j biesinger
TVWBB Platinum Member
We were asked by my wife's cousin to cook her wedding rehearsal dinner party at her mom and dad's house. When we discussed what we'd cook, she was good with us cooking some of out favorites from the Momofuku book. We were just back from a trip to NYC and were excited about Fatty 'Cue, so we thought we could mix in some Fatty Crab/'Cue recipes as well. And to make sure we'd go completely nuts, we figured we'd mix in some other recipes too. When the menu was complete, dinner was to be 20 different things!
As you can imagine, I was shopping and cooking for most of the week. My sous vide tank was running from sunday to thursday.
This is a shot of some amazing pork belly from a local Gloucester old spot pig, brining for a Fatty dish
On thursday, I smoked some spares for another Fatty dish
Friday (the 13th), things were looking good. We had completed all but one task, we were on time and my wife was getting cleaned up so we could get over to the house 2 hours early. All I had to do was shred some green papaya...
I sliced a small bit off my thumb and couldn't stop the bleeding. We went to Immediacare and pretty much lost all our set up time. We went into turbo mode and had to crank stuff out. Luckily, some family members were big time foodies and didn't mind adopting a dish and getting it served. I didn't get pics of the early dishes because of the time crunch, and we ran out of time and didn't end up serving a couple of dishes. So, a few of the early/late shots are from other meals.
Dish #1(photo from practice run): Salted, Oil Cured Chiles and Farmer's Cheese (Fatty)
Dish #2(photo from practice run): Yuzu Crab Salad Tea Sandwich (Fatty)
Dish #3(no photo): Cold Sesame Asparagus
Dish #4: Chicken Yakitori
Dish #5(no photo): Shrimp Toast
Dish #6: Sweet Potato Fritters with Sweet Chile Sauce
Dish #7: Shrimp Satay
Dish #8: Tomato and Tofu "Caprese" (Momofuku)
Dish #9: Glazed Asian Meatballs (Adam Perry Lang)
Dish #10: Soba in Cucumber Cup
Dish #11: Smoked Ribs with Fish Sauce and Palm Sugar Syrup (Fatty)
Dish #12(no photo): Mandu Dumplings
Dish #13(photo from practice run): Miso Bacon Pork Buns (Momofuku)
Dish #14(no photo): Steamed Pearl Meatballs
Dish #15: Roasted Corn with Miso Butter, Bacon, and Roasted Onion (Momofuku)
Dish #16: 48 hr Short Ribs (Momofuku)
I ran out of light outside and it was tough to shoot the short rib inside, so I photographed these the next day from the left overs:
Dish #17: Vietnamese Spring Rolls
Dish #18: Crispy Pork and Watermelon Salad (Fatty)
We didn't end up making/serving the Green Papaya Salad (we figured it was cursed), or Laab (ground pork lettuce wraps)
phew...constructing this post was harder than cooking the actual meal!
As you can imagine, I was shopping and cooking for most of the week. My sous vide tank was running from sunday to thursday.
This is a shot of some amazing pork belly from a local Gloucester old spot pig, brining for a Fatty dish
On thursday, I smoked some spares for another Fatty dish
Friday (the 13th), things were looking good. We had completed all but one task, we were on time and my wife was getting cleaned up so we could get over to the house 2 hours early. All I had to do was shred some green papaya...
I sliced a small bit off my thumb and couldn't stop the bleeding. We went to Immediacare and pretty much lost all our set up time. We went into turbo mode and had to crank stuff out. Luckily, some family members were big time foodies and didn't mind adopting a dish and getting it served. I didn't get pics of the early dishes because of the time crunch, and we ran out of time and didn't end up serving a couple of dishes. So, a few of the early/late shots are from other meals.
Dish #1(photo from practice run): Salted, Oil Cured Chiles and Farmer's Cheese (Fatty)
Dish #2(photo from practice run): Yuzu Crab Salad Tea Sandwich (Fatty)
Dish #3(no photo): Cold Sesame Asparagus
Dish #4: Chicken Yakitori
Dish #5(no photo): Shrimp Toast
Dish #6: Sweet Potato Fritters with Sweet Chile Sauce
Dish #7: Shrimp Satay
Dish #8: Tomato and Tofu "Caprese" (Momofuku)
Dish #9: Glazed Asian Meatballs (Adam Perry Lang)
Dish #10: Soba in Cucumber Cup
Dish #11: Smoked Ribs with Fish Sauce and Palm Sugar Syrup (Fatty)
Dish #12(no photo): Mandu Dumplings
Dish #13(photo from practice run): Miso Bacon Pork Buns (Momofuku)
Dish #14(no photo): Steamed Pearl Meatballs
Dish #15: Roasted Corn with Miso Butter, Bacon, and Roasted Onion (Momofuku)
Dish #16: 48 hr Short Ribs (Momofuku)
I ran out of light outside and it was tough to shoot the short rib inside, so I photographed these the next day from the left overs:
Dish #17: Vietnamese Spring Rolls
Dish #18: Crispy Pork and Watermelon Salad (Fatty)
We didn't end up making/serving the Green Papaya Salad (we figured it was cursed), or Laab (ground pork lettuce wraps)
phew...constructing this post was harder than cooking the actual meal!
