Sons & Daughters
Buttermilk Chip, Trout Roe, Crème Fraiche
Cornbread Toast, Strauss Butter, Buttermilk Yogurt
Marin Miyago Oysters, Dill and unripe strawberry
Roasted Baby beets, Vadouvan spices, spring herbs, pickled mustard seeds, yogurt
Delta Asparagus, Monterey Seaweed, Smoked Bread
Ricotta and Preserved Lemon Roll
Fogline Farm Chicken, Garden Greens, Pickled Radish, Creamy mousse, smoked skin
Pretzel Roll
Seared Squab, Fennel, Golden Sweet Apricot, Marcona Almond
Raspberry Curd, Kumquat, Salad Burnet, Candied Raspberry, Sweet Woodruff Meringue, Nasturtium
Geranium Ice Cream, Blueberry, Redwood Clover, White Chocolate Mousse, Huckleberry Black Pepper Compote
Vanilla Macaron with Cookie Crumble and Chocolate Mint Ganache, Apricot Pate de Fruit, Cinnamon Walnut Brittle
No stranger to dual tasting menus in a given night I opted to keep my reservation at Sons & Daughters even though I’d been talked into an earlier tasting at AQ and although I cannot recommend such a thing for everyone the phrase “an embarrassment of riches” summarizes what followed quite well. Small and exceedingly Parisian in feel with a mere 28 seats divided amongst two rooms and the kitchen on full display in the upper of these, Sons & Daughters features only one menu per evening and with an intense focus on precision, minimalism, and bringing forth the true flavors of items from their farm in Los Gatos the entirety of the meal plays out like a well orchestrated dance, chefs and servers both delivering and describing plates as modern music plays lightly overhead. From the opening volley of a delicate sour chip coddling a dollop of caviar through a progression of outstanding vegetation lightly accented with herbs and spices onward to a pair of proteins including strips of ruby red squab serving as a poignant counterpoint to intensely sweet apricots each savory dish brought with it a new experience and not to be outdone the pastry team also shined, both in a pairing of light yet complex desserts and throughout the meal with a bread service that ranks amongst the best in the city.
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