Momofuku Ko - Lunch

By sheer luck, Matt was randomly checking the Ko site yesterday and managed to snag a lunch reservation for today at 12:25pm. 17 courses, with wine/sake pairings took us slightly over 3 hours and I came out a "bit" tipsy. Okay, maybe a little more than that (don't judge).

The courses may be out of order toward the middle/end... we were getting kind of wasty...

Amuse
Pomme souffle with creme fraiche and hackleback caviar
Corn tuile with tomato jam, pork rillette, and grilled corn

Course #1
Oyster with hackleback caviar
*Since I'm allergic, Matt had the oyster and they substituted my dish with 2 peieces of uni instead

Course #2
Raw kampachi with lemon jam and daikon radish sprouts

Course #3
Raw Long Island fluke with Korean fermented chili paste)

Course #4
O-toro tartar with lemon jam topped with hackleback caviar

Course #5
Raw diver scallops, watermelon, radish, and lime zest

Course #6
Lobster salad with mini melon balls, tomato water, basil oil, and pickled cucumbers on top of melon gelee

Course #7
Painted Hills beef carpaccio with grilled baby leek, horseradish creme fraiche, grated horseradish, and baby sorrel
“Butter Bomb” (a mini roll filled with butter topped with black sesame seeds)

Course #8
Fresh yuba with heirloom cherry tomato salad

Course #9
Bacon fat poached shrimp, zebra beans, matsutake mushrooms, tonburi with a pour of bacon dashi

Course #10
Deep fried poached egg with pickled cherries, baby kale, and cherry jam of some sort

Course #11
Steamed striped bass on top of an egg drop soup dumpling, raw lobster mushrooms, bok choy, and toasted kasha

Course #12
Buckwheat tortellini stuffed with eggplant puree, grilled baby eggplant, Korean black garlic, Chinese long beans, house made pork and miso sausage

Course #13
Signature Dish: Shaved foie gras torchon with lychees and riesling gelee

Course #14
Elysian Fields Farm rack of lamb with watermelon, feta cheese puree, and black olives

Course #15
Cheese Course: Two different cheeses (one hard, one soft... I can't remember what kind), pickled red onions, apricot jam?, and a pork fat brioche

Course #16
Peach sorbet with milk crumbs and cinnamon streusel

Course #17
Corn parfait with chocolate sauce, sour cream flavored ice cream on top of corn meal, and dehydrated corn kernels

This meal was followed by a 2.5 hour nap... all in all, I think it was a very productive Sunday...

Can You Feel the Love?

Snippet of a conversation I had over gchat with my boyfriend Matt....

Me: Sweet I bought shoes online
Matt: Lame.
Matt: Lenovo rejected my credit card?

Me: what? how?
Matt: Not sure. Then I couldn't use it to buy train tix. Wtf
Matt: What did you do grace?

Me: nothing! want me to check your acct?
Matt: Like I'm supposed to believe that

Me: what! no trust!
Matt: How are your shoess!??????!!!!!??!??
Me: I PAID FOR THEM WITH MY MC!!!!
Matt: Oh. There goes my theory

Sharpie Art

Apparently Sharpies are more useful that I thought... A Kentucky man decorated his entire basement using just $10 worth of Sharpie.

Pretty cool stuff, huh? 

Josh Groban - Memorable TV Themes Over Time

This was by far the highlight from the 60th Annual Emmy Awards last night... especially after that disaster "Nothing" skit in the beginning.

Mischievous Kangaroo

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