Four Course Lunch at Del Posto

Today my friend Michael and I decided to go crazy and check out the three-course, prix fixe lunch menu at Del Posto. It's snowing, and few are roaming the streets, but one can only be trapped indoors for so long. So we went... and it was fantastic.

After learning the course options were antipasti, primi or secondi, and dolce, and not wanting to miss out on pasta (all of which is made from scratch, in-house), we decided to up the three-course meal to four, bringing any thoughts of further restaurant exploration during the next couple of weeks to a screeching halt. The rationalization: when are we ever going to be able to eat here again? I can live on hummus, tomatoes, crackers, and boxed macaroni and cheese for awhile pretty easily. And if I end up getting whiny about it, I'll just remind myself how delicious this meal was...

primi assaggi

mortadella in pastella

stracciatella

saffron suppli with edible gold leaf

bread basket

salted grissini

lightly-oiled ciabatta

olive focaccia

mini baguette

...all housemade and served warm, with butter and whipped lardo

antipasti

CARNE CRUDA with truffled salsa, parmigiano-reggiano, and shaved porcini

seared LAMB tenderloin with sea cucumbers mare e monte

primi

ORECCHIETTE with lamb neck sausage, cherry peppers, and broccoli rapini

del posto AGNOLOTTI dal plin with parmigiano-reggiano

secondi

cioppino with SCALLOP carpaccio

grilled PORK ode to emilia-romagna with sunchoke crema and lambrusco

dolce

SFERA di caprino with celery and fig agrodolce and celery sorbetto

CHESTNUT cake with warm plum macedonia, crushed chestnuts, and yogurt gelato

post-dolce

chocolate-covered olive oil gelato pop, sprinkled with salted breadcrumbs

warm bomboloni filled with orange cream

chocolate-covered honeycomb

candied, dehydrated grapefruit with caramel sauce and amaretti crumbs