Thursday, July 18, 2013

Maison Kayser

The French have landed on our shores and more Maison's will follow with a new one in Chelsea soon. Eric Kayser trained in France and traveled the globe utilizing French training and natural leavening. The breads and pastries are baked by Frenchmen utilizing French techniques and are impressive. Lunch began with a bag of beautiful breads- baguette, an unusual chestnut bread with walnuts colored by turmeric was a sweet, exotic treat. For savory, I went with a corn soup with feta and tomatoes- a light puree with tasty feta, but a little underseasoned with less than crunchy corn. A hot chocolate was a dense French concoction made more summer-like with requested ice. The citron/milk chocolate cookie tasted like a Madeline more than a cookie, but was delicious nonetheless. Pastries look divine, but in the middle of summer, I must postpone major sampling for awhile. The space is very modern with cramped seating. Still- GO! GO!

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Sweet Chick

Want some Sweet Chick, chicken and waffles are the specialty here and it is a mega popular brunch spot. Now the menu features Southern style food with a nod to chicken with or without waffles. We ordered a bunch of food to share- heirloom tomato salad, collard slaw, mac and cheese and fried chicken and bacon/cheddar waffles. The waffles are a standout- light, airy with great flavor. The chicken on the other hand though dark is over battered and not flavorful. Collard slaw also fared well with lots of tasty bits. Heirloom salad is full of bread crumbs and didn't wow and mac and cheese is lacking a crust. The other food star was the special pineapple/upside down cake, though not as refined as Mayfield's on Franklin it was super tasty with vanilla & a touch of chocolate ice-cream. SLOW GO!

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Fushimi

Flashy, funloving Fushimi is like Las Vegas meets Williamsburg. It's lunch menu at $12 is an amazing value-period! Add on a beer or wine for $5. You get four courses including a soup, a salad a daily appetizer and either cooked food(teriyaki) or sushi rolls. The rolls here are inventive and yes this is fusion so not actually authentically Japanese, but delicious nonetheless. The salad is big with romaine, radishes and grape tomatoes with generic ginger dressing. Miso soup has noodles and carrots and is fusion style, I have had both the Angry Dragon and Out of Control roll and both are soooo tasty. The Dragon roll has shrimp tempura, avocado, king crab and sweet miso. The Out of Control roll has rock shrimp, wrapped in salmon- outta control. Ice-cream is generic, but at that price- who cares. Walking to the bathroom with it's purple mirrored carnival entrance must be trippy when intoxicated. Fushimi should not be taken seriously- it is a fun spot. GO!