Previously on Adam Riff™:
October 2017
il corvo / nue / revel / xi'an noodles / mean sandwich / eltana / hello robin / chinapie / navy strength / teku tavern / pie bar / hot cakes / eden hill / bateau / trove / salumi artisan cured meats / rachel's ginger beer / no anchor / meat and bread / junebaby / hot cakes / tacos chukis / metropolitan market / macrina bakery / le petit cochon / pablo y pablo / joule / mean sandwich / ma'ono / trophy cupcakes / shorty's / teku tavern / georgetown liquor company / lowercase brewing / chuck's hop shop / twilight exit / cycene / macrina bakery / metropolitan market / eltana
Grilled Pickled Pig Tongue (Le Petit Cochon)
beer mustard, dilly tots, seed relish, apple jam, salt and pepper cabbage, tobacco
^ I was disgusted at myself after cleaning the plate.
Ghost Pepper Pork Tartare (Le Petit Cochon)
bonito aioli, nori, kumquat, mac nuts
—There's a reason you don't see many pork tartares.
Lamb Heart Tartare (Navy Strength)
yolk jam, ikura, taro chips
Anderson Ranch Lamb Tartare (Eden Hill)
hot mustard, goat milk caramel, petite carrot
—Tasted askew.
Steak Tartare Club (Mean Sandwich)
yuzu kosho mayo, bacon, lettuce, tomato, on sea wolf rye
Grilled Lamb Sandwich with Cheese (Salumi Artisan Cured Meats)
—Saddest lamb sandwich ever. Do better, Mario Batali's family.
Spicy Boudin Sandwich (Cycene)
cajun sausage, hot aioli, pepper jack, scrambled egg, served with home fries
Pepper Roulette (Junebaby)
black eye pea hummus, sour cream
—Just a ramekin of various roasted peppers of varying heat. Based on not being able to find a single photo of this dish, I think I may be the only person to ever order it.
Orange Habanero Chocolate Chip Cookie (Hello Robin)
—Spicy!
Rick's Chocolate Apricot Espresso Cookie (Macrina Bakery)
—Bittersweet chocolate chunks are accented with apricot bits and ground espresso.
The Cookie (Metropolitan Market)
two types of belgian chocolate, local flour, toasted walnuts, butter
—I brought four of them home with me.
Lamb Belly 'Carnitas' Taco (Pablo y Pablo)
four-chile guacamole, mint, pineapple salsa
Wild Boar Meatballs Taco (Pablo y Pablo)
salsa roja, oaxaca and jack cheese, onion, cilantro
Adobada Taco (Tacos Chukis)
marinated pork cooked al pastor, topped off with a slice of sweet grilled pineapple
^ Maybe re-think the size of the pineapple.
No. 4 Ice Cream and Peanut Wrap [Taiwanese Brrrr-rito] (Nue)
pineapple ice cream, peanut ice cream, crunchy peanut toffee crumb, and cilantro leaves wrapped in a thin spring roll wrapper
—Maybe use a softer spring roll wrapper.
Mint Ice Cream (Navy Strength)
chocolate, potato chip crumble, root beer glaze
^ The texture of the ice cream was off-putting. It was like eating spearmint gum.
Fish Sauce Caesar [Salad] (Navy Strength)
paneer, nasturtium, pretzel croutons
—Its dressing is not made with anchovies, but with fish sauce made with anchovies.
Uncle Sau Pizza (Chinapie)
caramel fish sauce, pork, cilantro pesto, jalapeño, fresh mozzarella, grana
The Chowder Pizza (Chinapie)
potato, house-made rolled smoked bacon, taylor shellfish clams, bechamel, rosemary, mozzarella
^ Things that make you go "hmm…"
Shrimp Cocktail 2.0 (Joule)
chinese celery, pork belly, ginger beer
Reuben Mille Feuille (Bateau)
smoked brisket and belly, purple cabbage, russian dressing, rye
^ Style over substance.
Carpaccio (Bateau)
coffee aioli, marinated spring onions, spicy greens, onion ash
[Off-Menu] Bateau Burger (Bateau)
dry-aged grass-fed beef, onion jam, aioli, on a house-made semolina bun
—Bon Appétit: "The burger to end all burgers."
The Mean Sandwich (Mean Sandwich)
thick-cut corned beef, pickled red cabbage, yellow mustard, mint, maple syrup
Skins and Ins (Mean Sandwich)
fried baked potato chunks and their skins
^ Fries 2.0.
Crispy Pig Ear (Junebaby)
pickled onions, pecan butter, honey
^ I did not want to stop eating this.
Everything Bagel Pancake (Revel)
smoked whitefish, preserved lemon aioli
Wasabi Cream Cheese (Eltana)
—Good morning!
Za'atar and Scallion Cream Cheese (Eltana)
Honeydew Pineapple Spinach Hotter Pop (Hot Cakes)
–A house-made Otter Pop.
P.O.G. Life (Trove)
guava sorbet with passion fruit jello and orange ribbon
Strawberry Lemonade Cupcake (Trophy Cupcakes)
Black Forest Cake (Joule)
thai chili pomegranate glaze, condensed milk
(Revel) Server: Are you a pastry chef?
Jon: Heh. No.
(Revel) Server: Because no one has ever ordered all of the desserts before.
Jon: 
Revel Motherload (Revel)
miso caramel brownie tart, pretzel crust, toasted marshmallow, gochujang ganache, fried chocolate
Bingsoo Revival (Revel)
tropical punch tapioca, passion fruit mousse, black currant granita, guava jello, white chocolate crunch
Mochi Churro (Revel)
buttermilk mochi churro, kaffir lime, crème fraîche caramel, strawberry hibiscus jam
^ Mochi is not a good texture for churros.
Sheep's Cheese Churros (Eden Hill)
cherry tomato, black garlic, sesame, lovage
^ Better churros.
Cauliflower Chilaquiles (Eden Hill)
manchego, lime crema, serrano hot sauce, shishito, curtido
^ …and a worse play on Mexican food.
Taiwanese Chicken Heart Poppers (Nue)
crispy fried marinated chicken hearts, garlic, and scallion, served with rice wine and chili oil dipping sauce
Chicken Pho Soup Dumplings (Chinapie)
charred onion, ginger, scallion, mint
—Lack soup.
Eat the Entire Menu (No Anchor)
^ Split three ways, it was still filling.
Some changes:
Our Raw Puget Sound Oyster featured dill oil instead of spruce oil. Our Glazed Lamb Sweetbreads featured elderberry, pickled elderflower, and celery root instead of cherry tomatoes, smoked yolk, and romano beans. Our Grilled Wagyu Steak featured ceps and pommes purée instead of cherries and seasonal mushrooms. And instead of Vanilla Cream Cheese Custard:
Concord Grape Sorbet (No Anchor)
vanilla pumpkin pudding, pepita praline, sake lees ice
MISSED CONNECTIONS
Thai Mang Da Na (Nue)
three large thai water beetles with intense flavours of fruit, flowers, candy, and salt
^ I couldn't do it.
Cornflake-Crusted Chicken Livers (Radiator Whiskey)
frank's redhot, aioli
Fried Beef Lip Terrine (Radiator Whiskey)
dijonnaise
Lamb Neck Sloppy Joe (Radiator Whiskey)
coleslaw, fried onions, bun
The LPC Pig Mac (Le Petit Cochon)
olsen farm pig burger, sliced smoked pork belly, salt cured foie, plum jam, onion rings, truffle aioli, arugula pistou, red onion, salt and vinegar chips
^ $32 burger.
Sherried Duck Hearts (Le Petit Cochon)
grit cake, burnt eggplant purée, fennel cream spinach, pine nut vin, apricot
Flank Steak "Jerky" (Gather)
marinated in lemongrass, ginger, and fish sauce
Neli Pizza (Chinapie)
chicken tikka masala sausage, tomato cream curry, jalapeño, pickled onions, aged mozzarella, goat cheese
Japanese Clam Chowder (Iconiq)
white miso soy, daikon, bacon, seaweed butter bread
Beer-Battered Nori Dumplings (Cook Weaver)
kimchi, tahini sauce
Braised Brisket with Hominy (Cook Weaver)
pickles, fried egg, nori, in the style of bibimbap
Chocolate Chip Cookie with Gray Salt (Delancey)
Sweet and Sour Olive Oil Gummy Bear with Chocolate Truffle (Tarsan i Jane)
Sourdough Pancake [Liquid Nitrogen] Ice Cream (Nue)
Tallow Cake (Bateau)
poached plums, vanilla buttercream, pickled rose
Pine Ice Cream (Bateau)
juniper meringue, warm huckleberries
Blueberry Thrill (Trove)
calamansi frozen custard with blueberry swirl and cornbread cake
Razzmatazz (Trove)
calamansi frozen custard with champagne jello and raspberry pop rocks