dinner was fantastic. in fact it was the 1st time we've dined here where i didn't have a food coma the next day, i didn't feel i needed something to steady my walk as i left, and i ate more than i think i have at any other meal here! not entirely sure how i did that...
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outside scenes of the Herbfarm
carrie giving the garden speech by the fireplace; everyone's in the mood 
placesettings
our table name holder; our table
the Herbfarm for New Year's Eve, 2011
Caviar EclairWhite sturgeon caviar eclair with cultured creme fraiche
wow
Oyster Metamorphosis
Oyster progressive tasting: Half-shell oyster with white wine mignonette
Warm oyster with butter soup, tarragon & oregon wasabi root
Warm oyster beignet with celery root & spinach in oyster liquer
i tried it, i handed them over. except the beignet. that was fantastic!
song: from Verdi's Simon Boccanegra, Fiesco sings il LaureatoBobwhite hen and Black Truffle
Milk-fed bobwhite quail hen with perigord black truffle-sunchoke puree,
Sunchoke cream and sunchokes, winter leeks, poached quail egg and new radishes
i don't really get sunchokes. the quail was fantastic, as was the egg. and check out those knife skills - that's a radish in front of the egg!
song: from Puccini's La Boheme, Musetta sings Quando me'n vo'
Song of the ChitarraCitarra-cut farm-egg pasta with fresh sea urchin butter, sea urchin roe
Uni tongues, shaved alba truffle and chives
i've had uni as foam, liquified in sauces, but this is the 1st actually un-tampered with. finally! yay! i wouldn't want an entire bowl of it, but a bit with each bite in this dish was quite tasty!
song: from Man of La Mancha, The Impossible Dream
Hoppin' John
Seared duck foie gras, terrine of mangalitsa sausage, puffed ankney lake oregon wild rice,
Cranberry beans, brussels sprouts, our own sugar beet molasses gastrique
song: from Lehar's The Merry Widow Hanna sings Velia o Velia
Lemon geranium "olive" on lavendar stem
song: duet: from Mozart's Don Giovanni sung by Don Giovanni and Zwerlina La Ci Darem La Mano
Seared mishima ranch reserve wagyu new yeork strip with potato-parsnip risotto, syrah-candied onion, watercress puree, yorkshire pudding with marrow, black trumpet mushrooms and beef jus
ok, i didn't finish this plate. the only food tradition i can think of that wasn't covered between this and the plate 2 courses previous is the black-eyed peas (boston).
i had gotten up from the table and matt didn't realize he could have the rest so the kitchen took my plate to keep it warm, then re-plated it for me!
now that's class.song: from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess: Summertime
Cheese and Charcuterie
Whipped camembert with apple jack, feuille de brik, Herbfarm prosciutto and apple
very good!
song: from Hammerstein and Kern's Showboat a dock worker sings Ol' Man River
It's Midnight!
Auld Lang Syne: Welcome 2011!
led by Sally Wolf and Kevin Langan
Chocolate Tsunami and Wine Origami
Dried cherry and red wine jam, crunchy chocolate streusel, chocolate-juniper cream, pickled dried cherries, red wine origami and creme fraiche sponge
Mignardise
(from left to right)
Chestnut honey cake with rogue creamery caveman blue
Valrohna milk chocolate with caramel and gold salt
Candied tangerine and sage financier
Nutmeg creme brulee
and they sent us home with a 'goodie bag' of rosemary-flavored hot chocolate which we prepared a couple days later.
Sally Wolf, Kevin Langan, Me, Matt
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