Course 1: Smoked lamb and goat belly breakfast patty infused with Walker Reserve topped with Pale 31 cured salmon eggs. + Parsnip and root vegetable hash browns with yellow tomato Pale 31 "ketchup"
Paired with Pale 31
Second Course: Union barrel smoked sea scallops + Double Barrel Ale demi-glace, celery root puree.
Paired with Double Barrel Ale
Course 2.5: Some kind of awesome specialty "recessive gene" oyster topped with a sorbet made from Union Jack IPA.
Course three: Island Ceviche; Rock fish, red onion, papaya, mango, yellow bell pepper & toasted hemp seeds, marinated in Union Jack. Finished with a fried plantain chip, Jamaican spiced rim glass & Union Jack beer foam.
Paired with: Nectar Hemp Ale
Fourth Course: House-made python & pork sausage infused with African spices and Union Jack IPA. Roasted Washington apple Yukon gold mash potato + fig, pear and date Abacus compote.
Paired with: Union Jack
Fifth Course: Pastrami spiced lamb cheeks slow cooked in Hemp Ale. Rye caraway bread pudding infused with duck eggs, Hemp Ale, and stuffed with gruyere cheese. Tho thousand island sauce made with Sonoma duck tongues.
Paired with: Red Nectar
Sixth Course: A Velvet Merkin root vegetable stew served under a marinated and grilled buffalo hanger steak. Puff pastry triangle injected with 'whipped' Peruvian purple potatoes.
Paired with: Velvet Merkin
Seventh Course: Cypress Groves' "Humboldt Fog" & "Midnight Moon" cheese, "Purple Haze" stuffed dried figs wrapped in pancetta, Duck chicharrones tossed in a Belgian 5-Spice, Hazelnut stuffed dates.
Paired with: Nectar IPA and Solace
This man is nuts
Pre-dessert dessert: I'm not even entirely sure what this was, I just know it was a "mistake" that he made something else out of. It was an extra not on the menu, so I have no info for it. It was awesome though.
Dessert: Parabola roca with hazelnuts and Theo fair trade dark chocolate, cracked over an Abacus chocolate mousse tart. Served with Velvet Merkin ice cream.
Paired with: Abacus, Parabola '10, and XIII
Too many beers at the end! We couldn't keep up.
A happy table
