This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema finds the food looks amazing but tastes terrible at Plein Sud. Sarah DiGregorio reports hits and misses at Cienfuegos, but gives a nod to the champagne punch.
Sam Sifton approves of Tamarind Tribeca, which “might rate a pleasant shrug [in Indian cuisine-happy London]. But in Manhattan, it is shaping up to be the best thing to happen to Indian food since Hemant Mathur and Suvir Saran opened Devi in 2004.”
[NY Times]
Steve Cuozzo is disappointed in Zengo, which he notes “got the vibe right. … If only the menu kept up its end of the fun.”
[NY Post]
Adam Platt (and his kid) rather love Fatty ‘Cue, where “[chef-owner Zak] Pelaccio is the first to combine the classic salty-sweet flavor profile of the East with the bulky, messy, down-home goodness of authentic American barbecue.” He is also a fan of Balaboosta, Einat Admony’s new Israeli comfort-food haven.
[NY Magazine]
TONY raves over two ramen spots, Totto and Hide-Chan, deeming the former’s miso ramen a “fragrant, fiery masterpiece,” and the latter’s pork tonkotsu broth “a luscious meaty soup, more cloudy than creamy.”
[Time Out]
Alan Richman, a self-professed Francophile who feels French food is best enjoyed in winter, has “the best off-season French meal of … [his] life” at Eleven Madison Park.
[GQ/Forked]
Gael Greene would go back to Nuela, despite the absence of a liquor license and the prohibition of BYOB.
[Insatiable Critic]
Tables for Two falls for Kaz An Nou, which “seems determined to bring a bit of Caribbean color and hope” to the area being demolished for the Atlantic Yards project.
[New Yorker]
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