Manresa, California

Photographs from my meal in United states ,California at Manresa, Los Gatos, on August 6, 2011.

Welcome to Manresa, Los Gatos

Amuse bouche: Black olive madeleines and roasted bell pepper pâtes des fruits

1st Course: Roquefort cheese sablé

1st Course: Garden beignets, vinegar powder

3rd Course: "An elemental oyster" - Lightly poached in its own shell, ocean water gelée, nori flakes

4th Course: Pig leaf curd, coriander granita, marcona almond, strawberry gazpacho

5th Course: Japanese sardines with beets, watermelon, radish and a garden sorrel sauce

6th Course: Raw milk panna cotta, Monterey bay abalone and an abalone dashi gelée

7th Course: Albacore tuna, runner beans, crispy bean shell bouillon, lemon verbena, olive oil

8th Course: Razor clams with wild rice, chrysanthemum and roast chicken gelée, fennel fronds

9th Course: "A Summer Tidal Pool" - Monterey bay abalone, sea urchin, foie gras, local spot prawns, hinoki mushroom in a dashi broth

10th Course: "Into the vegetable garden…" - A showcase of vegetables hand picked this morning at Love Apple Farms

Table for two

11th Course: Late season fava beans made into a "risotto," farm egg, morel mushroom, sheep's milk ricotta

12th Course: Monterey bay abalone cooked in brown butter, pesto of pickled cucumber and walnut, Malabar spinach

13th Course: Poached halibut served with with young celeriac, romanesco

14th Course: Suckling porcelet, chanterelle mushrooms, apricots and anise purée, courgette velouté, pistachio pesto

Wine pairing: 2009 COS Rami,9 Bruno Clair Pino Noir Marsanny, 2007 Domaine de la Tournelle, 2007 Jacques Puffeney, 2008 Domaine Maume Gevrey-Chambertin, 2008 Pride Mountain Cabernet

15th Course: Potatoes-duck fat "paillasson," fennel and turnip, bitter orange with olive

Benches in the new dining room

Cheese course: Bent river, Blond d'Espèce, Pleasant Ridge reserve, Amarello de beta spacious, Garden Variety's Moonflower

Cheese course: Roquefort, Chevrière cendre (concord grape ash), Gouda-style Midnight moon, Cow's milk Pleasant ridge reserve, Bent River

16th Course: Summer berries, roasted and raw, lemon cream with açaí granite, yogurt sorbet

17th Course: Chocolate caramel cremeaux, fleur de sel ice cream, popcorn custard

Petits fours: strawberry pâtes de fruits, chocolate madeleines

Manresa, the entrance

The main dining room

Manresa at night