Momofuku Ko - Lunch

The Sage Questions
Date Spot? If you don't mind distended bellies later.
Good for Groups? No
When Parents Visit? No
Cost? 160 prix-fixe lunch, 95 pairing. Dinner ~100 prix-fixe.
Wines under $100? Some wine, sake and beer. Get 1 pairing to share.
Location: 1st b/t 10 and 11

Rating: 4

One of the most decadent, imaginative, and memorable meals I've ever had. There is only one seating and lunch took 3.5 hours, but I'll never forget it. Words fail - so here is the menu. If you get lucky with the website and get a res, GO! Standout dishes starred...

Amuse- soufflé in a tuile with caviar, duck tongue on crispy rice, deep fried sweet shrimp heads

Beau soleil oysters w/hackleback caviar
(potato cake)

Kanpachi sashimi w/white soy sauce

*Fluke sashimi w/spicy bean paste and 2yr aged soy

Raw sweet shrimp w/avocado, blood orange

Uni over homemade tofu skin w/white truffle oil
(Daikon)

Baby scallops w/meyer lemon marinade and freeze-dried soy
(Spanish mackerel)

*Warm octopus w/pickled red cabbage salad w/Kashi croquette

*Puffed egg (French omelet) in bacon dashi broth w/shaved perigord truffle and homemade bagel stuffed with bacon-chive cream cheese

Diver scallops with razor clams, lily bulb, green tea broth
(Halibut)

*Poached escargot w/chestnut dumplings, chestnut chips, brussel sprouts, chive sour cream, apple

*Miso Risotto w/kale, wood-ear mushrooms, homemade guanciale

*Shaved foie gras torchon w/lychee, reisling gelee, pine-nut brittle

*Sweetbreads over almond puree, w/truffled mushroom, potato, and leek terrine

Elysian Fields lamb sous-vide w/lamb rib-stuffed onion

Cheese course (Humboldt fog and another, pork-fat brioche, cantaloupe marmalade)

*Apple sorbet w/toasted marshmallow and caramel sauce, graham crunch (deconstructed apple pie)

Parsnip ice cream, fudge-truffle ganache, hazelnut crunch