text: OMFGnnThis was by far the most expensive and memorable meal of my life My wife and I dined here about two months ago We shared the drink pairing Two meals and one drink pairing came to Though dare I say it it was TOTALLY worth itnnI love cooking and trying new foods If you do too this is totally the place for you You will love it If you are not a foodie and not into unique cooking techniques you will probably find it overpriced and will not fully appreciate it That being said it was the perfect place for mennThere were four couples in our sitting None of us knew each other but we all seemed to be the same basic type Foodies who make pretty good money but are not exactly rich who are willing to pay for a oneofakind onceinalifetime dining experiencennWe all LOVED our food In fact at one point the chefs left to get something from the kitchen and one of the guys said Good they are gone Now we can lick our plates We all chuckled but all highly considered it No one wanted to waste one single drop of deliciousnessnnI would say my favorite course was the chickpea soup with iberico pork The chickpeas were filled with iberico pork and chickpea broth It was amazing I had never had iberico pork and instantly fell in lovennI am not a fan of desserts and there were quite a few served However I have to admit that I liked every single one of them My favorite involved olive oil cocoa powder and mascarpone or something similar We were instructed to drag our spoons through the olive oil and into the cocoa powder Sounded weird but WOWnnMy wife is a connoisseur of flan and said that hands down es was the best she had ever had I do not care for flan but I had to agree this flan was delish nnI could go on and on about every single course But lots of people have already done that and it would be very hard to truly do any of the courses justicennAside from the food itself the other awesome aspect was being able to watch the creation and plating of many of the courses Everything was done with such care and perfection The chefs used droppers and tweezers to carefully add the most delicate items I was in awe throughout the whole dinner and was envious of the chefs who get to work with such great ingredients every daynnAbout midway through the dinner the chefs told us to look behind us When we did we saw none other than Jose Andres He was in town for Uncorkd and stopped in for a moment to see how we were all doing We all expressed our amazement at everything we had tried thus farnnWhen we finished our meal I saw Jose sitting at one of the tables in Jaleo I asked one of the waiters if it would be okay for me to go up to him and ask for his autograph He said that Jose was being interviewed by a food magazine but should be done shortly and I could wait at the bar and approach him once he was done I did so and once his interview was over I was able to catch him before he went back into the kitchen He autographed my menu and my wife took a picture of us The people from the food magazine were still around and their photographer snapped a few pics too It was a perfect ending to a perfect nightnnI mentioned earlier that this was a onceinalifetime experience However I cannot imagine never going back Maybe I should change that to a once every years event Or if I get a big raise maybe once a year Even my wife who usually gets upset when we go to higherpriced places as she thinks it is not worth it and that is with a bill about of e said that the meal was totally worth it