NYC: Marea (Aug. 2012)
Authors: Victor and Monty
Restaurant: Marea
Exec Chef: Michael White
Date: August 13, 2012
Victor’s Notes: Monty had only been here once for dinner, and he had a terrible experience. I wanted him to try dinner here, as my last dinner here was wonderful. In the end, he enjoyed the meal a lot (and was rather surprised haha)!
Food:
Amuse-bouche 1:
Sea diver scallops with turnip, mint, and corned cream.
Monte: Mint, corn, and scallops…great combination of flavors. It seems simple, but it’s really well executed
Quick Chicken & Egg Crostini
Just decided to make a quick breakfast today on a whim. Hurricane Sandy is wrecking the area so it’s a good excuse to cook. I decided to slice and toast some leftover baguette, spread some chicken liver mousse, and top it all off with some eggs. I only made the eggs – here’s the mousse I tried out:
So I tried making a variation of Ramsay’s scrambled eggs, let’s see how it turned out!
NYC: wd~50 (July 2012)
Authors: Victor and Monty
Restaurant: wd~50
Exec Chef: Wylie Dufresne
Date: July 16, 2012
Dinner (New Tasting Menu!)
Victor’s Notes:
-wd~50 celebrated its 9th anniversary with two new tasting menus in July. This is the primary tasting menu, a 12-, 13-, or 14-course tasting. (The number of courses really depends on whether you classify the first, last, or both dishes as “courses”.)
-I took HORRIBLE pictures during this meal. I was pretty incompetent at iPhone picture-taking in July hahaha.
Monte: I think Wylie Dufresne is so creative and his food really made me think about flavor combinations. wd-50 was refreshingly casual and seemed to be all about the food. I really enjoyed just eating and not having to worry about whether or not I had a jacket.
Monte
Victor
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Happy Noms 