Alinea - Eggnog

Dish 29: Eggnog with pedro ximenez, benedictine, buffalo trace

We thought were were done, but then the servers came out with one final dish. The eggnog was in a sphere, whose diameter was just under the width of the shot glass. We tilted our heads way back and led the eggnog sphere and the other liquors drop in, at which point the eggnog shell immediately cracked upon contact flooding our mouths with the reach eggnog flavor intermingling with the heady liquors.

Dinner at Alinea was an amazing experience to say the least. We were able to visit the kitchen afterwards and see the staff cleaning up for the night. Seeing trays of fresh produce reminded me that all the food we had just enjoyed still stemmed from many familiar ingredients, which served to highlight the technical feat that these cooks produce every night.

We had started our evening at 6:30 pm, and it would be 1:30 pm before we walked out the door again. Thank you Alinea, for an amazing evening.