Chef Eddie Lau of the Summit has launched his "restaurant within a restaurant" dining series named Dux which you could take as Latin for leader/duke or a play on what the inaugural menu of all things duck.
For $60 you get a very decadent five course meal with beverage pairings. The counter seats eight which was the size of the entire event. Onto the menu:
Duck Egg in Tart
fried sous vide egg, english peas, baby carrots, ramp duck bechamel gravy
Lynchee, Nigorii, Dolin Blanc, Mint
Smoked Pears Smoked Duck Breast "Tataki"
cherry wood cold smoke, aged shoyu citrus gastrique
2008 Santa Cruz Mountain Durif, Santa Cruz, CA
Dux Poutine
pomme dauphine, duck confit, foie balsamic glaze, goat cheese curd, mizuna
Allagash Tripel Reserve, Portland ME
Dux Tsukemen
"00" tagliatelle pasta, honjuku duck egg, fromage de canard
Unibroue De Chambly, Quebec, Canada
Foie Gras Chantilly on Strawberry Genoise
smoked strawberry compote, meyer lemon marscapone
2010 Chateau Le Cengle Cotes De Provence, Provence, France
Now recently I had eaten at TFL, Coi and Benu and this turned out to be the richest menu.Insane? definitely but at the end what really mattered was that it was highly tasty and the small format made for a great time. Definitely looking forward to the series two menu of "French Storytelling Through Food" read more