NYC Tastes

Our last dinner in London we made an early reservation to try the offshoot St. John Bread and Wine.  We started off with some beers nearby and tried a really nice and fruity Kronenburg Blanc. If you’ve heard of Nose to Tail Eating then you know about the pioneer of this place Fergus Henderson and his approach to eating.  He believes that if we are going to kill animals to eat them, we should use the entire body. Anything else would be rude.  We showed up at right around 6:30 and got a nice table on the side of the big airy room. We were having some truly beautiful London weather.   The big glass windows in the front were open letting in the last rays of sunlight as well as a slight breeze.  We ordered up a fantastic bottle of Sauvignon Blanc (that had the coolest looking little dude on the front) and decided to split four dishes. Here's our menu for that night. The first was the special of the night the Langoustines with Mayonnaise. These wer...