It takes forever to get a reservation and it takes 3 hrs to eat once you do get one. My friend Aimee scored one this week and lucky for me her husband Eric was fishing in the keyes. I accepted teh invite and we took a 4 hour hiatus from the world to duck into the thin, dark bar that is Momofuku Ko. $163 and 22 courses later we emerged bigger but better than when we arrived. Here is what we ate in order.
1.Prawn head
2.Palm souffle w/cavier
3.Veal tongue w/romaine + pickles cucumber
4.Oyster w/cavier and lime
5.Kaipachi daikon radish
6.Long Island fluke/aged chili paste/soy ginger shallots/blood orange
7.Shrimp/avacado/seeds from a cypus broom(boob) tree
8.Nantucket scallops marinated in meyer lemon/freeze dried soy sauce/watermelon radish/shiso/meywr lemon zest
9.Sea urchin/soymilk skin/puffed black rice
10.Stewed octopus/fried buckwheat/sea beans/meyer lemon/paprika aioli
11.puffed egg/benton bacon broth/tennesee winter truffles/hazelnut oil + chives
12.braised snails/brussel sprouts/fuji apple/chestnut dumpling/sage sour cream
13.Bagel w/bacon cream cheese
14.Diver scallop/razor clam/smoked grape/lilly bulbs/green tea broth/black onion seed
15.Pork risotto/black tuscan kale/maitake mushrooms/guanciale/pickles mustard seed/pork jus
16.Shaved fois grois/lycee/reisling gelee/pine nut brital
17.Sweetbreads on an almond butter/terrine of confit potatoes+black trumpet mushrooms w/leeks/sherry brown butter
18.lamb chop/sheeps milk riccotta/roasted onion stuffeded w-braised lamb ribs ras-hel-hanout+breadcrumbs
19.Raw sheeps milk. Cheese/humbolt fog goat cheese/smoked grapefruit/red onion marmalade/pork fat brioche
20.Apple cider sorbet/ginger graham cracker grenache/toasted marshmellow
21.Parsnip ice Cream/chocolate fudge/hazelnut nugget/grapefruit breads
22.Housemade pickled vegtables(take home)
Momofuku Ko
163 first ave. nyc 10003
btwn 10th & 11th
www.momofuku.com/ko/
Fri, Mar 6, 2009 by J.
Eating out, Jason, Lunch, New York, North America