Sweet little place with a positive and energetic vibe. loved our server. (hi jess!) but quite honestly we didn't have a good dinner. our martini's were not very cold and served in a thick 'cut glass' glasses. the olive was stellar, so, yay. bread costs $4 and for that i want my gougeres to be fabulous and they were just ok. i felt they needed more cheese. i'd have added a bit more to the dough - like 15% or so. they were lacking and well, why would you do that to a perfect choux?
the burrata was certainly beyond generous - huge, in fact, but if you know serious burrata it was lacking big time. just not creamy and tasted bland. good burrata makes your toes curl. and it's hard to source. buffalo mozzarella would've been highly preferable over this. on a positive note, the bone marrow delivered its promise. it was a high point and the reason for the 3rd star. can you say oxtail marmalade?
we ordered 2 pastas and both the spaghetti and the taglietelle were literally awful. not the dish - but the pasta. bad texture. i've been trying to figure out what it was - but it tasted almost mealy. i know good fresh pasta (no really, i know...) and this just wasn't it so change up your recipe, dudes! it was totally a damn crying shame because both sauces were solid - all'amatraciana and the chicken liver/almond thing.
the salted caramel budino was nice. chunks of chocolate meringue in there.
i'd say that if one had to judge from this dinner, they'd never last in nyc. i'm also basing this on one dinner which feels unfair but i think we got them at their best.
just telling it like it is...