Alinea
Warning: This is a baby-free post! We celebrated our 10th anniversary (of having met) with dinner at Alinea. Photos are more useful than words in describing the meal!
And since the menu is uninformative, here are some photos:
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- Test subjects
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- Carved ice herb vessel for the butternut squash
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- Butternut squash (wedged in the glass straw)
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- Squash and herb-filled straw
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- Scallop (front center; to be seared on the hot stone), Ehu (left; to be poached in the broth), Onaga (floating in a dish in the tall flower-containing glass), shrimp head (rear center), pineapple (far right)
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- Pineapple
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- Halibut
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- Maitake broth
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- Maitake and puffed rice
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- Hot potato cold potato
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- Duck with 60 toppings
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- 60 toppings
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- Black truffle explosion
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- Pork
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- Ginger
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- Carrot sorbet, carbonated yogurt, coconut stuff, etc., served over tea-like herbal concoction
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- Improper use of metal straw
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- Proper use of metal straw
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- Balloon
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- Balloon stuck to face of unsuspecting customer
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- Dark chocolate pinata (pre-smash)
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- Dark chocolate pinata (post-smash)
