re: Dinner Lab, New Orleans next week: HUNTED & GATHERED

You just blew my mind. I didn't know I could use my membership in other cities.

The upcoming one in New Orleans sounds amazing.

1 - Spicy Lamb Head Cheese : pickled fiddlehead | ramp mustard | potato chip

2 - Crispy Liver : maple & habañero syrup | mirliton slaw

3 - Duck Confit : sweet potato gnocchi | smoked trumpet mushroom | crispy sage | spiced pecan

4 - Cheek Ravioli : braised fennel | fried collard greens | egg yolk | bacon & thyme ricotta

5 - Banana Rum Cake : caramelized banana | ginger anglaise | coconut tuile

This backward culinary town Orlando sux!!

I would love to be able to participate in Dinner Lab....menu's look very intriguing

Have fun!!!

Redfish, his girl and I went last night. The location was an old artist commune at The Red Haus on 2820 St. Claude Ave. It was a really cool location. If those walls could talk...



The first, Duck Crisp : Honey Roasted Duck | Plum sauce | Crispy wonton




Second, From The Harvest : Grilled pears | butter lettuce | crispy herbed goat cheese | sliced almonds | charred lemon vinaigrette

Third, Bison Andouille : ground buffalo | braised collards | caramelized onion & potato | creole mustard | roasted garlic



Hunter's Special : Roasted venison | dirty wild rice | fried shoestring sweet potatoes | hibiscus glaze



5 - Gatherer's Desserts : dark berry cobbler | streusel topping | vanilla malt ice cream


Dinner was very good, there was nothing I didn't enjoy. There were a couple of things that I would have changed slightly, such as the grilled pears were cold, if they had been at least luke warm it would have made the salad better, the goat cheese really made the salad. No pics of the dessert but it was incredible, not to heavy and not to light great end to the meal.

PS: Before the comments on the ketchup, it wasn't Heinz. That stuff was spicy and very good....