100 Favorite Dishes, No. 26: Bacon-Encrusted Bone Marrow at Knife

I see a few people saying the dish is good so it must be a matter of consistency because NOBODY would like the dish i was served. 

OMG i just had that dish last Saturday and it was horrible... The marrow was melted so it was greasy bacon bits with hot fishy uni on top and didn't even come with a piece of bread so i guess im supposed to just eat the greasy bacon bits with a spoon. Something must have went VERY wrong because I have eaten bone marrow in 20 places and this is the most expensive and worst tasting i've ever had, not to mention the smallest serving.

Interesting. I'd say it's the worst bone marrow dish I've ever had. I went to Knife on your burger recommendation and thank god the burger was as good as you said because I hated this bone marrow dish. It's served on a bed of salt but is already incredibly salty from the bacon and uni so I completely ruined one bite by adding extra salt (which is almost always what you do with bone marrow and it was on the freaking plate so I don't think it was my fault to assume to add some). 

There's also a big temperature problem with cold uni and what is typically hot bone marrow. I guess they get around that by just serving the bone marrow room temperature because even the bone was cool to the touch. The uni adds nothing to the dish but to make it fancier and more decadent. In fact, every added element pretty much takes away from the bone marrow. I love bone marrow, it's one of my favorite things (particularly from Blue Ribbon). Uni is also one of my favorite ingredients. This dish, in my opinion, is a failed concept that is probably ordered a ton because it reads incredibly well on the menu. 

All that said, totally worth eating if it gets you to that burger.

Best fucking bone marrow dish I've ever had.  Period.

@DemigodH Somebody must have read you review cuz when I got my bone marrow last saturday it was all melted and very hot so there was no marrow just greasy bacon bits with hot fishy uni on top.. it was the nastiest bone marrow EVER and the most expensive.

@DemigodH I knew this one would be polarizing (comment bellow). I liked this one like you like some art -- the kind that's interesting, but not something you'd want to hang in your home. And yes, to that burger, but if you're eating them side by side you're a masochist. 

@Sharon_Moreanus Thank you for clarifying salt as "salty". Twice. I should have tasted it first and/or considered the fact that every other ingredient is salty. That said, everywhere I've ordered bone marrow it is served with salt and the intention of the diner adding it. Accordingly, I assumed I knew what to do with the ingredients placed on the plate. As another example, I don't taste my pho before adding the additional herbs it is served with.

@username.neil my order also did not come with bread so i had to ask for it. Also had to ask for a spoon. 

@scott.reitz Makes sense and it's the type of dish that's almost impossible not to order. Just one of those that I wish sounder logic entered my thought process before getting swept away by the menu description of bone marrow, uni and bacon.

@Sharon_Moreanus If it's already so salty then why is it on a bed of salt???????????? Can the people at knife not taste the food? It's very easy to get salt on your food when presented like this.  Dont' put anything on a plate that doesn't have  a purpose. Modern Chef 101

@scott.reitz @DemigodH If that's really what you thought Scott then why would that make the 100 favorite dishes list? This isn't 100 interesting dishes.  lol. You are a mystery to me.
That being said I had an open faced sous vide beef cheek sandwich that was pretty incredible although sauce too heavy and sweet (and they called it gravy for some insane reasoning).

A sticky, sweet mushroom gravy.. too weird for me

@Sharon_Moreanus I already posted a comment that did not appear so here it is again;
i was joking, as to say i had the exact opposite situation as him in reference to my hot bone and his cold bone.

@Sharon_Moreanus Thank you Dick Tracey  : )

@Sharon_Moreanus I was joking.