The Counter Burger

50 Memorial Road, West Hartford, CT 06107
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Birthday Cake Shake
Vanilla Ice Cream Mixed with White Birthday Cake, Rainbow Sprinkles and Topped with Whipped Cream

Plan B Burger Bar

138 Park Road, West Hartford, CT 06119
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Burger Flight
A mini sample of a Tavern (Lettuce, Tomato, Onion & Special Sauce), a Salmon Burger (Atlantic Salmon, Pickled Red Onion, Corn Spread, Lettuce), and an Italian Job style Chicken Burger (Natural Chicken Burger, Mozzarella, Roasted Tomato, Roasted Red Pepper Sauce & Pesto)

Max Burger

124 LaSalle Rd, West Hartford, CT 06107
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dinner from 8/8/2009

Burger Sliders
Aged Vermont cheddar, shaved onions, MAX sauce

Hill Country

30 W 26th St, New York, NY 10010

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Iced Tea

Campfire Baked Beans w/ Burnt Ends

Green Bean Casserole w/ Durkee Onions

Brisket Moist + Pork Spare Ribs

eleven madison park

11 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010
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Here is Frank Bruni's review in the New York Times, just days before.

To celebrate a milestone birthday for my mom, we indulged ourselves in the Chef's Tasting Menu.

Luckily we had a 5:30pm reservation, because the dinner lasted pretty much for six hours with our getting the hefty check around 11:30pm.

 

course no. 1:

AMUSE-BOUCHES

 

course no. 2:

STERLING ROYAL CAVIAR - Panna Cotta with Columbia River Sturgeon

course no. 3:

INSALATA CAPRESE

(molecular gastronomy play on traditional mozzarella and tomato salad pairing)

course no. 4:

HEIRLOOM TOMATOES

Heirloom Tomato

Tomato Sorbet

Tomato Cloud with terre bormane olive oil and fino verde basil

 

course no. 5:

SANTA BARBARA SEA URCHIN - cappuccino with peekytoe crab and cauliflower

course no. 6:

FOIE GRAS - mille-feuille with green market plums, umeboshi and bitter almonds

 

course no. 7:

ATLANTIC HALIBUT - seared with sweet corn summer radishes and purslane

 

course no. 8:

NOVA SCOTIA LOBSTER - poached with lemon verbena and the flavors of ratatouille

 

course no. 9:

EVERGLADES FROGS LEGS - ragout with black truffles and vin jaune sabayon

 

course no. 10:

SMOKED PORK BELLY - dome smoked pork belly, flavors of black truffle

course no. 11:

ELYSIAN FIELDS FARM LAMB - herb roasted with sheep's milk tart, garbanzo beans and bacon

 

course no. 12:

FRUIT AND CHEESE - a selection from the cheese cart

 

course no. 13:

WET TOWEL

 

course no. 14:

"STRAWBERRIES & CHAMPAGNE" - strawberry sorbet, lemon gelée and champagne emulsion

course no. 15:

JIVARA CHOCOLATE - moelleux with vanilla, olive oil and cocoa raspberry sorbet

 

course no. 16:

MACAROONS

take-away goodies: