Eating Art

For our 1 year anniversary Dan brought me to WD~50, Wylie Dufresne's restaurant. Wylie mother-trucking Dufresne, James Beard nominated, Michelin Star rated, the only reason anyone has ever heard of molecular gastronomy.

We were brave and ordered the tasting menu. I ate foods I swore I would never eat, only because Wylie cooked them, and I liked them (except for the fois, but you can't win them all).

Not only was Wylie there that night, cooking our food, but our waiter took us on a tour of the kitchen, we WE MET WYLIE! He laughed at a dumb joke I made, and wished us a happy anniversary. BEST NIGHT EVER! So here it is, the food.


Crispy Flatbreads to snack on.



Scallop noodles with concord grape, saffron yogurt and crispy sesame.


Everything bagel ice cream with smoked salmon threads and crispy cream cheese.


Foie gras with passionfruit center and Chinese celery on top.



Scrambled egg ravioli, charred avocado, and kindai kampachi.


Cold fried chicken, buttermilk ricotta, tabasco honey sauce with caviar on top.


Striped bass, chorizo, pineapple, popcorn


Beef and bernaise.


Lamb with edamame crumble.


Lychee ice cream with a Yuzo foam and pistachio and celery bottom.


Orange, tarragon and rhubarb sorbet on an olive oilcake


Soft chocolate, frozen raspberry, long pepper, & ricotta ice cream.


I'm honestly not even sure if this was everything. I have no clue how we managed to put away all this food, although it was so tasty and inventive that I would have eaten until my stomach actually burst.