i could have been dining in ny or sf. well, with french subtitles anyway.
my parents used to frequent mess hall as they live right around the corner. with the new swanky digs, brasserie central shows lots of promise.
warm lighting and sienna toned indian artwork, the food is tdf.
uber cute tin buckets for uber cute teeny seed buns. i never eat bread or rather rarely eat bread but i just had to try it. it was too cute!
menus on clipboards in either french or english...our table was super boring with 3 orders of the special of the day. it was a divine pork medallions on a bed of caramelized onions with a puree of celery. my parents didn't care for the celery but i scraped it off like a scavenger. who does pork medium rare? well brasserie central does! we paired it with a pinot noir from new zealand.
owned by a highly regarded chef teamed up with an impressive pastry one, we had to sample a dessert. i asked for a house specialty and was given a layered parisian pastry with salted caramel butter and buttermilk sorbet. dee-lish.
a wee tough on the wallet but central is worth the splurge.
men do come dine as i witnessed quite the number of ladies partaking in a culinary voyage. our friend who was the chef at l'express told us to check this place out, if that isn't a ringing endorsement, i don't know what is!