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Matt Bruck
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Bluefin toro tartare, osetra caviar, ikura & potato purée. Superb. Pairing: the @iwa.sake 5 - Assemblage 3, wonderfully viscous & complex at 42F. Perfect opening to a delightful paired menu. @odo.nyc serves creative, delicious food by visionary chef @o.d.o_ny. Iwa Sake is the vision of @richard.geoffroy, long time maker of Dom Perignon. It's a very natural combo, across a roster of courses and expressions. Small pours at very specific temperatures are dramatically instructive: aroma and finish and texture move dramatically as the sake warms. The rest of the menu: - kushiage, with jidori chicken, kisu, miso camembert. The Iwa has a bite that plays nicely with cheese! - wagyu brisket, asparagus, eggplant, sansho soy reduction. The IWA 5 at 98F tastes and feels like warm roasted rice. - sushi omakase - assorted nigiri and maki - with the IWA 5 at 54F - milk soft serve, amaou strawbery sauce and IWA 5 - Assemblage 1 at 54F. The first Iwa has different aromas, bigger fruit, really fun with dessert. Wow! Richard Geoffroy was one of the world's great champagne makers. In 2018, he moved to Toyama, to team up with Shiraiwa brewery and make sake. They released their first version in 2020. Saké is fun for a winemaker because the latitude is immense. It's a less constrained world than wine's. Rice is far more resilient than grapes. The water, yeast and koji matter. Blending is a critical part... Wow again! A wonderful meal with a superb saké at one of our favorite menus. Of course I'm a huge fan of it all! #saké #sakelover #iwasake #koji #ikura #bluefin #bluefintuna #tartare #tunatartare #osetra #osetracaviar #イクラ #japanesechef #japanesecuisine #eattheworld #starchefs #umami #nycrestaurants #nycrestaurant #finediningnyc #finedininglovers #buzzfeast #nomnom #nycdining #🍴 #🍽 #gastronomie #lefooding #gastronomia #おいしい