Kyma not getting a Michelin mention is a crime. We dined here right before Michelin guide came out and the experience was amazing. Kyma has a tasting menu that is available Tuesday to Saturday. We came in on a Sunday but they were kind enough to accommodate the tasting menu for us! The tasting menu is $150 a person, designed for two people to enjoy together. The wine pairing is $65 per person.
The Tasting Menu has 7 courses with an optional course that is $10 per person supplement. We didn't ask for this course but it was provided to us free of charge.
Course 1: Scallop & Truffle. Wow we are starting with a bang! The first course comes with gently poached and chilled scallop tartare, piemonte truffle, and kataifi crunch. This tasted amazing. The scallops were soft, the crunch was crispy. The presentation was cute - it was on a bed of shaved ice and on top of a scallop shell.
Course 2: Salmon & Caviar. ouzo cured Faroe Islands salmon, kaluga reserve caviar, yogurt creme fraiche, preserved lemon and pink peppercorns. It's served with homemade chips. The salmon was cured in house for 3 days. Amazing.
Course 3: Grilled Octopus. If you thought the earlier courses were good, you've seen nothing yet. This was the best course so far. Similar to the grilled octopus on their standard menu, but this one comes with a tomato garlic emulsion and braised salsify. I don't eat octopus very often, not because I don't like it, but because it's so tricky to make. There's a fine line between undercooked octopus and overcooked, rubbery octopus. This was absolutely PERFECT. The octopus was extremely tender and the sauce was just so flavorful.
Course 4: Lobster, Foie Gras, Truffle. Maine lobster, lemony Cretan wedding rice, ouzo poached foie gras, Piemonte summer truffle. I loved the lobster in this, and the taste of foie gras permeating through the rice. However, the summer truffle had very little taste. I don't know if we just got a "bad" truffle or if this truffle was cheaper than the other truffles I've had recently. I asked the server where they get their truffles from, they told me it's from Italy. Of course I still enjoyed it very much. I'm just more used to the almost overpowering taste of truffle.
Course 5: Veal Sweetbreads ($10 supplement). This was the optional course I mentioned earlier. There was some sauteed potato garlic agnolotti, crushed walnuts, bites of veal and some scallions. The veal was SO JUICY.
Course 6: Watermelon, Feta. This one is really cool. This was a palate cleanser for our next entree. It comes with organic watermelon, Vidalia onion, feta imported from Lesvos and herbs straight from Kyma's own garden. The balls of watermelon sorbet is homemade and serves as the salad dressing - if you let it melt first (which we failed at). The whole thing was so delicious.
Course 7: Royale Dorade, Truffle. The Royale Dorade is a sea bream that is soft, flaky and delicious. The Royale Dorade was imported from Greece and salt crusted. After the fish was cooked, we were presented with the salt crusted fish (as pictured above) before taken away and fileted in the back. Then, the fish came back with olive oil and lemon sauce, with the bones removed. There was a miscommunication so the shaved truffles didn't arrive with it until we were half finished with the fish. They apologized to us profusely for their error. This course also came with braised kale which was delicious as well. This was a lot of food and due to the capers, it was a little salty but to be expected with capers. The truffles were the same ones as the fourth course so there wasn't much truffle flavor, but I liked it nonetheless.
Course 8: Dessert Trio. The last course of the night, the Dessert Trio. We were each presented with 3 small desserts, a Greek donut with wild thyme honey and cinnamon, a rolled up baklava with pistachio ice cream (made in house), and blueberry custard pie with blueberry sorbet (made in house). All of the desserts were AMAZING.
The wine pairing here was noticeably cheaper than other tasting menus we've had around town ($65/person here) and the accompanied pours were actually quite large. Each wine was briefly explained and introduced to us and the taste was pleasant, however, I was surprised all of the wines were white except for the dessert wine. I think replace half of the white wines with red would have been a better experience. read more