And when I'm done with your service, I'm gonna sell you to the circus.

[nullalux]

Last week, fan_boy took me out to Millennium, my very favorite restaurant, for my last meal (as 'twere). It was so marvelous, I'd be happy even if I could never chew again. We ordered from their four-course May Market Summer's Early prix fixe menu, and went with the optional wine pairings as well.

The first course was a Grilled Porcini Salad with shavel fennel, frisee, fava beans, spring onion, and a sherry-walnut vinaigrette. On top was grilled bruschetta with truffled onion butter. The salad was paired with a nice Pinot Gris. The second course was Sage Gnocchi with seared morel mushrooms, gigante beans, and carmelized onion-brandy cream, paired with a French Sauvignon Blanc/Semillon. I enjoyed both wines, a rarity as I often prefer reds.

For the third course, we had two options, so the Boy chose one and I ordered the other. He had Spring Garlic Kim Chee Griddle Cake with shitake mushrooms, snap peas, turnips and bok choy, Korean Kochujand sauce, and anise-glazed tofu. On the side was a Lapsang Souchong sweet soy, sprout and Asian aromatic salad, and it was paired with a very robust Sangiovese. I had the Ron de Nice Napoleon, a corn, zucchini, fennel and sun-dried tomato hash with layers of cornmeal-encrusted summer squash and grilled portobello mushroom, accompanied by very thinly-sliced cucumber garlic pickle, all drizzled with gold habanero coconut cream and smoked paprika oil. My Merlot was perfect.

Dessert was Carmelized Aprium Upside Down Ginger Cake with coconut vanilla bean anglaise and blackberry ice cream. A Muscat de Rivesaltes rounded things out nicely. Throughout the meal, we chatted with savorie and nasu_dengaku, who by very happy coincidence were seated at the adjacent table. In between making oh-my-this-tastes-amazing noises, of course.

Comments

[ayoub.livejournal.com]

Sounds delicious!

[savorie.livejournal.com]

That was way too awesome for words! I wasn't expecting to have so much eyecandy for dinner. :-)

[makellan.livejournal.com]

Wow. I don't think I've seen such lovely descriptions of food in a long time. Not only did you know everything that they were serving you, but you remembered it in amazing detail.

[chalepa-ta-kala.livejournal.com]

I took detailed notes. ;)

Ooh... hungry.

[shoutingboy.livejournal.com]

Yup, repeating my offer to take you there when you can chew again. We could make it a big ol' party, I'm sure all your friends would like to come.

Or then again, we could not invite everybody... Free on December 14th by any chance?

Re: Ooh... hungry.

[chalepa-ta-kala.livejournal.com]

You bet!

[densaer.livejournal.com]

I love Millennium. Yum!

[teawiththecheat.livejournal.com]

This post should have been behind a cut tag. I salivate.