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Eleven Madison Park – NYC – Tasting menu for my 34th birthday
I can’t even believe it but I only heard about Eleven Madison Park within the last year. Obviously after hearing about it and seeing some pictures from it I knew I had to go. So 28 days ago I called up and made a reservation for tonight, the night before my 34th birthday. They only take reservations 28 days in advance, so I set an alarm and called when it went off, even though I was in the middle of sample sale madness at work. The effort I put in to make the resrevation for the date and time I wanted was well worth it.
The service here is amazing. Everyone is very friendly, and knows every aspect of ever dish. It is a beautiful restaurant and the staff is extremely knowledgable and accommodating. Our main man, Mathew, was awesome.
Describing and seeing the pictures doesn’t really do the food and place justice, so I am not going to say much other than putting the captions and a little about them. You will really just have to go there yourself and experience it all for yourself. I mostly loved all the dishes, but here are a few of my favorite dishes out of the 14 or so that we had. Please see some blurbs about them in the picture captions.
Eleven Madison Park – Birthday dinner – Started our meal with these neatly wrapped in this box tied with bakers string. Savory black and whites. Cracker coated in cheddar, then filled with cheddar cream with a center of apple chutney – this pic is stolen from Luis’s camera 🙂Eleven Madison Park – Birthday dinner – Tuna marinated in cucumber, with bonito cream and tuna skewered on a tuna boneEleven Madison Park – Birthday dinner – squid, bell pepper, artichoke, tomato gelée & basil flowersEleven Madison Park – Birthday dinner – This is not a tomato slice, but a few delicious items visually recreating one, made with a mold and a gentle press. Tomato puree, pickled shallot, garlic croutons and tomato water. Underneath is sheeps milk yogurt and it is garnished with basil, black pepper and olive oil – This pic is stolen from Luis’s Camera 🙂Eleven Madison Park – Birthday dinner – Caviar Eggs Benedict – bacon gelée, poached quail egg, corn & ham, topped with corn liquor reduction/jelly and caviar served with homemade english muffinsEleven Madison Park – Birthday dinner – Foie Gras – 2 ways – for me: seared and then topped with duck cracklings and fried thyme, served with plum puree and pickled plum shavings on the side. For Luis: Marinated in, i believe cognac?, ginger chutney and topped with a pickled peach and a peach skin crisp. We were also served, but not shown in the pic, their house made croissants served with butter, pork fat infused butter and sea salt from AmagansetEleven Madison Park – Birthday dinner – Pork with pickled watermelon radish, onion flowers and jus. Main CourseEleven Madison Park – Birthday dinner – Cheese course. So hard to capture how amazing this was in a pic. You have to try this for yourself. Milk foam, caramelized milk jam, whey sorbet and milk solid crumbs – this pic stolen from Luis’s camera 🙂Eleven Madison Park – Birthday dinner – Mast Brother’s collaboration. Name That Milk Chocolate. Dessert course. I only got one of them correct haha, the sheeps milk one
I loved this place and suggest you check it out for yourself. You can live vicariously through my descriptions and pictures, but nothing compares to actually going there. They are located at 11 Madison Ave in NYC. Call 212.889.0905 to make reservations, but only 28 days out. Check their site out for more information. http://elevenmadisonpark.com. Currently they only serve a tasting menu at $225 per person.
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