This was a group effort, eating-wise.  Seven of us, the usual suspects plus Patrick who was visiting from Chicago, went to Telepan on 69th and Columbus.  They offered a four- or five -course tasting menu.  The five-course menu includes cheese.  We opted for the four-course dinner which gives us six choices each of an appetizer, a mid course, an entree and a dessert.  That’s 24 dishes that the kitchen has to master every night.  With little consultation, we somehow managed to spread our choices to sample a decent portion of their menu.  We all liked our food, let’s start:

#1 – Egg in a hole (poached egg, spinach, hen-in-woods mushroom, toasted garlic)

#2 – Special salad (beets in yoghurt dill sauce, arugula)

#3 – Artichoke & heart of palm, lemon rice, arugula, parsley

#4 – Duck and fois gras ravioli, parsley root puree and dried fruit sauce

#5 – chickpea pancakes, spicy carrot, oregano and black kale