Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Reservations Now Open

Dux Series 2.0 is now officially ready to go, reservations are now available for the dates of:

July 24

July 31

August 7

August 14

August 21

August 28

If you are not able to secure a reservation, please email us at duxworkshop@gmail.com with a request for waitlist and the dates requested. 

The menu as posted on the bottom is just about finalized pending a few weekly adjustments due to seasonality.

The 7 course menu will be offered at $70.00. 

Friday, July 8, 2011

Dux Dinner Series 2.0

The Dux Inaugural Series completed its last week in late June and I have been working furiously to put finishing touches on a new series menu and new available dates for Dux Series 2.  Part of the delay has been a very late run of produce this year due to the oddity of weather - everything seems to be runny 2 weeks later than normal.   

With the Series 2 menu, the focal point for the dinner derives from the romantic French vision of storytelling through food.  Without going into too much more extraneous detail, I've been batting around a name for the new dinner series and ended up with something called: Summer Landscapes.

Here is a preview of the menu, of course there is a chance of changes pending a complete trial week in the kitchen (including an easy option for all vegetarian).  Hopefully reservation dates and finalized menu to appear next week!

 

Figs On A Plate

-a set of uniquely treated figs

 

Monet's Tomato Garden

-yogurt, tomato seed & "paint", sweet basil granita

 

Summer Seascape

-smoked corn gelee, oyster, bonito

 

Peachtree Avenue

-peach, confit pork belly & shoulder, shortbread crumble

 

Wild Mushroom Forage

-poached wild mushroom, edible dirt

 

Silken Lily Pad

-house lavender tofu, wildflower honey & rose water, lychee, candied ginger

 

S'more

-a summer fruit interpretation

Monday, April 18, 2011

Inaugural Series Dinner Menu

Last night’s beta dinner was officially completed, Dux would like to thank all the friends that made it all possible. 
Here is the Inaugural Series Dinner Menu:
 
Duck Egg in Tart
fried sous vide egg, english peas, baby carrots, ramp duck bechamel gravy
 
Smoked Pears Smoked Duck Breast “Tataki”
cherry wood cold smoke, aged shoyu citrus gastrique
 
Dux Poutine
pomme dauphine, duck confit, foie balsamic glaze, goat cheese curd, mizuna
 
Dux Tsukemen
”00” tagliatelle pasta, honjuku duck egg, fromage de canard
 
Foie Gras Chantilly on Strawberry Genoise
smoked strawberry compote, meyer lemon marscapone


$60

 
The philosophical underlining for this menu is two-fold.  The first is to honor and pay tribute to the sometimes overlooked duck.  Ducks hold a special place in my heart (as evident by the literary homonym), so I feel that it is more than appropriate to create an inaugural menu with duck as our primary focus.  The second message that I want to convey with this menu is witnessed by the methods and techniques utilized to cook the duck.  I want to present duck in non-traditional forms that are typically unrecognized on other menus.  As great as seared breast on polenta may be, it seems that many other aspects and avenues true to the duck are sometimes disregarded.  Hopefully I can provide the canard with a honorable service.    

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Coming Soon…

Dux SF is currently under experiment.  Coming soon.