advatantage of the luxury of mobile-phone cameras to document the seredipity.
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Uploaded on Aug 11, 2008
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