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Eleven Madison Park

01:13 AM, January 8, 2013 |

There are some terrific things to eat in New York. The challenge is squeezing them all in.

I think I’ve found the solution.

A few months ago Daniel Humm evolved the a la carte and degustation menus of his flagship restaurant on Madison Avenue into a 16 course food tour of the Big Apple; of it’s past and present, traditions, clichés and most celebrated snacks.

It’s been said that writing about music is like dancing about architecture. The same applies to trying to explain a meal like this. It’s akin to capturing snowflakes- just when you think you’ve got hold of it all, it’s gone and all that’s left is a vague sensory …

Ten best things I ate in New York, part two

12:10 AM, January 4, 2013 |

Eating out - NYC

1) Carrot Tartare at Eleven Madison Park

Sometimes date night is dinner and a show. And sometimes, dinner is the show. Daniel Humm’s 16 course New York inspired tasting menu is an aria to the city; a guided tour of history, districts, traditions and tastes. And it soars (more on this later, I promise).

There’s a moment exactly half way through when one of the dashing chefs will emerge from the ordered and calm kitchen and affix a meat grinder to the side of your table. Into which he’ll process a trimmed, cleaned, cooked and outrageously orange Paffenroth Farms carrot.

Whether you prefer your beef tartares to be hand chopped or minced is …

Raspberry Elderflower Spritz

12:32 AM, December 31, 2012 |

berries, Christmas, Drinking

This for the days when you’d do anything for a cocktail. When you need something in a flute with a delicate stem. When all you want is something the colour of a bridesmaid’s dress. Something that tastes a little… silly.

New Years is one of those times.

Surely I’m not the only one who is filled with an irrational burst of panic about December 31 each year? It’s the pressure. The captitalised certainty that YOU WILL HAVE FUN. And of course you’ll stay up to midnight (when really, I can’t be alone here when I say sometimes the most fun involves being tucked up asleep at 10.48 pm). …