MenuPages Does Lunch at Lockwood
Yesterday, MenuPages Chicago finally had the chance to indulge in the fruits of our creative labors: we were invited to lunch by Lockwood chef Phillip Foss, so we could finally sink tooth into the Lobster Hot Dog that the chef created in response to our thrown-down gauntlet.
When we saw the hot dog listed on the lunch menu — Lockwood's Famous Lobster Hot Dog - $18 — we nearly jumped with delight. But what Foss and his sous chef Jens Muenchenbach sent out to us for lunchtime consumption was even more delightful — a browser's sampling of the restaurant's double-edged culinary sword: haute-ified constructions of greasehole fare, and careful deconstruction of classic French preparations. But we have to admit, the lobster dog was the sweetest bite of all.
Full photo gallery, after the jump!
The Buffalo Wing: Buffalo chicken, celery puree, blue cheese. Not shown: Shot of Corona with lime foam.
The Lobster Hot Dog, in cross-section.
Flash-smoked sturgeon with a deconstructed peas Francaise: pea puree, spring onions, bacon.
Foie gras slider: brioche, apricot jam, tokaji gelee, foie gras.
Dietzler Farms' short ribs cooked 48 hours in hay.
Strawberry Fourplay, the world's most difficult-to-photograph dessert.
[All photos: Helen Rosner]
By Darwensi on 04/08/2009 at 2:33 PM