Saturday, March 22, 2008

engagement dinner

Tonight, my partner took me on a surprise trip to San Francisco, ending at Coi, a restaurant recommended by Joellynn & Caleb (thank you!)
Here's the meal we had, copied from their website, though with a few additions I can't remember. It was quite tasty!

Milk in honey gelee (served with a sprig of anise flower (i think) to sniff)
Pink Grapefruit sorbet with ginger, tarragon, black pepper (served with a drop of their signature cologne, which smells just like it, to put on your wrists)
Asparagus panna cotta
Kampachi Sashiimi with white soy, yuzu, breakfast radish
Caramelized Endive Tart with black olive vinaigrette, herbs
Wild Nettle Soup with ricotta enrobed in lemon gelee, oxalis flowers
Warm artichoke & puntarella salad with green garlic, spring onions, farro
Suckling pig's head prepared three ways
Yuba 'Papardelle' with' mushroom dashi, winter vegetables
Local Wild Mushroom Stew
Japanese black cod, with flowering bok choy
Slow-Cooked poached farm egg with chard, wheatberries, brown butter-parmesan sauce
Poached & Seared pheasant
Winter Citrus sorbet on white chocolate powder
Bethmale (a Swiss cheese) wild greens
Cornice Pear & Chestnut sabayon with lemon myrtle, star anise sablee
Banana Confit with soft chocolate, blood orange, coconut sorbet
Vanilla and olive oil milkshake and malted chocolate chip cookie

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