Raw and cold, cured in lime until it bites back. Shiso keeps it green.
Aguachile means chile water. Lime, chile, salt, and nothing to hide behind. Shiso is the Asian half of the room speaking up - herbal, faintly minted, keeping the plate from going one-note. Cold, sharp, first.
Allergen line
fish
One
·
Tomato, black garlic, sesame
menu-d
IV
cold
Cold, sweet, and deeper than it looks.
Two
·
Rotating Asian small plate
menu-c
III
fresh
3
2
5
3
2
Changes with the week. The one course the kitchen refuses to promise twice.
This slot belongs to whatever the kitchen is chasing that week. It is the only course with no fixed answer, and that is deliberate - it is where the Asian side of the kitchen tries things out loud.
Allergen line
gluten
Two
·
Rotating Asian small plate
tonight
menu-d
IV
fresh
Changes with the week. Never promised twice.
Three
·
Brisket, fourteen hours
tonight
held over from Menu II
menu-c
III
smoke
2
2
4
2
5
Fourteen hours in, and it still holds its shape until the fork arrives.
The name is the recipe. Fourteen hours is not a flourish - it is how long it takes for the fat to give up and the grain to loosen. This one carried over from the last menu rather than being retired.
Allergen line
gluten
Three
·
Masa, cultured butter
menu-d
IV
smoke
The only course that arrives hot and stays plain.
Four
·
The kitchen's choice
tonight
menu-c
III
range
2
3
4
4
4
No menu line. Whatever the pass decides is worth your fourth course.
Every tasting keeps one course back. You do not order it, you do not know it, and it is the only plate on the table the kitchen chose for itself. Ask afterwards if you want to know what it was.
Allergen line
gluten
Four
·
Short rib, fourteen hours
menu-d
IV
range
Fourteen hours in, and it holds until the fork arrives.
Five
·
Orange, cardamom, vanilla
menu-c
III
sweet
4
3
5
2
4
Sweet, but not much. Cardamom does the work and vanilla keeps it quiet.
Three ingredients, named in the order you meet them. Orange arrives bright, cardamom turns it warm, vanilla closes the door. The shortest course on the menu and the only one that asks nothing of you.
