Former animal CDC Jonathan Whitener opens a new fusion restaurant in north koreatown.
Beef tartare, red chili, ramps, yolks, turnips, cress
Prawns, sauce diabla, avocado, rau ram #headsortails
Duck hearts, plum, sherry, grits, tare, parsley
Veal sweetbreads, fennel, mustard seed, sesame
Saba, red ale, smoked soy, grapefruit, sorrel
Yuzu tart, white chocolate, burnt meringue
This was a perfect dessert, the meringue was kissed with binchotan charcoal to give it a nice char and caramelization. It reminded me of the key lime pie at fishing with dynamite.
@wienermobile parking? #compensating
shishito peppers - tonnato, huamei
Who doesn’t serve shishito peppers? These were fine.
hamachi collar - nashville hot spice, fuji apple, snake peas
This is what you get if howlin’ ray’s and raku had a one-night stand with no protection. Wow, this was excellent and the highlight of the night. The nashville hot spice was like a howlin’ ray’s mild and gave the fish a touch of heat and sweetness. The skin was perfectly crispy and the meat soft and flaky. Eaten with the apples and peas provided some tartness for the perfect bite.
sturgeon - aged rice porridge, chicken skin, verjus, buttermilk
The sturgeon was perfectly cooked and i loved the crispy chicken skin, but they were a bit heavy handed with the tangy buttermilk and verjus foam. I enjoyed the dish a lot better scrapping off about half of the foam.
heritage pork belly - key lime amba, pineapple, palm sugar, herbs, shallots
soft, crispy, tender, fatty. The fresh herbs and fried shallots gave it a very Vietnamese feel.
yuzu tart - white chocolate, burnt meringue
I had to get this again, so fucking good, am-i-right or a meringue?
frog legs - salsa negra, scallion, lime, s&p
Thanks @T3t for the rec. These were good but begs the question do frog legs taste like chicken or does chicken taste like frog legs?
white trout - khmeli suneli, hummus, snap peas, lemon, cilantro
This was just okay, the fish was nicely fried and deboned, but i thought the pairing of the cold hummus didn’t work.
It’s nice getting a little head at dinner
hamachi collar - nashville hot spice, fuji apple, snake peas
Still a great dish, the meat is tender and juicy and the sweet heat from the nashville hot spice paired perfectly with the tart peas and apple.
strawberry - crema, brown sugar, sable, fennel
I think they were trying to go for a deconstructed strawberry shortcake, and it was mostly successful. I still prefer their awesome yuzu tart though.
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