"Did you ever hear of Micky, how he heard a racket in the night and shouted and fell through the dark..."
Forty guinea pigs were making a racket in the night at Sakaya Kitchen this past Saturday for our latest Cobaya dinner. There were a few reasons we decided to do a midnight dinner. First, we just wanted to do something different. Second, Sakaya's chef, Richard Hales, is working pretty much non-stop during regular hours, with Sakaya being open 11am - 10pm 7 days a week. Third, Sakaya may eventually be rolling out a late night service, so this was something of a dry run. Those who notice the posting schedule here know I'm usually up then anway, but I'm apparently not the only night owl: I was thrilled - and once again, grateful and humbled - that when a post went up on the Cobaya board which basically said nothing more than: "Midnight. Saturday April 24. $55," 60+ people said "Yes!"
We weren't able to accomodate all who wanted to come, but we did have our largest dinner yet. After a little game of musical chairs - we had to split one long communal table in two to squeeze everyone in - we sat down to seven courses at Cob
I've seen all sorts of different menu formats, but this was the first one that had both footnotes[a] and relationship advice ("Dessert!?...Go home and have sex like the old days instead of blogging about food..."). I won't share with you how that dessert suggestion worked out, but I'll happily tell you about the rest of the meal. If you can't read that scratchy picture above, here is the menu:
"Cobaya in the Night Kitchen @Sak[1]aya Kitchen"
April 24, 2010 Midnight
What you may already know...
Papa's Shrimp & Pork Filipino Egg Rolls, Fuji Vinegar
Pork Butt, House Cured & Roasted Boston Butt, House Pickle, Ssamjang Sweet Chili
Some new stuff for Cobaya...
Garlic'd Laughing Bird Shrimp, Chive Flower Soba Noodles
Bucket of Korean Fried Sweetbreads & Spicy Frog Legs, Local Baby Cucumber Blossom
"Chim Quay" Quail, Pig Skin "Tsitsaron," Chinese Broccoli
"Nuoc Mau" Pork Belly, Roasted Local Baby Carrots, Crispy Bone Marrow, Coconut Rice
Dessert!?...Go home and have sex like the old days instead of blogging about food...
Blue Point Oyster[2]
Pajeon
Pajeon
Menardies[3]
Wife Hales' Chocolate Chocolate Cookie Bag
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