Michael's Eats

Eleven Madison Park (NYC)

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Eleven Madison Park (February 24, 2023)

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Sippy sip!

tostada

Tonburi beet tostada with horseradish

bread

Flaky butter bread with confit garlic butter

tofu

Tofu soup with leak, onion, and pine nut

potato_fried

Fried potato with masa, pine, and black truffle

potato_broth

Potato with black truffle and smoked potato broth

mushroom

Shiitake mushroom with rice and sansho peppercorn

ice_cream

Tonka bean ice cream with apple and maple

citrus

Citrus variations with orange, apricot, and anise

pretzel

Pretzels with chocolate and sesame

granola

Morning-after granola

Caprice (Hong Kong)

bream

Sea bream with cauliflower bavarois, fennel flowers, and sudachi lime

pate

Pâté en Croûte with marinated pear

soup

Potato and chive soup

bread

Bread and assorted butters (top right was flaky and buttery like a croissant!)

gnocchi

Celeriac soup with parmesan gnocchis and mushroom purée

quenelles

Fish quenelles with shellfish and champagne sauce

fish

Wild sea bass with saffron sauce

chicken

Chicken in a stew with wild mushroom, foie gras, and port wine sauce

duck

Roasted Burgand duck with foie gras tart, pear, and coffee

mont_blanc

Chestnut Mont Blanc with lyokan and sorbet yuzu

souffle

Seasonal soufflé

chocolates

Mignardises (cream puff, praline chocolate, raspberry tart)

Altura (Seattle)

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Altura (July 22, 2023)

stuzzichini

Stuzzichini (savory cannoli with sea urchin, charcoal eel, beef crudo)

beef_crudo

Bone marrow baba, beef crudo with egg yolk

cleanser

Palate cleanser

cavatelli_nero

Frutti di mari, blistered cherry tomatoes, basil, and chili

tajarin

Hazelnut pork ragu, caramelized fennel tajarin pasta

huckleberry_sorbetto

Huckleberry sorbetto with tarragon granita and peaches

affogato

Affogato (gelato, aerated hot chocolate)

Atelier Crenn (San Francisco)

kir_breton

Kir Breton

cherry_bomb

Cherry Bomb

oyster

Oyster & Lovage

taco

Carrot & Crispy Turnip Taco

cauliflower_caviar

Cauliflower & Caviar

pumpkin

Pumpkin

pumpkin_geoduck

Geoduck & Truffle with Pumpkin

sourdough

Sourdough & Dutch Crunch

abalone

Monterey Bay Abalone

cupcake

Piña Colada Cupcake

persimmon_tart

Persimmon Tart

mignardises

Mignardises (sadly, base is not edible)

Cafe Juanita (Kirkland)

amuses

Amuses-bouches

amuses2

Amuses-bouches pt. 2

burrata

Burrata

bread

The BEST rosemary focaccia

risotto

Risotto

scallop_crudo

Hokkaido sea scallop crudo - so buttery!

wagyu

A5 Miyazaki Wagyu croccante

beets

Beets with cinder toffee and sherry syrup

cleanser

Palate cleanser

fish

Sablefish sfumato

lamb_caramelle

Lamb caramelle with marjoram butter

duck

Duck breast with pea pignoli tartelette

mushroom_pasta

Mushroom ravioli

dessert

Chocolate pavé, burnt meringue, smoked vanilla gelato

Bites from Hong Kong/Macao

chicken_rice

Hainanese chicken rice (The Conservatory in Macao)

egg_tart

Egg tart (Bakehouse in Hong Kong)

egg_tart2

More assorted egg tarts (Queen Sophie in Kowloon City)

duck

Duck rice (Hong Kong street food)

octopus_salad

Octopus salad (Portucau in Macao)

goat_cheese

Gratin goat cheese (Portucau in Macao)

beef_bun

Garlic beef bun (Portucau in Macao)

turnip_cake

Turnip cake (Spring Moon in Tsim Sha Tsui)

fettucine

Porcini and duck ragu with fettucine (Churchill's Table in Macao)

buns

Steamed egg custard buns (Hong Kong street food)

tiramisu

Tiramisu tart (Bakehouse in Hong Kong)

chocolate_cube

Chocolate cube (Hong Kong street food)

fettucine

Mango ice cream (Hong Kong street food)

buns

More mango ice (Hong Kong street food)

Iceland (April 2024)

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Fish Bisque at Skaftfell Bistro (Seyðisfjörður)

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Cinnamon roll at Brauð & co. (Reykjavík)

tostada

Bread, butter, granola at Fish Company (Reykjavík)

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Reindeer carpaccio at Fish Company (Reykjavík)

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Duck at Skaftfell Bistro (Seyðisfjörður)

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Fish

tostada

Fish of the day

bread

Omelette at Chickpea (Reykjavík)

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Pita at Chickpea (Reykjavík)

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Salad at Chickpea (Reykjavík)

tostada

Sashimi

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Soup

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Tartare

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...and more tartare

tostada

Honeycomb dessert