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Inside a Toki Underground Pop-Up

Written by Washingtonian Staff | Published on January 26, 2012
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Inside a Toki Underground Pop-up
Inside a Toki Underground Pop-up

Bartender Colin Sugalski’s Juzi cocktails: fresh-squeezed orange juice, ginger liqueur, Soju, house-made black-tea-lychee syrup, and egg whites. Photograph by Erik Uecke

Inside a Toki Underground Pop-up
Inside a Toki Underground Pop-up

The First course: A chilled pasta dish with oysters on green tea soba noodles with smoked trout roe, pickled cucumbers, and house-made XO sauce. Photograph by Erik Uecke

Inside a Toki Underground Pop-up
Inside a Toki Underground Pop-up

Second course: Pan-seared scallops with pickled and charred sardines, sake-braised turnips, and micro mizuna. Photograph by Erik Uecke

Inside a Toki Underground Pop-up
Inside a Toki Underground Pop-up

Third course: Congee of quinoa with charred lettuces, a coddled egg, chicken jus, and a pig tongue that’s cured for two weeks, braised, and then charred, plated with scallion relish. Photograph by Erik Uecke

Inside a Toki Underground Pop-up
Inside a Toki Underground Pop-up

Fourth course: “Buddha’s Delight,” a textural melange of veggies (carrots, beets, etc.) both roasted and pickled, on a harissa-spiked puree with red wine vinegar powder. Photograph by Erik Uecke

Inside a Toki Underground Pop-up
Inside a Toki Underground Pop-up

Fifth course: Pork neck and prawn banh cuon. Photograph by Erik Uecke

Inside a Toki Underground Pop-up
Inside a Toki Underground Pop-up

Sixth course: A whole deboned branzino stuffed with grapes, pumpkin, and edible flowers on edible soy paper. Photograph by Erik Uecke

Inside a Toki Underground Pop-up
Inside a Toki Underground Pop-up

Seventh course: Stuffed quail with steamed lotus rice and wild mushrooms. Photograph by Erik Uecke

Inside a Toki Underground Pop-up
Inside a Toki Underground Pop-up

Eighth course: Orange creamsicle panna cotta with sesame tuile and candied oats. Photograph by Erik Uecke

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