Well let the indulgences begin…
December always feels
like this to me: overstuffed, oversaturated, and overrated. I must apologize in
advance for that last modifier, but you see, Christmas is just not my favorite
holiday. I seem to get anxiety every single year, without fail, for reasons I
want to believe are simply intrinsic to my nature (surely not everyone feels like this, or we would have communally toned down on this holiday
already). My neutrality is not
even well founded—I simply obsess over finding the perfect gift that will warm my loved
ones right to the soul… so my angst and efforts towards this desired effect are most
certainly thwarted by the mere fact that there probably is no perfect gift, and
heck, that is not even what Christmas is about in the first place!
So, dear Lord baby Jesus, please be my focus and satisfy me entirely this Christmas…
On a lighter note, we seem to be eating pretty well already, per usual for December. We had the second best meal of our entire lives (the Herb Farm in Seattle, WA coming in 1st) this past week at the Pass, a new restaurant with a fixed 5 or 8 course menu and the promise of a good experience in every capacity.
Feel free to salivate over the menu:
SNACKS: salmon/foie
gras ‘ol fashioned/ Nasturtium Soup
TRUFFLES: Kaeshi Egg
RAW: Nori
Bucatini/Tofu/ Pickled vegetables
BEEF: tar tar/ yolk/
marrow brioche
BREAD: French (onion
soup) Toast/ onion variations
SHORT RIB: beef
shortribs/au poivre/purslane/bone marrow vinaigrette
VEGETABLES: squash
cake/ white chocolate/Dippin’ Dots
CHEESE: macarons
PETITE FOURS
These were just the
courses listed on the menu. The owners—men also very involved in the cooking/plating/serving
of the dishes—came up with a few extras to really wow our palate. I was no less
than blown away. I only captured a few of the courses with my iPhone, as somewhere
in between the cocktail pairing that Ben ordered, and the wine pairing that our
dinner companions ordered, I was too wrapped up in the experience of the
evening to remember to document along the way.
The Pass also has a restaurant within its very same walls called Provisions that serves a more approachable menu if you are not ready to make the commitment to a four hour dinner and major dent in your wallet. I also highly recommend this half of the experience, as the food and ambiance are again laudable!
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