birthday dinner 2013 - Dovetail NYC

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Dovetail is a great choice for half-veg/half-omnivore couples. We had two excellent tasting menus, and they even swapped out the course of death (ie scallops, to which  I am allergic) for another option:

I had --
Sadie's Sour: Bourbon, Uncouth Raspberry Vermouth, fresh raspberry, citrus, basil

breads plus: white cheddar corn bread, wheat cracker, a truffled arancini

amuse: green tea panna cotta with a layer of beet-champagne gelee, topped with a bit of smoked salmon and shiso, served with a spoon of spicy tofu with a cube of watermelon on top

heirloom tomato salad with beer cheese and peanuts

dungeness crab with barley, fennel, meyer lemon and snow peas

gnocchi with mangalitsa ham, chanterelles

halibut confit, spinach, haricots verts, artichokes

sautéed foie gras with graham cracker puree and huckleberries

prime filet mignon, with a leek wellington, roasted fingerlings and a truffled bone marrow sauce

palate cleanser: cucumber sorbet with meringue

pre-dessert: parmesan ice cream with hazelnuts, lemon crouton and other things we don't remember

dark chocolate cremeux with whiskey marshmallo, chocolate crumble and ice cream

tim had --

Yellow Bell Pepperita: aged tequila, mezcal, citrus, mixed salts

same breads

amuse: lentils and roasted carrots with some kind of aioli plus the tofu/watermelon spoon

cucumber vichysoisse with compressed pineapple and basil

summer mosaic salad, which had a little bit of everything and some cool sauces to go with

ricotta agnolotti with corn and blueberries

soft boiled egg with braised fennel and summer truffles over barley risotto

zucchini tart with pistachios and rosemary honey

foraged greens croustillant with olives and spring onions

same palate cleanser and pre-dessert

beet red velvet cake, sour cream frosting, strawberry ice cream, milk chocolate

mignardises: yuzu-peach gelee, macaroon with red wine something in the middle, milk chocolate with ginger, dark chocolate with caramel, linzer torte

plus a rose wine (cinsault/grenache blend) called La Mascaronne, from Provence (2012)