DOVETAIL {what I had for dinner last night}
Last night Alan & I walked to Dovetail for dinner with some friends. We were lucky to live 5 blocks away from it, otherwise Alan would have frozen to death hehe...Me? I have all that extra fat to keep me cozy & warm :P
Dovetail is a 3 star rating restaurant from New York Mag with raving reviews & a very very hard reservation to make. It's located in what look like a tiny apartment from the outside but very cozy & roomy for a New York restaurant inside. Dovetail has a very impressive wine list but most of the bottles are in the $$$....yeah, no thank you, I don't think my palette is that sophisticated for a $300 bottle :D We picked a bottle of Capcanes Vall Del Calas 2003 a merlot from Spain...not bad at all for $50. Here's the full menu of what we got up there in the pictures...in the same order- Amuse bouche of smoked salmon, beets puree, & sour cream..yummy in my tummy :) compliment from the chef
- Delicious corn bread w/salted butter
- Squid a la planchapeppers with radish, coconut - very soft & meaty
- Rabbit mille fuille with pears, turnips, frisee - surprisingly fresh in your mouth
- Cauliflower Soup with bacon, walnuts, apples, brown butter - OMG You had me at BACON!!
- Hanger steak with beef cheek lasagna, hen of the woods mushrooms - My favorite of the night, the steak is so juicy & very tender
- Duck confit curry squash, radicchio, dates - This was really good also, but a little small for my tummy...YES a LITTLE SMALL ok?
- Black forest gateau with cherry purée, crème chantilly - Yumm
- Almond bread pudding with rum raisin ice cream, maple butterscotch - Soooo Goooood... favorite desert of the night
- Vanilla panna cotta with clementine soda, lemon grass gelée - The lemon grass went amazingly well with the vanilla panna cotta...so well that Alan wanted to try to make it at home. Just so you know he makes a mean mean vanilla panna cotta :P
- Yummi cookies, truffle chocolate & candies compliment from the chef
So the verdict? The dinner was very good but definitely not THAT good, which I sort of expected a 3 star restaurant to be...Oh well
