Mako's birthday (2018)

Menu

Food:

• Gua Bao (割包/刈包)
• Roasted fig, slipcote, rocket, and ajo blanco salad
• Fiori di zucca
• Pasta all'Amatriana
• Chese and dates

Cocktails:

• Port of Spain (Taste Bar in St. Louis)
• Pusherman
• Midnight Sun (Aquavit)

Ingredients

Gua Bao (Serious Eats):

• Vegetarian pork belly
• Garlic (HAVE: ~1 head)
• Ginger
• Star Anise
• Red Chili (HAVE)
• Sugar (ideally raw) (HAVE)
• Cooking rice wine
• Soy sauce (HAVE)
• Peanuts
• Cilantro
• Asian pickled mustard greens

Salad:

• Slipcote
• Rocket
• Figs
• Ajo Blanco (see below)

Ajo Blanco (Serious Eats):

• ~1 cup blanched almonds
• garlic clove (finely grated) [HAVE]
• cup extra-virgin olive oil [HAVE]
• Flaky sea salt

Fiori di zucca (Academia Barilla):

• Flour [HAVE]
• Egg [HAVE]
• Fiori di zucca
• Egg [HAVE]
• Aqua frizzante [HAVE]

Pasta All'Amatriciana:

• Vegetarian guanciale
• Pinch red pepper flakes
• 1/4 cup (60ml) dry white wine
• 2 28-ouncecan whole peeled tomatoes, crushed by hand
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 pound (450g) bucatini pasta
• 1 ounce (30g) grated Pecorino Romano cheese, plus more for serving