Taste Buds

Cooked up a banger dinner for Abby’s birthday tonight, will of course share the full deets in /tastebuds tomorrow

Cooked up a feast for Abby’s birthday last week, kinda my take on a surf and turf

Started off with some scallop crudo (olive oil, flakey salt, chopped castelvetranos, and some lemon zest), an assortment of freshly shucked oysters with homemade mignonette, and a couple of caviars with all the fixings (see cast below for deets)

For the main course I did a ribeye (left) and a NY strip (right), both dry-aged and reverse seared to medium rare. They were each a little over a pound and ran around $35 at Whole Foods. I probably could’ve cooked the strip a bit less but I had a lot going on in the kitchen and it was still plenty juicy.

I paired the steaks with some creamed spinach (one of my favorites, my secret is adding in a bunch of bleu cheese for a deeper flavor), sautéed mushrooms and onions (classic), and some roasted bone marrow (much cheaper and easier to make than restaurants would lead you to believe!)

Ended the meal with a Caffe Panna sundae bar including Cookies & Panna (Abby’s favorite) and a couple of their specials: key lime pie and funfetti monkey bread. Specials were good but we both think the classic Cookies & Panna still reins supreme. It was a sweet ending to a yummy feast!

/new-york 🗽 • /untzuntz 😈 • /tastebuds 🍕 Fan of eating tacos and bringing people together, often at the same time 🌮

The full breakdown, as promised: https://farcaster.xyz/zinger/0xa719c9d1