Smoke and Mirrors



this is a nifty trick that allows us to create new aromas at the table....we have been playing with various extracts and essential oils that are mixed with sawdust... they sawdust is placed in the pipe and the smoke is trapped under the plastic wrap...everytime the guest touches the food smoke rings are made.....for this dish we used a licorice smoke to go with sweetbreads and sunflower seeds....joan roca is responsible for inventing this technique

Nitro Fryer


we are still working on this piece of equipment.....it allows us to freeze things instantly..
..the circulator keeps the ln2 moving and the compressor keeps the nitrogen from boiling away

Cap of Prime Beef


For years I have been trying to convince our beef purveyors to sell us just the cap
or deckle from the ribeye.....they finally listened and we are super pumped, this is our favorite part of the cow

Liquid Center Chocolate


malt, nitro strawberries, white chocolate powder

Triggerfish


eggplant, black truffles, tomato, maiitake

fAMILY mEAL

Slow Cooked Lobster


parsnip, tonka beans, cara-cara, leeks

White Truffles

Caviar and Vodka


This is from the
day that we served 93 ounces of caviar

Giada


be watching for us on the food network,
it should be humorous

Twice Cooked Scallops


this is served with chanterelles, charred onions and brown butter artichokes.......

Restructured Butternut Squash


We have been really interested in taking things apart and putting them back together lately.....here we take butternut squash and roast it with blis maple syrup...after it is roasted we add butternut squash juice and puree the two together...we then add agar-agar and mold the puree...the result is very similar to the squash in it's original state, we have just amplified the flavor.....we are working on making it better by distilling or reducing the juice.....

The chicken noodles in action

Raisin Consomme


we serve this with foie gras, oats, and cider poached pears

The Elixir

thank you Blis

Bacon


Alan Benton is a great man, his bacon is incredible.....Bentons' is located in Madisonville Tn, we love TN

Chicken Noodles


these are made using tg.......

Crispy Foie Gras Poofs


my goal is to shape these like cheetos, they will then be covered in citrus powder to resemble one of my favorite snacks.....
we are currently brainstroming other flavor combinations as well

Frozen Mustard Pearls



We serve these with duck ham, crispy bread and cornichons for an amuse...They are 100% savory thanks to "envision"

Mastic Tears


these things are super intense....tastes like Mr. Clean

a gift from TN



we are currently brainstorming our goals for this TN treasure

The Real Deal




This stuff is from Japan.........it was like eating cold butter..really good butter

Foie Gras Tea with Roasted Peanut Cotton Candy


Eat the cotton candy and drink the tea

Wagyu Shortribs





Duo of potato, hollandaise, worcestershire

Smoked Roe


apple, salmon soil, cauliflower

New Toy


This thing gets to -40 degrees C...........

Scallop Gnocchi, Chestnut, Black Trumpet





We pour a bacon-butternut squash puree tableside

Protection



We were doing some serious work with meat glue today and didn't want to take any chances...safety first

Big Fish, Big Guy


Crazy Drumstick Hand Lady

Creepy

Chicken Noodle Soup

Baby Golden Beets



Thanksgiving



We served alot of turkey today....here we used TG to serve boneless medallions of turkey.........they were delicious, glued, brined, poached and fried.....we served them with foie gras stuffing

Hollandaise

We use methocel SGA150 and gelatin to shape the strips of hollandaise for our ribeye dish.....we make between 35 and 60 of these every day

That' s alot of meat

Under Pressure


Inspired by a few conversations with Alex Talbot about how pressure affects food and what a great tool it is, we began to brainstorm tools that would help us achieve our goals....We discussed building new pieces of equipment and talked about everything from food marinators to isi chargers. Yesterday we pressurized scallops with foie gras broth and the results were incredible.

Crispy Sheets of Foie Gras



To achieve this texture we used Ultra Tex 3 and a dehydrator.