Eleven Madison is our go-to celebration restaurant. (For some reason, we always end up there on a Tuesday.) This past Tuesday night, to celebrate the end (for now) of Jon's having to work 14-hour days for 9 days at a clip, we had the tasting menu. It consisted of 13 courses and lasted for about 4 hours. Gulp.
1. Predinner nibbles. 2. Baked potato ice cream with wild char roe. 3. Heirloom beet salad.
4. Tuna tartar with heirloom tomatoes. 5. Fois gras with cherries and pistachios. 6. Poached lobster with bacon panna cotta and sweet corn.
7. Turbot with a stuffed squash blossom. 8. Suckling pig with braised cipollini onions, baby leeks, and apricot chutney. 9. Lamb with roasted eggplant, fried sweetbreads, and sheep's milk yogurt.
10. Cheese course. 11. Raspberry sorbet and raspberries filled with balsamic vinegar and lemon verbena. 12. Chocolate and peanut butter "palette" with caramel popcorn and popcorn ice cream. There was also a bonbon plate that I forgot to snap. I think I'm still stuffed!
Course #6 (the lobster) was the best with #8 a close second!!!
Posted by: Jonnazz | August 14, 2008 at 10:56 AM
OMG!!!!!!!!!!! How fabulous this looks!! So if I come to NYC will you and Jon take me tast-seeing *LOL* I want to go to all the hole in the wall places!!!
Posted by: Tracey in WA | August 14, 2008 at 02:01 PM
Hi, Tracey! Of course we'll take you. We always welcome visitors, especially to experience all of the culinary delights NYC has to offer...just search for "chimichurri" on this site to give you a taste of where we'll take you!
Posted by: Jonnazz | August 14, 2008 at 08:17 PM
Hey, Tracey. Any time!
Posted by: Oatmeal Cookie Guy | August 14, 2008 at 08:52 PM
You guys actually ate this stuff. YUCK! I would rather have the hot dog!
Posted by: Auntie Anne | August 16, 2008 at 05:05 PM
Hi, Auntie. You've got to come down to NYC. We'll take you to Papaya King (http://www.papayaking.com), Gray's Papaya (http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/grays-papaya01), and Nathan's in Coney Island (http://history.amusement-parks.com/nathans.htm) for some hot dogs, *and* then we'll take you to Eleven Madison. The city is awesome in the fall... You don't know what you're missing!
Posted by: Oatmeal Cookie Guy | August 18, 2008 at 11:59 AM