Dinner at Archipelago

Dinner at Archipelago

at Archipelago on 14 December 2018
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Pacific Northwest cuisine through progressive Filipino American flavors. Chef Aaron worked at the Modernist Cuisine Cooking Lab for many years.

8 / 10

Pandesal - Nash’s wheat, fried shallot butter with Idaho sturgeon caviar

Kinilaw - Black cod, WA verjus, smoked ham hock, pink lady, pickled Oregon chilies

The husband and wife team.

Bulalo - dry aged beef broth, oil of leek tops

Anak ni Bet - Wapato bagoong gulay, caramelized mixed squash, grilled wild maitake.

Anak ni Bet - Wapato bagoong gulay, caramelized mixed squash, grilled wild maitake . A riff on Pinakbet, which is like a Filipino ratatouille stew.

Serving noodles.

Aligue miki - hand cut miki noodles, crab, bacon marmalade

Sinigang - cranberry, padron butter, king salmon. This dish is typically made tart using tamarind, but the Chef prefers to use ingredients found in the Pacific Northwest.

Sinigang - cranberry, padron butter, king salmon

Veggies for the meat course.

Steak resting.

Dressing up the steak course.

Bistek - 29-day WA rib-eye, beef liver mang tomas, cascade wild rice

a beef liver sauce that accompanies the steak. It's a riff on the famous Mang Tomas Sauce.

Fruit Salad - dark sugar sorbet, poached baby pear, earl grey posset, brown Asian pear

Kastanyas crumble - hazelnut, butternut, toasted triticale crumble, sprouted emmer

Pasalubong (which means "souvenir") - turn-over mixed berry mamon.

Turn-over mixed berry mamon. Mamon is a famous brioche-type pastry.

A copy of the menu.