Buddha's Hand

This is a fruit plate that we made for a VIP coming into the hotel today. The yellow finger like fruit is called a Buddha's hand or citron. It is never eaten raw instead it is pressed for its essential oils or candied and used in baking.

Tasting menu 59

Last week sucked. Hopefully this week I will have a little more time to get some stuff done. I am doing a demo at my other daughters school today. We will make strawberry noodles with watermelon ice cream, blueberry pop rocks and fizzy whip cream. We had a great event at Strings on Sunday. It was nice to see Aaron and his crew. We ended up making foie gras tacos with Peking duck and hoison tomatoes. We have a lot of reservations for the tasting menu this week. If you are coming in late please specify that you want the tasting menu. We have been running out and I want to make sure I prep enough for everyone.

Last tomatoes from my garden
Prosciutto cream, hazelnuts, balsamic textures

Carbonated black plums
Berbere shrimp, yuzu, yogurt powder

Port Space Foam

Sou-vide New York and truffle salt
Pepper butter chap stick, stewed cipollini in duck fat, tarragon

Pineapple and candy ginger ice cream
With baby kiwi made table side
With liquid nitrogen

Miracle fruit

I ordered my own miracle fruit tree today. I don't know how it will grow in Colorado but I have to take a shot. After you eat this small fruit your taste buds are changed for about an hour. Everything sour or bitter becomes sweet. I saw a demo of a guy pouring Tabasco on his tongue. He looked up and told the camera it taste like smoky maple syrup. This would be the ultimate ingredient to fuck with people. Imagine leaving the fruits and a buffet of limes, vinegars and other pungent ingredients. The fruit spoils within 48 hours so shipping it is out of the question. The only way is to grow. You can also get tablets from:

http://www.miraclefruitworld.com/index.html