This dinner party will be magical
Card tricks between courses.
You've heard of the magic of dining.
Chef Alex Garfinkel - whose Balboa Supper Club restaurant pop-ups are a real treat - will collaborate on an intimate dinner for 10 people at his Kensington studio on Oct. 23 with his friend Adam Elbaum, who has been a magician specializing in sleight of hand for 25 years.
Elbaum will do card magic between courses.
Magic? Turns out, Elbaum is a semiregular at Garfinkel's dinners, and is known to bust out his tricks at the end of the evening. The two decided to base a dinner on the magic.
It's $95 for four courses (along with amuse bouche, bread service, and comp drink pairing, though the evening is BYOB). There is a vegetarian option available for the entree.
Details are here.
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Amuse Bouche
Duck fat, roasted garlic and current boule
Olive oil and maldon salt
Herb crusted, Grilled Tuna Tataki,
Shaved fennel, orange and beet salad, arugula pudding
Mid-course snack
Pierre Robert and marbled potatoes. Pickled mustard seeds and charred broccoli
Pumpkin Veloute
Ricotta gnudi, sun-crisp apple, pickled beans, smoked duck-leg croquette
Crisp spiced duck breast | or | Eggplant roulade
Butternut squash & Hen of the woods mushrooms fricassee, onion and cherry escabeche, frieze, duck jus
Pumpkin Custard
Cereal milk soaked chocolate cake, pistachio ice-cream, crunchy wheat berries