Menu Flashcards

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PRELUDE: Kanpachi Nigiri

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– Fish is diced, then cured in sake & soy

– Sitting on DASHI MERINGUE (egg white, dashi kombu, soy, vinegar)

– Garnished with shiso leaf, yuzu mayo, fresh wasabi, and shiso flower

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PRELUDE: Dashi Meringue

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– Egg White
– Dashi
– Soy
– Vinegar

Dashi: kombu dashi (veg)

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PRELUDE: Sage Hill Ranch Gardens

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A “no till” farm in Escondido. Very focused on being “human-scale,” no/low petroleum, soil health, all that good shit.
– “a half acre”

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PRELUDE: Sage Hill Ranch Garden Greens

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– Puffed cracker dough (flour milk, yeast, salt)

– filled with “garden pesto” (goat cheese, marscapone, parmesan , almond, nettles, basil, olive oil, sun-dried tomato, picholine olives)

– topped with greens, banyuls vinegar, and parsley powder

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PRELUDE: Ingredients in the puffed cracker

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flour, milk, yeast, salt

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PRELUDE: Leaves in the “salad”

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– marigold leaves (bitter, citrus)
– Nasturtium (peppery)
– amaranth (spinach-like, sweet, hearty)
– blood sorrel (tangy, lemony)

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PRELUDE: Sage Hill Ranch – “garden pesto”

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– goat cheese
– marscapone
– parmesan

– almond

– nettles
– basil

– olive oil

– sun-dried tomato
– picholine olives (particularly delicate olive)

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PRELUDE: Spanish Anchovies w/ Crispy Potato Rosti

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– Potato Rosti (shredded potato bound with clarified butter)
– Cantabrian Anchovies from the Bay of Biscay

– Garnished with wild arugula, arugula mayo, lemon jam, lemon zest, and EVOO

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PRELUDE: Chicken Liver Churro

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– Feuille de brick (a Tunisian version of phyllo dough that’s thicker and less fragile)

– rolled in cinnamon sugar and filled with chicken liver mousse

– topped with “bitter chocolate” (cocoa nib puree = cream, egg, cornstarch, cocoa)

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PRELUDE: “Bitter Chocolate” on Churro

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Cocoa Nib Puree
– cream
– egg
– cornstarch
– cocoa

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AMA EBI – spiel

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This is a rare, deep water sweet shrimp, sustainably trap harvested between 1500 and 3000 feet below the surface off the coast of Kawaii
and when served sashimi style as it is here, showcases it’s lovely natural sweetness, as well as its meaty but delicate texture, and buttery finish.

We advise beginning with the ama ebi, with each bite complemented by an array of perilla flowers and leaves, and enhanced by a pichuberry ponzu sauce.

Once you’ve enjoyed the ama ebi, move next to the rose of summer fruit for a kiss of sweetness — salted kiwi and wisner farms cavaillon melon — for a kiss of sweetness and for your final bite, as a palate cleanser, the lightly fermented ginger.

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SASHIMI: Sauce

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Pichuberry and Ponzu sauce
– Pichuberry = “cape gooseberries”, yellow with sheath, from South America
– Sweet and tart, like a star fruit and a tomato cross

Ponzu
– Fermented pichuberry juice

– Yuzu
– lemon juice

– Black soy sauce
– ginger
– ginger oil

– Vegetable dashi
– mirin

– Xanthan gum

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2nd: Shellfish Chawanmushi – spiel

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– “Chawan” means “tea bowl” in Japanese, borrowed from the Chinese in the 13th century.

It’s a silky dashi and egg mixture, steamed in cup, over which is Hokkaido scallops lightly warmed in garlic oil, Bafun Uni, also from Hokkaido. Broccoli, bok choy, and celtuce contributes a playful textural component, and chef recommends to dive your spoon to the bottom of the chawan for each bite, so experience the textures in harmony.

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CHAWAN: What is the uni called, what makes Hokkaido uni special

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Bafun Uni

– rich, creamy, and sweet flavor, with slight brine
– texture melts in your mouth

As opposed to SB uni
– a bit brinier, and a bit tougher

Ocean temperatures in Hokkaido average about 15 degrees colder in the winter months

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CHAWAN: What the fuck is Celtuce

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An asian lettuce, with a broccoli-like stalk. Gives a firmer texture to the dish.

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CHAWAN: Crab stock in the Chawanmushi

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Crab stock
Thickened with “kuzu”

Kuzu is the starch from the Kudzu plant, which is a semi-woody vine that can grow up to a foot a day
– root can be cooked like a potato

– known as “mile-a-minute” or “the vine that ate the south”
–introduced to Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in 1876, where it was touted as ornamental
– 1930s to 1950s, promoted as a tool for soil erosion control, planted in abundance throughout the south
– looks like a blanket of green

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CHAWAN: What makes Hokkaido scallops special

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Hokkaido is the big island north of the Japanese mainland, less than 30 miles south of Russian island of Sakhalin – between 41st and 45th 43rd parallel, think Vermont

Water is colder

Sweet and rich, with a delicate and buttery texture

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CAVIAR: What’s Koshihikari rice?

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A premium variety of Japanese Short Grain rice.

– It was developed in Japan after WWII.
– Cross bread of Nourin No . 1 with Nourin No. 22, originally to find a better resistance to “rice blast”
– Registered with Japanese Ministry of Agriculture in 1956.
– Short, plump, a high starch content makes them sticky without dissolving into greul.

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CAVIAR: Rice Seasoning on the Caviar?

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– rice vinegar
– mirin (sweet rice wine)
– shio koji (japanese seasoning made from fermented rice, salt, and water)

The enzymes in shio koji help break down proteins and starches, making meats and vegetables more tender and flavorful.

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CAVIAR: Sabayon

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Applewood smoked

– smoked clarified butter
–egg yolks
–smoked soy sauce

Sabayon’s are usually sweet, made of egg yoks, alcohol, and/or stock

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CAVIAR: What is uni brushed with

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unagi sauce
– soy, sugar, cornstarch

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CAVIAR: rice “pearls”

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“ARARE”

Arare are usually bite sized japanese rice crackers, usually flavored with soy, and these are those reimagined as tiny pearls, to give a playful texture and pleasant crunch to the dish.

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CRISPS

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“Chips and Dip”

Kennebec potato chips, dusted in malt vinegar powder, with a toasted dill and burnt onion dip.

Finishing here is a pickle cornichon, topped with sweet and sour cornichon relish, chives, and dill pollen.

Chef advises you to enjoy as much of the chips and dip as you like, and for the cornichon to be your final bite of this little interlude.

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CRISPS: Types of potatoes in the crisps.

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– Kennebec potatoes

– thin skin
– medium starch
– very low moisture a
– uniquely good for frying.

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CRISPS: WTF is a “Kennebec”

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Kennebec is a river in Maine

– 170 miles long
– potato was bred and selected by the Presque Isle Station in Maine in 1948

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CRISPS: How are crisps treated

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– Fried, and dusted with malt vinegar powder

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CRISPS: Dip on the crisps

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“Toasted Dill and burnt onion dip.”

Dip made from
– dill-infused mayonaise
– dijon
– cornichon pickling liquid
– creme fraiche
– dusted with burnt onion powder and dried dill powder

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CRISPS: Cornichon on crisps

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pickled cornichon
– topped with sweet cornichon relish
– chives
– fresh dill
– dill pollen.

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4th: Splendid Alfonsino

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Golden Eye snapper – Kinmedai, from Japan

– Cooked “hoba yaki” TKTK (steamed in banana leaf)
– fumet braised radish, purple daikon, and tokyo turnips
– herbs TKTK
– finished tableside with a shellfish consume

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Sourdough Bread

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– Garden green butter with tarragon, thyme, rosemary, and ramp
– Goat’s milk butter

– Central Milling with 100% dark Northern Spring Wheat – high protein, volcanic soils of PNW

– Tehachapi Grain Project Red Fife Flour (heirloom grain, warm, nutty flavor, notes of cinnamon)

– Spelt flour

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BREAD: Central Milling

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– employee owned company
– three mills in Utah
– distribution in NorCal
– “150 years of experience”

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BREAD: Tehachapi Grain Project

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Aims to preserve and grow heritage organic grains which are naturally drought tolerant
– Red Fife flour

34
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5th: Tom Kha Gai Goong

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Gai: Chicken // Goong: “Shrimp”

Main bowl:
– King crab
– beech mushrooms (cooked in dashi, contains soy)
– lemongrass/pimienton oil (type of paprika)
– pickled ginger
– finger limes
– coconut emulsion (has soy)
– thai basil and coriander

Soup poured tableside
– galangal
– lemongrass
– lime leaves
– honey
– coconut oil
– coconut milk
– red curry paste (has shrimp)

Side bowl: Chicken oysters (breaded in flour, dijon mustard, and panko), fried, tossed in lime aigre doux, fresh lime zest, and swarndwipa (Sumatran spice blend, lemongrass/kaffir/paprika)

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SOUP: Ingredients in the Tom Kha soup broth

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– lime leaves
– honey
– coconut oil
– coconut milk
– red curry paste (has shrimp)

36
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SOUP: Tom Kha Gai Goong – what does it mean?

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Tom = soup
Kha = “Galangal”
Gai = Chicken
Goong = Shrimp

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SOUP: Components in the main bowl of the Tom Kha

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– King crab
– beech mushrooms (cooked in dashi, contains soy)
– lemongrass/pimienton oil (type of paprika)
– pickled ginger
– finger limes
– coconut emulsion (has soy)
– thai basil and coriander

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SOUP: Allergies in the soup

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Soy
Shellfish
Coconut
Honey

39
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SOUP: How are chicken oysters prepared

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– breaded in flour, dijon, and panko
– fried
– tossed in lime aigre-doux, lime zest and swarndwipa

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SOUP: Chicken Oysters WTF

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– An “oyster” is a circular, small piece of dark meat on the back of the chicken thigh
– there are two “oysters” per chicken
– among the most prized parts of the chicken

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SOUP: Sorry…. Swarndwipa?

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A Sumatran spice blend, typically lemongrass/kaffir/paprika

42
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LAMB BROTH: Components in the lamb broth bowl

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– Elysian Farms “Pure Bred” Lamb Tongue braised for 6-hours
– Steamed purple cabbage
– spring onion
– charred and raw scallion
– baby tokyo turnips (small, all white turnips)
– fava beans

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LAMB: Lamb pre-dinner consommé

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– Elysian Fields Farms “Pure Bred” Lamb Tongue (North Carolina), braised for 6 hours

– Lamb consommé (braised lamb bones clarified with ground lamb beef)

– Steamed purple cabbage, spring onion, charred and raw scallion, baby tokyo turnips, and fava beans.

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A5: Beef Broth

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American Wagyu beef tongue (12 horu slow braise)

Dashi broth:
– Kombu
– dry porcini
– shiitake mushrooms
– katsuobushi (bonito flakes)
– white soy

45
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Where are Elysian Fields Farms?

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– Cedar Grove, NC

46
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LAMB: pickled ramp

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– champagne vinegar
– white balsamic
– bay leaf
– garlic

47
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LAMB: aged sherry (TKTK?)

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– black garlic
– aged sherry
– garlic oil
– koji
– egg yolks
– dijon

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LAMB: pani puri tart

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– “Pani” = small, round, hollow cripsy shell
– “puri” = flavored water, from tamarind, mint, cilantro, chaat masala, or other spices

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LAMB: whipped parmesan

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– parm
– heavy cream
– milk
– xanthan gum

50
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LAMB: aged and cooked?

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– 25 day dry aged Elysian Fields Farms “Pure Bred” Lamb Ribeye
– roasted with rosemary garlic
– dusted with prime rib powder

51
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LAMB: “Prime Rib Powder”

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– rosemary
– thyme
– garlic
– onion
– parsley
– ramp tops

52
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LAMB: nettle puree

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– Nettles (spinach-like – earthy, grassy, nutty, sometimes minty)
– spinach
– butter
– cream
– shallots
– garlic

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Lamb Ribeye

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Elysian Fields Farms “Pure Bred” Lamb Rack “Ribeye,” dry aged in house for 25 days, roasted with rosemary and garlic, and dusted with prime rib powder.

This is served alongside a nettle puree, whipped parmesan, pickled ramp, aged sherry ____TK___, pomme puree, watercress, and a pani puri tart. TK MOREL?

54
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Olive fed wagyu

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A5 from Shodoshima, or Shodo Island.
– a small island, west of Osaka, in the inland sea of Japan
– raising cattle for over 1300 years
– island makes 99& of Japan’s olives
– in 2010, rancher realized cows could be induced to eat the pressed olives
–dry and roast the pressed olives, caramelizing the natural sugars, getting the cows to eat it
“this process fits perfectly with the Japanese ethos of mottainai, to waste nothing”

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Japanese ethos of wasting nothing

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mottainai

56
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A5 Upgrade

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Olive-fed Shodoshima
– finished with soy glaze
– porcini powdered
– grilled over binchotan

Shellfish rice cracker
– A5 tartar
– caramelized cipollini onion
– pickled cucumber
– diced raw radish
– chives
– aged miso
– dijon mustard
– black garlic aioli (egg, oil, dijon, pureed black garlic, squid ink

Shoyu Sauce (tableside)
– soy
– mirin
– sake
– brown sugar
– vinegar
– garlic
– scallions
– ginger
– dijon

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7th – pre-dessert

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– Harry’s Berries “Mara des Bois” Strawberries (small, soft, richly perfumed perfumed)

Strawberry rhubarb tart
– butter
– buckwheat
– sugar
– eggs
– vanilla
– brown butter
– xanthan

Jam
– rhubarb
– strawberry
– orange
– sugar
– vanilla bean
– ascorbic acid

Frangipane
– almond flour
– vegan butter
– almond extract
– egg
– sugar

Lavender Panna Cotta
– cream, sugar, lavender, gelatin, vanilla

Strawberry granite
– strawberries
– sugar
– sudachi
– lime

Champagne Emulsion
– reduced champagne
– heavy cream
– sugar
– gelatin

58
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“Panna Cotta” WTF

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Italian for “cooked cream”
– simmer cream, sugar, and vanilla, then set it with gelatin

59
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PRE: Lavender Panna Cotta

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Lavender Panna Cotta
– cream
– sugar
– lavender
– gelatin
– vanilla

60
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PRE: Champagne Emulsion

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Champagne Emulsion
– reduced champagne
– heavy cream
– sugar
– gelatin

61
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PRE: What’s a “sudachi”

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– small, green citrus fruit from Japan
– similar to lime but more complex and floral

62
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PRE: types of strawberries

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Harry’s Berries “Mara de Bois”
– small, soft, sweet, richly perfumed, almost rose watery

63
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PRE: Strawberry Rhubarb Tart

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Strawberry rhubarb tart
– butter
– buckwheat
– sugar
– eggs
– vanilla
– brown butter
– xanthan

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PRE: Frangipane

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Frangipane
– almond flour
– vegan butter
– almond extract
– egg
– sugar

65
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PRE: Jam

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Jam
– rhubarb
– strawberry
– orange
– sugar
– vanilla bean
– ascorbic acid

66
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8th – Sweet Treats

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Praline and Cocoa Crunch
– Valrhona chocolate, hazelnut puree, and Feuillitine (foy-u-tine),
–finished with a mezcal, passionfruit, vanilla bean caramel

Yuzu Custard
– Made in style of posset
– cream and citrus juice boiled together to set
– finished with green tea emulsion (contains soy)

Berry Beet Tartelette
– tart shell: Beet Puree, isomalt, cornstarch
– verjus, vanilla cheesecake w/ raspberry hibiscus glaze
– garnished with oaxalis and violas

67
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SWEETS: Praline and Cocoa Crunch

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– layers of Valrhona chocolate (milk, semi sweet, bitter sweet, and white)
– hazelnut puree
– Feuillitine (foy-u-tine): shards of wafer, contains gluten
– “Fluff” (stablized meringue with vanilla)
– Chocolate tuile
– Mezcal passionfruit vanilla bean caramel (tableside)

68
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SWEETS: Yuzu Custard

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– Made in style of posset
– cream and citrus juice boiled together to set
– finished with green tea emulsion (contains soy)

69
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SWEETS: Berry Beet Tartelette

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– tart shell: Beet Puree, isomalt, cornstarch
– verjus, vanilla cheesecake w/ raspberry hibiscus glaze
– garnished with oaxalis and violas

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SWEETS: Allergies in the Yuzu Custard

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Soy: in the green tea emulsion
Dairy: in the custard itself

71
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What’s a “cornichon”

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A pickled gherkin, which is a type of small cucumber.

72
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How is the alfonsino cooked

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“Matsukasa-Yaki” – literally “pinecone cooked”

– High-temperature oil is ladled over the fish, scales first
– makes them crispy and raised

73
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components on the Alfonsino

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TKTK TBD

74
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Sourdough grains

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– Central Milling’s 100% Dark Northern Spring Wheat
–Tehachapi Grain Project Red Fife flour
– spelt flour

75
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Types of Dashi (in the world)

A

Kombu Dashi (made from kelp)
Katsuo Dashi (made from bonito flakes)
Awase Dashi (made from both kelp and bonito flakes)

And there are others

– Niboshi Dashi (sardines)
– Shiitake Dashi

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SWEETS: Tres Leches Taco

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Taco shell
– butter
– flour
– sugar
– egg whites

– lemon cake

(1) fleur de lait semi freddo “gelato” (milk, sugar, vanilla, corn starch, salt)

(2) milk rompope gel (cooked rum, cinnamon, nutmeg, milk, agar agar)

(3)tamarind cajeta (goat’s milk, baking soda, sugar, tamarind paste)

(4) cream chantilly (heavy cream, condensed milk, gelatin)

Topped with feuilletine, gold dust, and (5) dehydrated milk foam.

77
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SWEETS: Sorry, “Chantilly?”

A

A town in northern France, home of the Chateau de Chantilly, where they make vanilla whipped cream (and lace).

78
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SWEETS: Five leches in the “tres leches”

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(1) Fleur de Lait Semi-freddo “gelato”
salt)
(2) milk rompope gel
(3)tamarind cajeta
(4) cream chantilly
(5) dehydrated milk foam

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SWEETS: Sorry, “Rompope?”

A

Like a Mexican egg-nog, made from milk, eggs, sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla.