Manresa Restaraunt - Los Gatos, California
Dinner at Manresa was highly anticipated and to be quite honest, it did not disappoint. Seafood dominated the tasting menu on the night that I was there and I have to say that the selection of ingredients was varied and extremely fresh. You could still taste the briny flavor of the sea permeating through luxurious dishes like the abalone and foie gras and the assorted shellfish in bonito broth.
"Into the vegetable garden" gave us a taste of what grows in Manresa's biodynamic garden at Love Apple Farm. And because the vegetables were crisp and definitely at their peak, I would have enjoyed more vegetables used throughout the various courses.
I will upload more photos when I have a chance. Since the lighting in the restaurant was dim (even though we sat in the back room near the windows), the photos need quite a bit of re-touching.
Here are the rest of the photos...finally! The descriptions will be up shortly.
Oyster in urchin jelly, nori croustillant
Into the vegetable garden...
Manresa Restaurant
320 Village Lane
Los Gatos, California
Telephone: 408.354.4330
website
looks delicious! can't wait to see the other photos!
Posted by: kat | April 20, 2008 at 02:35 PM
I don't know about anyone else, but I'm a little disappointed that my favorite Hawaii food blog has sorta lost its roots. I read this blog every day to know about Hawaii eats, but now it seems it's taken a pretentious air and has decided to blog about food everywhere else BUT. Yeah, I know there was a post several months back about "losing my appetite" but with the semi-comeback of recent blogs from abroad, I'm not so sure I'm interested any longer. I'm really hoping you get back to making this a blog about Hawaii grindz once again.
Posted by: Disappointed | April 22, 2008 at 05:02 PM
Hey! You're in our neck of the woods!
Our meal at Manresa was hands down the best meal we have ever had. But it is a very difficult place to get a good picture.
http://chezannies.blogspot.com/2007/03/manresa-restaurant-los-gatos.html
Posted by: Nate 2.0 | April 24, 2008 at 12:00 PM
great pictures. manresa is one of my favorite restaurants> i left san francisco before ubuntu opened but i have enjoyed chef jeremy fox's/ david kinch food many times prior. can't wait to check it out. if u are ever in new york< please let me know.
are u in the industry or do you just enjoy eating michelin stars? maybe you can dine at per se soon.
Posted by: christoph kajioka | April 28, 2008 at 06:41 PM
So much to eat, so little time.
Posted by: Renae | May 02, 2008 at 12:36 PM
Those are excellent pictures. May I ask what you do to make them so "clean"? I actually ended up eating at Manresa a month or so before you did. It was one of the best meals I've ever had.
Posted by: Kelly | May 17, 2008 at 11:33 AM
If you loved Cynthia's vegetables so much, your sentence might read more clearly if you'd said, "And BECAUSE (not 'while') the vegetables were crisp and definitely at their peak, I would have enjoyed more vegetables throughout the various courses."
"While" qualifies the vegetables in a disclaiming way. It is normally followed in this context by something apologetic. Clearly that is not the case with what Cynthia harvests for the restaurant, yes?
Signed,
One of Cythia's biggest boosters and best friends
[admin: Thank you for the suggestion. You are absolutely correct. The post has been updated!]
Posted by: Tana | December 27, 2008 at 06:45 PM