Sat 5/5/07 - Le Pigeon (plus pre-meal drinks at Rocket)with BC
a-Leek carbonara, in which leeks took the place of pasta
b-English pea risotto
c-Apricot bacon cornbread dessert
d-Bottle of Gruner Veltliner
Mon 5/7/07 - East Side Dining Club (hosted at Le Pigeon)
with BC, Y, and N
a-Grilled skewers, one with chorizo and banana, one with pork belly and watermelon
b-Ceviche with ancho popcorn
c-Venison "Tamales"
d-Black bean chilaquiles with a poached duck egg *
e-Grilled quail with mango, chiles, and prosciutto blanco (aka lardo)
f-Mexican drinking chocolate and housemade choco-tacos...
g-A couple of Spanish wines
Tue 5/8/07 - Rocketwith SS, GA, DJ, EK, and BC
a-Pork "Pocket Rocket"
b-Fries
c-Ginger pea shoots
d-Braised beef ribs
e-Some cherry dessert
f-Nut covered ice cream bar on a stick
g-Beer
Wed 5/9/07 - Clyde Common (opening night)with BC and Y
a-Butter lettuce salad with rhubarb, aged balsamic, and parmesan
b-Asparagus with caul fat wrapped egg (poached)
c-Chitarra with nettles, walnuts, and pecorino
d-Whole roast fish with preserved lemon, olive sauce, and chickpeas
e-Charred hangar steak in harissa with grilled onion salad (mushrooms make an unannounced appearance)
f-a bottle of Gruner
Fri 5/11/07 - Pok Pok (plus post-meal drinks at Victory)with CC
a-Khao man som tam
b-Khao soi kai
c-Mango and sticky rice with coconut milk
d-Cha manao
Honestly, a pretty serious week of eating.
* - Best thing I ate all week
Le Pigeon image nicked from http://www.ianlynam.com
Other images from the restaurants' web sites
3 comments:
Rocket and Clyde Common both look pretty interesting. It drives me insane, though, that neither of them have any content on their respective websites yet. You would think that these days, anyone opening a brand new restaurant would make their web presence a priority. Odd.
You know, I was surprised too... I went looking for names of dishes, images, etc, and what I found wasn't too helpful. In all fairness, though, I think I'd rather have them in the kitchen perfecting the food rather than working on the web site before they opened (but I do think they could manage both...).
You can see Rocket's menu here, by the way...
http://www.pfmenus.com/?p=72
Yes, it's pretty maddening in today's age. Like reading a real estate post on Craigslist that has no photos, no cross-streets/address, and simply says "mid-century fixer".
That's some good eating, T. A busy work schedule and a young daughter has kept me from really hitting anything of note, at least I can live vicariously through you. I'm really need to get back to PokPok/WSL, and check out Biwa.
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