lobster roll (on a toasted marshmallow)

 

I recently had the most amazing dinner of my life at Atera. The $165 tasting menu included almost 30 different items. Here are some photos of my favorites.

“razor clams” – mini air baguette painted with squid ink and filled with clam ice cream and sorrel

tomato ice with sea urchin

lichen chip

lichen chip with aioli and malt sauce

beer macaron with sturgeon roe

sprouted grain ice cream

peekytoe crab with artichokes petals in herb broth

young vegetables with pastrami cured seared duck hearts

tomato with milk ice cream

rosewater ice rose

open kitchen with chef Lightner

edible black walnut shell

lamb tartare with burnt crisp

“ramen” – squid strip noodles and dissolvable seasoning packet

pine nut wafers

salsify “churro”

beet ember

barbeque sweetbreads