The highlight of my trip to NYC yesterday was my lunch at Monster Sushi. I had:
Salmon Caviar looks like translucent pink pearls that are about the size of green peas. When you bite them, they burst open in a delightful manner and release a vaguely pleasant salty liquid. The shell itself disappears. My daughter was actually willing to try one. In fact, she asked for more, twice.
She also asked whether it was a good idea to eat the eggs of a fish. She was concerned that the salmon wouldn't have babies. It made me pause for just a moment. But I was so enamored of my treasure, any concern I had evaporated quickly. I rationalized that salmon are an abundant species and that many eggs are eaten by predators in the wild anyway. Besides, we (humans as a whole) consume a vast amount of chicken eggs.
I ordered the quail egg as an option. The Quail Egg is a GenoType Diet Explorer Superfood, so I wanted to try one for nearly a year. I don't think it added any flavor. But since it was raw, it served partly as a decoration and partly as a sort of gravy.
The service was really quick, even right at lunch time. And I got plenty of ginger and wasabi, too.
They don't call this "serving food." They call it "Culinary Arts."
- Hamachinegi, which is a cut roll with Yellowtail and chopped scallions.
- Sake Sushimi, or Salmon without rice.
- Ikura, which is Salmon caviar. It was presented in a cup carved out of a cucumber and topped with a...
- Quail Egg
Salmon Caviar looks like translucent pink pearls that are about the size of green peas. When you bite them, they burst open in a delightful manner and release a vaguely pleasant salty liquid. The shell itself disappears. My daughter was actually willing to try one. In fact, she asked for more, twice.
She also asked whether it was a good idea to eat the eggs of a fish. She was concerned that the salmon wouldn't have babies. It made me pause for just a moment. But I was so enamored of my treasure, any concern I had evaporated quickly. I rationalized that salmon are an abundant species and that many eggs are eaten by predators in the wild anyway. Besides, we (humans as a whole) consume a vast amount of chicken eggs.
I ordered the quail egg as an option. The Quail Egg is a GenoType Diet Explorer Superfood, so I wanted to try one for nearly a year. I don't think it added any flavor. But since it was raw, it served partly as a decoration and partly as a sort of gravy.
The service was really quick, even right at lunch time. And I got plenty of ginger and wasabi, too.
They don't call this "serving food." They call it "Culinary Arts."
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