Peach Soup
nicoise olive cookie

Culatello
mango, turmeric, macademia, seasonal greens

Tuna
passionfruit vinegar, coconut milk, sea beans

Skirt Steak
pecan mole, new potatoes, zucchini, garlic scapes, cocoa nibs

Cherry Chili Duck Breast
cherry chili bean sauce, baby chard

Plum Sake Sorbet
wood sorrel, bitter almond streussel

Ginger Cake
cocoa nib ice cream, chocolate mousse crisp, blueberries

Mignardise
smoked paprika maple truffle; sage cookie

Fiddlehead Ferns
candied grapefruit peel, chevre

Seared Tuna
kumquat ice, shiso, charred scallion, jicama

Ramp Ravioli
duck, seasonal mushrooms

Trio of Rhubarb
fava beans, Sichuan peppercorns; cucumber, as sorbet; fesenjan briwats

Pearl Tapioca
braised short rib, tomato jam, molasses-soy, arugula

A Small Tartlet
chestnut cream, sour cream

Thai Tea Cake
lemongrass pot de crème, basiled basil seeds, coconut crisp, ginger, lime

Mignardise
meyer lemon cocoa nib truffle; honey pecan caramel

inspired by Palimpsest by Catherynne M. Valente

Heartburgers with Tangerine Relish and Sage Pesto
“The air blows fresh and sweet; it smells of tangerines and salt and white sage, and charlatans bottle this too, and sell the empty glasses to immigrants for the price of a parliament seat.”

Bulghur, Blood Orange, and Radish Salad
“There is a place on the interstate when the last black fingernails of Los Angeles fall away and the whole of the San Joaquin valley spreads out below the mountains, impossibly golden, checkered in green and wheat and strawberry fields and orange groves and infinitely long rows of radishes, where the land is shriven of all the sins of palm-bound, artifice-mad Southern California.”

Tamales of Cocoa-Rubbed Ribs with Tobacco Blackberry Sauce
“In the far north corners are raised platforms covered in offerings of cornskin, chocolate, tobacco.”

Plum Wine Brandied Quail, Fig Stuffing, Chard with Pickled Plums
“A great bell sounds and supper arrives–a tiny roasted finch placed on each plate, its head and beak and body intact, overflowing fig and breadcrumbs from its unfortunate mouth… It is sweet, at first, the burnished skin and meat, glazed in something like brandy and something like plum-wine.”

Filet Mignon, Elephant Garlic, Honey Amber Wine, Roasted Marrow Bone
“…followed by great bone platters piled up with obscene slabs of meat, ruby-bright steaks that slid over the rims of the plates, crusted in broiled white-brown skin: albino elephant, Oleg heard ten, twenty dinners breathe in ecstasy. The meat was crowned with tumbling cascades of pomegranate seeds, and drenched in honey-amber wine.“

Hot Vanilla with Sassafras and Rum
“She could not draw breath for the taste of sassafras and rum in Yumiko’s mouth, the sharpness of her small white teeth.“

Cocoa Nib Crème Caramel, Tempura Pears, Bay Foam, Mocha Sauce
“I have not seen Lucia in the waking world, nor do I know where she is while we speak here, at this place, drinking this coffee, eating this crème caramel.” and “There had been such a smell in the place of her dream, of sassafras and the sea, bay leaves and dandelion-seeds blowing wild, of coffee plants, of sweat.”

Bamboo Gelee with Clementines and Cream
I would like to live in the temple and drink bamboo tea every day…

A Lump of “Opium” with Persimmon Tea Poured Over It
“…a neat lump of opium with persimmon tea poured over it…”

Cardamom Bay Leaf Fortune Cookies
“The sky is needled with stars, and November breathes in the green cardamom and laurel of the winds of Palimpsest.”

Heartburger
sage pesto, tangerine relish

Seared Scallop and Sunchoke Soup
savory pear jam, pickled radishes

Pulled Pork
molasses ginger sauce, apples, pancetta

Braised Duck, Parsley Root, Prune
crispy green peppercorns, cabbage, onion paper, thai tea butter

Artichoke and Blood Orange Salad
frisee, cardamom

Hot Vanilla
sassafras, rum

Turmeric Saffron Cake
meyer lemon sorbet, argan oil whipped cream, almond praline, thyme

Mignardise
chevre truffle; pear mousse

Banana Onigiri
cilantro, bonito

Roasted Sugar Pumpkin
minty yogurt, beef sauce

Kimchi Shrimp
sesame, asian pear

Pink Grapefruit
sugar snap peas, fresh mint

Squid Ink Turtei Ci La Cua
basil, pine nut, apricot, gruyere

Seared Duck Breast
horseradish steak sauce, roasted barley², something green

Hot Quince
nutmeg froth

Ginger Cake
cranberry quince sorbet, sour cream bourbon ice cream, pumpkin seed mousse, pumpkin seed cocoa nib brittle

Mignardise
cinnamon caramel cookies; candied cranberries