Our first course was a summer corn soup with Thai basil oil and pork belly (pork belly and fish will become a theme, as you will see.) It also had a drizzle of chili oil on the top which tended to burn my mouth something fierce, but nobody else was bothered, so it was just my super sensitive mouth that was at issue. No bread would be served at all, so I dove into the water and the wine--with this course it was a Gruner (Vetliner?), by Saurenz V "Singing" from Austria--a light white that worked perfectly with the corn and pork belly.
The bar in Five Sixty.
The second course was Miso Marinated black cod (sushi arrangement for table), salmon, sea scallop, octopus, and Hamachi. It was served with a Momokowa unfiltered Sake from Japan. This was the best Sake I'd ever had, which means I was actually able to drink about half of it before I let TR finish it for me (which, yes, required his wavering from his course of only drinking champagne.) All of the sushi was delicious, especially the scallop which I'd never had raw before. The texture of cooked scallop was gone and this was just smooth, buttery, and melt-in-your-mouth good. There was also California roll, but only a taste for each of us, so we would not get full on rice.
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| Not exactly what we had, but close. |
Our third course was "Dim Sum" which included Tamarind Glazed Ribs, Porkbelly Potsticker, Organic Chicken Dumpling with Szechuan Dan-Dan Sauce, and Lobster and Shrimp Spring Rolls. With it came the Sankerre (wine) by Henri Bourgeois of France. This was a large course and took us some time. We lingered over and commented each bite. There were four tastes of each treat, so dividing up the platter between us was pretty easy. Again, the wine was a superb pairing, and still not a red wine in sight. This is, of course to be expected with so much fish included in the dinner.
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| These are the items we were served, except the ribs are not pictured, but ours were arranged for four on one plate. Pretty spectacular. |
Four courses to go. Hopefully, I will finish this treatise tomorrow. And, I promise, next time I will take my own pictures which should take a lot less time than searching the internet for pictures similar to what we ate. Thank goodness Julie took some pictures!
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| We were, of course, enjoying every moment. Julie had us clear the area in front of us so it wouldn't look like every time I was photographed, I had a glass of wine in my hand or food in front of me, but, really, why else would I be at a restaurant?
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