seafood and cocktail parade at Flora Bar the Met Breuer

2-23-2019 Sat. 


DINNER --- (at Flora Bar of the Met Breuer) cocktails | oysters with szechuan mignonette | clams with cucumber and jalapeno | sea urchin with pink shrimp and nori | purple endive salad with pecans and barley hazen blue | lobster and crab dumplings in yuzu broth | lamb ribs with yogurt and mojo verde | mussels and French fries | bread and butter | desserts and coffee 

• a good place for gathering, all nice things of NYC.

108 Copenhagen, a NOMA sibline

7-31-2016 Sun. mild, shower, sun


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese |berries
AFTERNOON-TEATIME ---  ( at the food market ) open-face sandwich
DINNER --- ( at 108 Copenhagen ) raw lamb and pickled vegetables | pickled mackerel | green stems | grilled squash | braised lamb | braised monk fish | ice cream | cider

 shower

a walk along the canal

food market

royal garden and art museum

Christiania Copenhagen

at 108

•  108 just opened around the corner from NOMA less than a week ago. very good food with  relaxed feel.

Cocina Mexicana Vanguardista! K'U'UK in Merida

8-30-2013 Fri. hot, sunny.  


 BREAKFAST --- coffee |  bread | watermelon 
 LUNCH --- ( at Yum Ixpu, Progreso ) ceviche mixto (fish, octopus, shrimp) | white fish a la plancha | shrimp fried rice | tortilla | chips | beer
 AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- mijito 
 DINNER --- (at Kuuk, Merida)  chef's menu

 Cactus pear juice | Chardonnay (Mexican) | Sorbet macaron 

 Chaya & egg cream on translucent potato 

 Tuna ham (jamon-atun) w. watermelon & grapefruit puree 

 Local lettuce salad w. edam cheese, avocado & baby potatoes in chilli ash sauce (recado negro) 

Roasted squash  w. almonds yogurt, cold goat cheese, sweet potato puree & basil flowers  Local snapper (gold) ceviche w. white cucumber & freeze-dried dragon fruit in spicy passion fruit coulis 

Sous-vide local snapper & crispy fish skin in pureed black bean w. pepperleaf & three pumpkin seed condiments 

Lobster (from Progreso) infused with coconut butter & talisia drupe 

Lentil soup (in the pot three days old) w. radish, cabbage & kohlrabi spheres 

 Roasted eggplant soup w. raw milk jocoque (midway in the process of transforming milk into cheese), red onion & green tomato teardrops, topped w. corn sprouts & Castakan (twice-fried pork belly) 

 Crispy-skinned cerdo pelón (creole suckling pig) with lima beans & Ixil onoins

 Slow-cooked local chicken on roasted corn w. guava puree & hibiscus coulis 

 Slow-cooked rabbit w. crunchy young corn roots & garden spinach immersed in underground cooked corn (3-day pibinal) 

Poached turkey w. sphere of corn pibil, film of broth, guava puree & hibiscus coulis 

 Tomatoes 3 ways from savory to sweet: tomato seed fillet in citrus oil, tiny tomato infused with melipona bee honey molasses & larger tomato injected with melon sorbet 

 Beetroot sorbet w. lemon confiture, cacao soil, yogurt foam & olive oil

 Brioche sorbet w. milk skin chips 

 Espresso | Mango gelee 

 Dark chocolate & mole truffle | White chocolate wafer | Mint chocolate truffle

  

 

• KuuK = sprout 
• this place takes food and cooking really seriously,  extraordinary rendition of local ingredients and superb combination of flavor and texture with an adventurous modern edge. it is on par with top restaurants anywhere in the US or in Europe. 
• we got a tour of the kitchen, lab, wine cellar and herb garden.