It's been a while since my last post! I apologize - first it was because of finals, moving out, and then just sheer laziness. I was able to go to a few restaurants during NYC 2009 Restaurant Week and had some delicious food.
I actually saw Julie and Julia today and thought it was a great movie. It was hilarious, especially watching Meryl Streep become Julia Child. The food looked awesome too.
Okay, so first restaurant I went to Brasserie 8 1/2 [Modern French/Fusion] for lunch.
Overall it was a great experience but what kept me wanting more was the appetizer. It was a pork belly slider. First of all, I was surprised to see pork belly on a non-Asian menu since nobody except Asians really eat it. Anyway, it was DELICIOUS. I believe it was a brioche bun with three slices of pork belly, a slice of avocado, a fried quail egg, and a generous shmear of paprika infused mayonnaise. The pork just melted in my mouth - everything was perfectly seasoned and cooked. On the side were housemade salt and vinegar chips. These were very good the first bite but after that it got rather soggy and too salty. What a shame.
For my entree, I decided to get the lobster salad. It was presented on a thin layer of gelatinized mango matter and it was a stacked salad. There avocado dressed in some lime juice, mango jelly, lobster, snow pea leaves (I think), shaved fennel, and more lobster. It was very light and delicious. None of the ingredients overpowered each other and it was a nice balance of texture - creamy, crunchy, and MEATY.
Dessert was blood orange mirror cake. The cake itself was pretty sweet but the glaze on top was extremely tart so it cut the sweetness and once again, balanced the dish. How I love balance. It was nice to look at too.
Sorry I'm not more descriptive this took place a while ago. Also, I took all the picture with my phone so no SLR quality pictures like previous posts. I will photoshop them to the best of my abilities. (I can't seem to place the pictures between p
Next posts: Blue Moon Grill, Cha-An, Morimoto, & Tabla.
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