You might recall the plot of the ’90s film comedy The Freshman, in which Matthew Broderick stumbles upon a plot to import a Komodo dragon so an underground exotic-species eating club can barbecue the 6-foot lizard.
Eclipse chefs Wes Johnson and Brendan Noonan and bartender Patrick Thomas wouldn’t dream of such a thing. Right? Guys, am I right?
I mean, just because the trio has concocted something called Carnivorale, a one-night-only “seven-course meat-centric meal” on Nov. 9 offering a feast that could shame a Roman emperor doesn’t mean they’d … I mean they’d never.
But take, for example, the fourth course, Three Cheeks to the Wind. It’s a savory meat napoleon made from the choicest cuts of three beasts: veal, halibut and pork cheek.
That’s obscene. That’s the product of drunken chef talk, right? Just like the first course, the three-egg monstrosity: poached quail egg, duck-egg hollandaise, caviar and truffle on a bacon croissant.
Good night! One more course, and then hit the Web site (makeminemeat.com) for more gory details. The fifth, christened Beef, Bone and Bug, joins a braised short rib, bone marrow and crawfish boudin.
And here I thought turducken was an affront to the animal kingdom.
– Byron Kerman
This article appears in Oct 1-31, 2009.