LUNCH
Eleven Madison Park
We were very much looking forward to this
A recent 4 star review in the NY Times,
had some touting this as a better
experience than Per Se
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Amuse Bouche I
Pouillon Brut Premier Cru NV
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Amuse Bouche II
(champagne continued..)
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Greenmarket Heirloom Tomatoes
Composition with Terre Bormane Olive Oil
and Fino Verde Basi
Chateau de Trinquevedel Rose '08
composition part 1 - foam-like consomme
compositon part 2 - confit & sorbet
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Foie Gras
Mille-Feuille with Green Market Plums,
Umeboshi and Bitter Almonds
Chateau Filhot Sauternes '98
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Atlantic Halibut
Seared with Sweet Corn, Summer Radishes and Purslane
Jager Gruner Veltliner '07
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Elysian Field Farm Lamb
Herb-Roasted with Sheep's Milk Tart,
Garbanzo Beans and Bacon
Patrick Jasmin Cote-Rotie '01
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Cheese course
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Palette
Caramel Popcorn and Popcorn Ice Cream
Vinhos Barbeito Special Reserve Madeira
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Wonderful Lunch, but didn't hold a candle to Per Se
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DINNER
WD-50
Incredible meal
Every dish was not as it seemed
We were excited by every plate
and tried to work out "the trick"
as it was placed in front of us
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Peekytoe crab
turnip, asian pear, saffron
Guy Charlemagne Brut Rose NV
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Everything Bagel
smoked salmon threads, crispy cream cheese
(Rose continued..)
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Foie Gras
passionfruit, chinese celery
Calera Chardonnay '08
the passionfruit
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Scrambled egg ravioli
charred avocado, kindai kampachi
Domaine Charvin Cotes du Rhone Rose '08
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Cold fried chicken
buttermilk-ricotta, tabasco, caviar
(CDR Rose continued..)
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Perch
kohirabi, "dirty" grape, cocoa nib
Julienas Potel-Aviron Beaujolais '07
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Duck Leg
popcorn pudding, kalamansi, lovage
(beaujolais continued..)
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Lamb Loin
black garlic romesco, pickled ramp, dried soybean
Kunin Wines 'Pape Star' '07
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Vanilla ice cream
balsamic, raspberry
(delicious raspberry & balsamic jam in the center of the ice cream)
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Hazelnut Tart
coconut, chocolate, chicory
St. John Keo Commandria NV
a fortified from Cyprus
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Caramelized Brioche
apricot, buttercream, lemon thyme
Di Majo Norante Moscato '05
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Cocoa packets
chocolate shortbread, milk ice cream
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