2012: The finale...

I missed a lot of pictures towards the end of 2012.  Binkley's was the biggest miss of mine...man what an experience there.  Oh well, still got a lot of great things to share.

CAFE BINK - Kevin and Amy Binkley's casual cafe.  Fantastic food here as well.

BLD - Meh.  It was a restaurant with food.  Nothing terrible, but nothing great either.

HOMEMADE PAPPARDELLE WITH CLAMS AND MUSHROOM SHALLOT RAGU - Fairly simply but I was pretty proud of myself for this one.

ZUR KATE - Man I love German food.  Fantastisch!

NOCA - They keep running through chefs but Eliot Wexler keeps the awesome grub churning out.

 

 

BINKLEY"S - They are for real here.  No pics, but here was the agenda for the evening (it seems too simple to just call it their menu).  THIS is how you close out a year!

Bacon infused Donut
Okra blossom with chili jelly
Brioche and rosemary sourdough
Red wine currants and brown butter
Parsnip soup with chili oil
Mini sandwiches
Flash frozen Arnold Palmer
Lemon salted honeydew
Charred pepper andouille sausage
Chicken liver mousse with pistachio butter and apricot jam
Curried poached pear*
Salmon carpaccio*
Truffle egg yolk with bacon
Seared Foie gras*
Pork belly*
Mango sphere (yolk)
Halibut*
Monkfish*
Guava juice with key like soda
Lamb*
5 spice Duck*
Milk, dark, hazelnut chocolate shooter in mint consume
Disappearing ouzo
Mini Soufflé
Peaches and cream*
Sweet potato pie*
Chocolate macaroons