I have been on hiatus after having a fabulous meal in New York City in March. I had every intention of blogging about my experience at
11 Madison Park, but I could not figure out how to start writing about that experience. I arrived for lunch on a Friday afternoon and was dining solo. I decided since I was going all out with the 3 course lunch, I decided to go with the wine pairings as well. I quickly found out that this dining experience would be like no other I have had. First the menu was simply a selection of ingredients. You pick which ones you want and let them know of any allergies and they create your course around that ingredient. I went with carrot, chicken, and chocolate. In addition they had various amuses to start with which were delectable! I really can't do justice to the food so I will simply post some pictures of the items that arrived at my table.
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| Beet Lollipop - Mmmm!!! |
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Carrot Course
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| Chicken |
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| Chocolate |
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| 2nd Dessert |
After dessert, the manager came over to my table and asked me if she could show me the kitchen! Of course!! I was taken back to the kitchen and saw the huge number of people they had back there preparing the wonderful meal. Then someone came over and made me a final cocktail to send me off. Not sure what all it had in it, but it was frozen with dry ice. At one point I said "well, this probably isn't very foodie of me, but this reminds me of pop rocks." Turned out it WAS pop rocks. Wild!
So ended a fabulous meal at a fabulous restaurant. I found out that Eleven Madison Park was named Outstanding Restaurant USA 2011 by the James Beard Foundation. This is similar to the Oscars for the foodie world. Well deserved!
