A SECRET BANQUET

FIRST COURSE

paris-style tobacco gnocchi

wrapped in pan-seared dollar bills, glazed with jalapeño jam

 

SECOND COURSE

four test tubes

bone-filtered vodka, old-fashioned rose soda, pitcher plant nectar, tincture of blowfish venom

erlenmeyer flask provided for mixing

 

INTERLUDE

adrenaline syringe (5 mL)

 

THIRD COURSE

quarter swan

cooked by injection of jellied charcoal, followed by ignition

port wine jelly, feathers tempura, fig-stuffed giblets

 

FOURTH COURSE

vanilla ice cream

served on a bed of brain coral pâté

topped with pickled starfruit, lobster honey

 


The presiding chef has a history of pushing boundaries.


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