Beast Restaurant - Whole Beast Dinner - Rabbit

Finally made my way to @BeastRestaurant, and it was an incredible meal! #GoodEats

I'm no stranger to the restaurant, I've been there every Friday for the past year and a half for their Beastwich lunches (now replaced with brunch), and I've had Scott Vivian's food at different events around the city, but I've never actually had a meal there before. I haven't been avoiding the restaurant, I just never got around to it, until now.

I was talking with Scott one afternoon after a beastwich, and the idea of coming in to do a whole beast dinner came up. Reservations need to be made at least one week in advance of the meal so Scott and source the ingredients and develop a menu. Each whole animal dinner gets it's own menu, even if the proteins repeat, there's ways a new and unique menu. As the guest, you decide which animal you want and answer one simple question: How adventurous of a eater are you?

My friend has never had rabbit before, so that was our protein, and I'm a faily adventurous eater so I told Scott to have fun with the menu. Here's what we ate!

Starting with some warm soft bread and butter.

Course 1: Rabbit Saddle Terrine on Devilled Egg Purée with Schichimi Togarashi, garnished with Fig & Bacon Jam and Elderberries.

Course 2: Offal on Toast - Kidneys and Liver with Shishito Peppers, au jus

Course 3: Gnocchi and Braised Rabbit Hind Legs Ragú

Course 4: Confit Rabbit Cage with a Scallop blackened with Squid Ink, Romesco, and Salsa Verde

This was a really fun dish to eat, not for the lazy eater though since you need to scrape out each bone for every morsel of meat. Totally worth it in my opinion!

Course 5: Fried Front Legs with Kimichi, Hoisin Sauce, Candied Peanuts

Course 6: Pete's Cotton Tails - Carrot Cake Donut with Cream Cheese Icing and Coconut

Thank you Scott for a fantastic meal, hope to be in again soon!