[Pink Pig Time Machine by Wilfrid: August 17, 2016]
With chef Daniel Humm firmly in place, it was back to EMP in August 2006 (has he really been there over ten years?) to see what he was up to.
In non-food news, I was at the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue for the spectacular French Art Books exhibit which had opened in the spring. Glad I didn't miss that, including a first chance to see Sonia Delaunay's illustrated strip setting for that seminal modernist poem, Blaise Cendrars' "La prose du Transsibérien et de la Petite Jehanne de France."
But back to eating, and a dish I fell in love with: fat Burgundy snails served with eggs at Craft. I followed it with Wolf Snake Farm skirt steak and a pot of chanterelles.
At Revival--in Harlem, not the quaint townhouse restaurant in Gramercy Park--corn bread with mushrooms and chickpea saladm then ribs with mashed potatoes and candied yams, then late night partying at the priceless Jewel Lounge. Lunch next day at Zucco's French Diner on the LES, defiantly serving hamburger on a baguette.
To the Ukrainian in the East Village for stuffed eggs followed by schnitzel; and next day the EMP blow-out:
Amuses
Foie gras élevage de Quebec
Halibut
Poached poularde, ravioli of its rillettes
Cheeses
Gaston Chiquet 1996
Sancerre
Meursault
Margaux Pavillon Rouge 2000
Barolo
No detail on the halibut, I'm afraid. The plethora of wines suggests dinner for a large party; yet we didn't share the duck.
Off to the DR in the next instalment.
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