FIG, Charleston

Photographs from my meal in United states , South Carolina  at FIG on January 2, 2012.

Boulevardier, buffalo trace, campari, carpano antica formula ($10)

Capers "blades" oysters on the half shell, smoked steelhead roe, chardonnay mignonette ($16)

Triggerfish carpacio, satsuma, pine nut, arugula, olio nuovo ($14)

Escabeche of white shrimp, marinated vegetables, fresh herbs ($14)

Selection of domestic artisanal cheeses (Local goat cheese, battery park brie, bellavitano espresso rind, blue cheese from Oregon), fig mustard ($13)

Wagyu beef carne cruda, celery, walnut, san andreas ($14)

Anson Mills farro piccolo, root vegetables ($8)

Coddled Sea Island Farm Egg, Maine lobster, Périgord truffle, beech mushroom, celeriac cream ($22)

Sticky sorghum cake, walnut ice cream ($8)