it was held in the dungeon, or lower level of the restaurant and we had the room to ourselves that wednesday night.
some of the pics aren't that great - in part because i think i forgot to change the setting on the camera. sorry they're a little blurry due to this. (click on the smaller images to view full size)
 | some new friends and a few people i didn't get a chance to talk with. right: flapper, cleopatra, andy warhol on a bad hair day left: cap'n jack, flapper, cleo |  |
 | right: octopus, victim, ?? left: pamplona italian, a pimp, dr. horrible |  |
 | right: pamplona, dawn of the dead, pimp left: earth nymph, alice in wonderland?, flapper |  |
 | left: me and matt - he was all arms that night right: my nails |  |
hake served in the style of eels
hake is an atlantic whitefish with garlic shavings in olive oil. the traditional basque dish is baby eels
it was pretty good. slimy but good
braised beef tongue, roasted beets, greens served with agusti torrello aliguer
i have finally had tongue i like. this was so good. like the most tender cut of beef steak you've ever tried. WOW! perfectly cooked, perfect temp.
ink-braised squid, bomba sauce with rice, and red pepper foam served with amestoi txakoli 2009
YUM! it looks gross, i'll give you that. but squid prepared in squid ink - how can you go wrong? they took the hoods and stuffed the arms inside of it - so it was squid stuffed squid braised in squid! people were fighting over who go to finish it off. i had 2nds.
veal sweatbreads, spinach, bacon, chanterelles, cream sherry served with vina tondonia 2000
these weren't bad it was really salty for my taste and just too much food. we still had 3 courses to go! shannon (flapper in the next pic) finished mine off
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| jeff | swatee |
sauteed rabbit livers, onion confit, roasted baby carrots, amontillado sherry, cream served with palacios petalos 2008
nope, didn't like it. i don't remember who finished it off it might've been matt. it reminded me too much of 'liver and onions'.
piquillo peppers stuffed with blood sausage, greens serverd with terrases 2007
OMG this was so good. i had 2nds. now i realize when i go to the british isles and have blood sausage to expect something totally different!
and a fig served with casta diva cosecha miel (madeira)
those of us who came in costume were poured a glass of chateau d'arche grand cru classe 2005 sauternes
wow. this foie gras gelato garnered a very loud, seductive, group moan when we tasted it. it was so smooth and rich. even after sitting on our plates for 15 minutes it maintained it's form. it didn't melt like normal gelato!
we also met owner carolin jimenez. she actually served us the "baby eels".
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| it's not a party... | ...until something gets broken | |
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| cleo's shoes | boots of the night |
those of you who were there - please remind me your actual name :-) and feel free to fwd this post to the rest of us who were there...
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