Pensieri di un lunatico minore

2941 under Bertrand Chemel

For my birthday, a very wonderful person took me out to dinner at 2941 as an early birthday present. We decided to do the tasting menu, which changes weekly, and it was composed of the following:

Maine Peekytoe Crab Salad
w/cherry tomato, mango, basil
Domaine Lauverjat Perle Blanche from Sancerre (Loire Valley), France, 2006.

Slowly Cooked John Dory
w/fingerling potato, fava beans, tomato compote
Weingut Köfererhof from the Alto Adige, Italy, 2006.

Pan Seared Sea Scallops
w/yellow corn, lobster broth, celery
Domaine du Chêne Viognier from Condrieu (Rhône Valley), France, 2005.

Hudson Valley Foie Gras
w/apricot chutney, spinach, almond
Château Pajzos Tokaji Aszu 5 Puttonyos from Hungary, 1999.

Milk Fed Suckling Pig
w/fiddlehead firn, ramps, pickled salad
La Rioja Alta (Tempranillo) from Rioja, Spain, 2001.

Westmoreland Farm Strawberries
w/almond pain de Gênes, calisson ice cream, rhubarb marmalade
Brachetto d’Acqui from Pineto (Piedmont), Italy, 2006.

I can only say that it was amazing. Truly amazing. Several of the dishes were the finest examples I’d ever had in their “area”, and the wine pairings were uniformly great. It’s not a cheap place to eat, but the effort shows. Add to that the best carrot cake I’ve ever managed to eat, and not by a small amount.

It’s a good thing the place didn’t burn down with all those candles.