Michael was pretty nifty to swallow somewhere fancy inwards Sydney, as well as I couldn't intend of anything fancier than David Chang's Momofuku Seiobo. I was less attracted past times the large advert as well as to a greater extent than past times praise for the venue's vegetarian options on The Unbearable Lightness of Being Hungry - it was Lee's favourite repast of 2011. Attraction is 1 thing; getting a reservation is to a greater extent than well-nigh dedication as well as precision timing. Tables opened upwards up on the website at 10:00am, 10 days inwards advance of the meal. On my showtime endeavor I logged in, wavered a few likewise many seconds over the seating, as well as was bumped off. It was over inwards twoscore seconds. Twenty-three hours, fifty-nine minutes as well as twenty seconds afterwards I clicked indiscriminately, halved my fourth dimension on site as well as secured our table. Phew.
From at that spot I faced strict electronic mail instructions, a friendlier confirmation telephone phone band as well as a slightly nervous journeying to the venue, with the threat of losing my tabular array as well as $350 off my credit card the potential number of running late. Our vantage for arriving a few minutes early on was extra fourth dimension with the drinks listing earlier the demo began. I was delighted to honor to a greater extent than than 1 meal-matching option: inwards add-on to the criterion procession of wines ($95pp) there's a reduced pairing ($60pp) as well as a non-alcoholic pairing of vegetable as well as fruit juices ($55pp). Awfully prissy of 'em to consider us inexpensive drunks as well as tee-totallers.
Food-wise, you'll accept what you're given as well as pay $175pp for the pleasure. Momofuku create cater for particular dietary requirements, simply as well as then long every bit they're spelled out inwards the initial reservation as well as confirmed past times phone. Besides a few hints on Lee's blog, I actually didn't know what to expect. That morning time at Apt I'd flicked through a re-create of Chang's book as well as constitute almost nothing, fifty-fifty amongst the desserts, that didn't include brute flesh or fat.
Food arrived promptly as well as frequently. We began with smoked Irish Gaelic patato piped into a buttery pastry tube, served with a sugariness greenish apple tree gel as well as powdered, freeze-dried apple. Michael sipped sake, piece I sampled an apple tree as well as fennel juice.
Steamed shiitake mushroom buns with sriracha sauce were an fantabulous consolation prize for those of us disqualified from Chang's famous pork buns.
With a Riesling for Michael as well as a ruddy currant juice for me, nosotros picked over tomatoes, tofu as well as yuzu koshu foam. Though they'd only been real subtly cooked, Michael declared these to live "the form of tomatoes he likes".
Confit potatoes were describe of piece of occupation solid but tender, as well as crusty on the outside; served inwards a small-scale puddle of buttermilk with roasted nuts as well as seeds.
From hither things took a plow for the pink. With a rosé as well as watermelon juice inwards hand, nosotros picked at these petal-like radishes as well as constitute tiny watermelon cubes, dirtied upwards with fermented dark beans as well as burnt oil.
One of the chefs popped over to our tabular array with an opened upwards cast-iron pot containing a huge golden orb of roasted cauliflower. "Cauliflower says hi!", he greeted us. Beats picking one's ain lobster from the tank.
The zucchini done 'many ways' simply barely outdid Ethos' three, cheers to dark garlic (like oyster sauce!) as well as sesame yoghurt.
Next came Chenin blanc, carrot juice, as well as my favourite dish of the dark - a disc of shiitake congee inwards a shiitake dashi topped with deep-fried doughnut dots as well as a thick cinema of preserved egg yolk. So savoury, as well as then rich.
My orangish as well as blackberry juice held its ain against this plate of grilled onions as well as cucumber with ruddy vino as well as pickled cherries. Though I dear the agency that roasting tames onions, the slippery things involve quite some chasing approximately my plate.
Our cauliflower returned inwards to a greater extent than manageable chunks, served with deep-fried capers, mustard seeds as well as hazelnuts. I washed it downwards with beetroot juice.
The cheese bridging savoury as well as sugariness was a loop of soft, grassy caprine animal curd with a moat of dark currant juice as well as mint fossil oil inwards the middle.
Cucumber as well as raspberry were delicately balanced every bit sugariness as well as sour inwards my juice as well as inwards this dessert - the sweetened cucumber sorbet surrounded past times raspberry foam. The accompanying elderflower yoghurt passed me by.
Roasting spectacularly caramelised some white chocolate crumbs - these were served with a wedge of browned pineapple as well as lip-puckering sheets of lime meringue inwards a display that reminded me of the Opera House.
Our repast finished with the pecker as well as copies of the menu. No tea, java or petit fours hither (for us non-pork-eaters, anyway) - Momofuku play it their way. There's a existent feel throughout that they're running the demo exactly to their schedule as well as there's non much room for lingering or extended socialising or fifty-fifty for eating every bit slow every bit I do. Our twelve courses were finished as well as nosotros were out the door inwards ii as well as a quarter hours; we've had lesser degustations spread across four!
Nevertheless, Momofuku was completely accommodating of our vegetarianism. The staff were uniformly immature as well as energetic (I'm non certain whatever of them had seen their 30th birthday yet) as well as exclusively capable, backed past times an attention-grabbing soundtrack of dad-rock, bro-rock, alt-rock as well as hip hop. This repast rates inwards our ii most expensive as well as most enjoyed degustations amongst Attica.
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The vegetarian dinner has already appeared with many compliments on The Unbearable Lightness of Being Hungry as well as sooks - nutrient - notes, Buggles as well as Squeak, Sugarpuffi, Thought Wad, Yaya's Yum Yums, Timeout with Jaeminkins, cosmetic cupcake, Mo' Money, Mo' Honey, novemberspell, Brunch, Lunch & Munch, The Ortolan's Last Meal, food is our religion, PLAN-MB, Next Stop: Food, Caramel Egg Pudding, Poppet's Window, melbourne gastronome, The Food Fatties, Gourmet Chick, The Pink Leopard, From Across the Kitchen Table, Food Scene Investigation, Angelica's Blog, Di-Licious Food, Yenface Itinerary, Christine Wong Photography, Sarah Cooks, Flog as well as FoodiePop, Dumpling Girl as well as Cheesecake Boy, Trent & Marisa Lil Adventures!, The Life of Mr as well as Mrs Ng, Food, booze as well as shoes, Napoli Restaurant Alert, lucy inwards the larder, I Dream inwards Chocolate, I'm Still Hungry as well as Hear Ye!.
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Momofuku Seiobo
The Star, eighty Pyrmont St, Level G
reservations via website only
veg degustation $175pp, reduced matched wines $60pp, matched juices $55pp
http://momofuku.com/sydney/seiobo/
Accessibility: Entry to the eating spot is apartment as well as the tables are widely spaced inside. Lighting is focussed at the centre of the tables as well as music is moderately loud. Passage to the unisex lav is apartment but fraught, requiring a trip through the kitchen (a trip bypassing the kitchen powerfulness live possible with staff assistance). The cubicle is somewhat large with a heavy door.
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