Monday, June 12, 2017

99 reasons to eat at 99

1. The food is great
2. Claudia
3.  Smoked Sierra fish
4.  Pickled onions served stuffed with onions topped with onions in a onion soup
5.  Gustaf's magic creations!
6.  Corn five ways with beef tongue
7.  An Eclectic vibe
8.  Expertly paired wines
9.  Multiply all this by 11 and you have 99 reasons
We left the hotel early thinking that 20 minutes would be plenty of time to go to kilometers. Well it wasn't and we were five minutes late a slightly stressed but it was no problem at 99. It was a great dining experience the energy there was palpable. Everybody working together towards a common goal. Lucky for us we sat at a table right next to all the action. We could watch the chefs preparing the meals. We could watch our desserts being made. We saw the desserts coming out of molds that were frozen. There were blow torches  vessels that would squirt out foam, pans, pots, stone dishes a huge variety of tools of the trade. Claudia guided us through our meal and all of the Chilean wines.  I had never had unfiltered wines before and they were delicious.  As our meal was winding down, Leslie looked over and wondered what an item was. It looked like a log. I suggested that it was a log however it had hinges and handles. Lo and behold it was a log cutting Half Hollow doubt with hinges and a handle and filled with tiny cookies and tofee.
Front door 

Kitchen action

Mushroom infused butter

Sea Bass with assorted root vegetables 

Loved this wine 

Tounge and corn

Actually carmel blown like glass to look like an avocado,  then filled with avocado and chocolate ice cream 

Dessert

Log

Claudia

The menu!