Just to give you an idea of why we love Lan so much, this was the lineup for our $50 (apiece) chef’s tour Friday night:
Pre-dinner “snack”: Fried wontons with white bean hummus
Amuse bouche: A single mussel in shell topped with a Siracha and somethingerother sauce
Course 1: Curried rabbit soup with enoki mushrooms and cilantro
Course 2: Fried clam salad with lemon vinaigrette and chorizo; hard-boiled quail egg
Course 3: Breaded, fried sweetbread “chicken nuggets” and crispy fries with tarragon mayonnaise
Course 4: Puff pastry “Hot Pocket” stuffed with smoked mozzarella, salami and tomato with a garlic herb sauce and marinara and a roasted serano pepper
Course 5: Chevre (regular and smoked) and beet tart with honey, hazelnuts and truffle vinaigrette
Course 6: Flounder stuffed with spinach and crawfish and smothered in beurre blanc with roast red potatoes
Course 7: Seared scallops with pineapple salsa and parsnip/potato mash
Course 8: New York strip with papaya barbecue sauce and zucchini
Course 9: Lamb pot roast with a strawberry port wine sauce
Dessert: Chocolate mousse tart, buttered popcorn ice cream