NYC Tastes

It’s Dine in Brooklyn time and once again I headed to the River Café for a nice relaxing meal on the water. My first course was Wild Fluke “Tiradito” with citrus- soy ponzu sauce, fresh hearts of palm, pickled chilies and cripy plantains. I have fluke crudo all the time but this was the first experience where plantains were involved. I loved the crispy texture and really enjoyed all the citrus flavors going on. For my entrée I tried out the Crispy Duck Breast and duck confit tamale with gaujillo chili and traditional mole sauce. This was a very interesting dish to say the least. The mole sauce was absolutely delicious and the duck confit tamale was a nice blend of fat and starch. I’m not sure it’s something I would order again but I enjoyed it. Sometimes I think I keep coming back here just for the dessert trio! As always the Dark Chocolate Marquis Cake took the center stage flagged by pineapple and coconut sorbets on one side and Tahitian Vanilla Crème Brulee on th...

Obviously you all know I love Restaurant Week for it’s 3 course menus at bargain prices but there are other weeks to enjoy like that as well. Like Dine In Brooklyn Week! It’s basically the same deal as RW but slightly cheaper and only in Brooklyn. I happened to be working in Brooklyn on Wednesday was able to snag a table at the River Café for lunch. I was seated at a fantastic table right in the back, so I had a great view of the entire buzzing restaurant and water and no one seemed to notice me as a solo diner. It was perfect! The first thing I noticed on the menu were the Lamb Meatballs “Au Poivre” that Ben had ordered last time we were here. After just one bite of his dish I had been so jealous I didn’t order it myself. Now I could! The meatballs were so tender and light a fork easily cut into them. The dish had a nice subtle spice from the peppercorn sauce and the buttery potatoes were a perfect vessel for mopping up every single last drop of Cognac sauce. Heaven! Now befor...

Friday we headed over to DUMBO to celebrate restaurant week at the River Café. The River Café is a gorgeous place right on the water with a stunning view of lower Manhattan. I’d been here a couple of times before but never for their restaurant week and I was excited. We were a little early for our reservation so we stopped off first at Almondine to pick up the best Almond Croissant in the city for Mr. T who was working Then we headed over to Jacque Torres to drool a little as the smell of chocolate slowly enveloped us. Then a last stop to Five Front for a drink in an attempt to cool down from the humid weather. We walked into River Café and got a nice two seater right by the window. I couldn’t help but notice they added another row of seats to the space. I assume they want to pack it in for restaurant week. It made the space a little tight but still quite manageable. We ordered a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc and perused the menu. One thing I thought was a little strange was that our bread...