Green Truffles from Mars

Creamed Spinach


these are some of the components that we are working on for a new lamb dish......mustard broth and eggless spinach flan.

Crispy Leaf Garnishes





Trying to figure out the best temp for these crispy baby swiss chard leaves....

Methocel





These are sheets of lobster sauce for a ribeye dish we are working on. Here we are trying to choose the correct methocel for this particular application.
We use a blowtorch to set the methocel.

Vadouvan


This is my new favorite spice thanks to my friends at le sactuaire...

Here we serve it with lobster, cauliflower and apricot.....we finish the dish with crispy arugula

Our Current Ocean Trout Dish


fennel, radish, citrus

Bubble Gum




We have wanted to make chewing gum for quite some time now. It is really easy
and lots of fun. We are thinking about making bacon, foie, meyer lemon, spruce, mastic, vadouvan, menthol, tarragon to name a few

Waiting


This is going to be tasty.

Puffed Chorizo


this is the dough before it is steamed, dehydrated and fried

Mustard


tommorrow this will be clear....

Crispy Leek


This is our first attempt at a new technique that our friend Asbel was kind enough to explain.....the texture is amazing, the vegetables shatter and then melt away when consumed. thanks Asbel, we are currently working with lots of different vedge, herbs, etc

Roasted Lamb


This is our current lamb dish.....Braised pistachio cassoulet, carrot confit and
bay laurel jus....we are currently putting the finishing touches on our new lamb dish....

Charred Onion


This is an onion puree that has been set with gellan gum and cooled. It is then charred with a blowtorch and cooled. It is then cut into perfect rectangles and served alongside roasted diver scallops.

Solid/Liquid



The chocolate appears to w
be solid but is actually liquid. We serve this with peanut butter ice cream, burnt marshmallow fluff and thai basil

Manipulation


Cauliflower puree in blanket form. I draped these over some potatoes just to show the effect.

Raw Tuna


Apple, Yogurt, Celery, Smoked Steelhead Roe

Grouper Cheek


grande

Frog Legs


we served these in medallions with mastic, broccoli, and matsutake mushrooms

New Trick


we are always looking for ways to make food lighter....

we stumbled upon this by accident...

the flavor is mastic

Onion Glass

Saffron Cream


olive poached artichokes, chorizo, safrron, eggplant

Slightly Busy


this is how we spent our new
year's eve....