March 17, 2014

Central Kitchen

We made a dinner reservation day-of for 8:30pm at Central Kitchen. The first thing I noted upon entering the restaurant was how much I loved the ambiance. It was warm, cozy, and dimly lit with candles at each table.

We went family style and shared each dish, along with a bottle of syrah:
Pork & Rabbit Terrine with porcini & kraut (interesting)
Kampachi with kumquat, fennel, poppy seed & chili
Seaweed Pasta Chitarra with uni, mussels, chili & bottarga (my favorite)
Charred Asparagus with coffee, egg & bone marrow vinaigrette (first time having bone marrow!)
Black Cod with porcini, artichoke, potato & green garlic
Buttermilk Sorbet with guava, caramel & ginger powder

Kampachi with kumquat, fennel, poppy seed & chili
Charred Asparagus with coffee, egg & bone marrow vinaigrette
Black Cod with porcini, artichoke, potato & green garlic