Alinea
- January 8, 2008
- Rated 4 of 5 by
Michael Green from New York, New York
Best Food Science
With 12 and 24 course tasting menus as the only options in chef Grant Achatz’s secretive, dark restaurant, Alinea is not a “quick bite” sort of place. Expect food to be frozen, fried, gelled, foamed, immersed, and ionized—in other words, altogether redesigned to the point of being unrecognizable. Wonder what I’m talking about? The “transparency,” a first-dessert course, is a series of translucent candied chards of raspberry, rose petal, and yogurt. Sound weird? A little, but absolutely delicious!
www.alinea-restaurant.com
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