{"id":1878,"date":"2015-12-29T11:19:05","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T16:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mayliang.us\/?p=1878"},"modified":"2015-12-29T11:19:05","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T16:19:05","slug":"inn-at-little-washington-over-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayliang.us\/?p=1878","title":{"rendered":"Inn at Little Washington Over The Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jim and I have a tradition we\u2019ve done for many years, which is to go spend a night at the Inn at Little Washington between Christmas and New Year\u2019s, just the two of us. (This does not go over well with the kids, who also want to dine there and spend the night, but we ignore their protests.)<\/p>\n

The menu has changed a bit since I last blogged about a meal there, so I thought I\u2019d take you through what we had last night.<\/p>\n

We started, of course, with one of my favorite dishes there\u2014truffle popcorn. You will never want to have movie theatre popcorn again after having this. The popcorn is tossed with some herbs and spices, but the whole point of this popcorn is that it is topped with shaved black truffle. Yummmmmmm\u2026..<\/p>\n

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truffle popcorn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Next up were an assortment of amuse-bouches. These included miniature veal cheek sandwiches with homemade chips and miniature pickles;<\/p>\n

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miniature veal cheek sandwiches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

the world\u2019s smallest baked potato topped with caviar, \u201cchips & dip,\u201d cucumber rillettes topped with fish roe, and a red wine risotto ball.<\/p>\n

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assortment of amuse-bouches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Next up was a pheasant consomm\u00e9 accompanied by a chive goug\u00e8re. The consomm\u00e9 was simply unbelievably fabulous and went onto my list of all-time favorite dishes (it\u2019s a long list with a lot of Inn dishes on it).<\/p>\n

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pheasant consomme<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The next course was an egg filled with a mousse of foie gras and port gel\u00e9e. Not rich and decadent at all\u2026<\/p>\n

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foie gras mousse in an egg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An old favorite of the Inn\u2019s was resurrected and reformulated–fire and ice, which is now seared tuna served with watermelon radishes in a sesame-ginger sauce and topped with cucumber sorbet. It was like welcoming back an old friend.<\/p>\n

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fire & ice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I then had a raviolo of spinach topped with\u2014you guessed it\u2014white Alba truffles. Delectable (and so good for you, too!).<\/p>\n

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spinach raviolo (with truffles!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jim had sweet-and-sour diver\u2019s scallops accompanied by a shisito pepper. The sweet-and-sour was restrained and elegant, and the shisito pepper gave the dish a nice contrasting flavor (or so I\u2019m told, I didn\u2019t get a bite of that).<\/p>\n

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sweet and sour scallops<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The final \u201centr\u00e9e\u201d was a short rib of bison that had been cooking for 14 hours, served with mustard greens and topped with homemade onion rings. The slight bitterness of the mustard greens went well with the richness of the bison and the slightly sweet onion rings.<\/p>\n

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short rib of bison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The palate cleanser was the Inn\u2019s version of a dreamsicle accompanied with crumbs of shortbread.<\/p>\n

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dreamsicle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And finally (not pictured) was a Granny Smith apple tart (for me) and a visit by Faira the Cow and Cameron the cheese maestro (for Jim). And the beautiful cappuccino accompanied by a slice of biscotti.<\/p>\n

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oh, biscotti!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Inn was, of course, still decorated for the holidays, with festively decorated trees and garlands and holiday lights. It was a wonderful way to bring the year to an end!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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