Delicious Fish @ Applewood and Delicious Chicken @ Home

Applewood is situated on a small street off 7th avenue in Park Slope. You actually wouldn’t even notice it from the main street if you were on a little stroll. But once you walk in, you can’t help but be taken a back by its very charming atmosphere and farmhouse feel. Which is very fitting as Applewood focuses on seasonal, farm-to-table cuisine. My friend and I planned a “date” night to have a nice dinner together before I left and headed north to Toronto. And it also happened she had her wedding at this restaurant…which I could definitely picture with all the candles and cozy setting.

Three spreads: lentils cooked in duck fat, soft and salted butter, spinach cream cheese

Spreads and breads were given to start. The bread was freshly made in-house (sorry no photo-but just imagine a two large pieces of white and whole wheat bread with crispy crusts and soft interiors). The lentils were definitely my favorite and I proceeded to eat them also as a side dish with a fork. Can anything cooked in duck fat every be bad?

Sautéed ramps topped with a fried egg and dill aioli

Squid salad with rhubarb and sunflower shoots

Lemon risotto with parsnips and watercress

Pan seared hake with sweet potatoes, arugula, and lemon fondue

As the blog title states, the fish was delicious. Perfectly cooked, flaky, and buttery and that lemon cream sauce was simply divine. Both apps were also a hit but I have to say, my friends lemon risotto was really just not good. The rice was cooked well but there was no flavor at all. Not just under-seasoned, but really no seasoning — quite disappointing. Overall, I really enjoyed the meal at Applewood and have heard really great things…maybe it was an off night for the risotto chef?

I know I said I was trying to get all my restaurant reviews out to you, but I simply HAD to share this chicken dish with you as I think it is perfect for a light summer meal. This recipe for chicken marinated in a fresh lime mixture and served over marinated red onions and a cilantro infused black bean sauce is a great way to jazz up that boring boneless, skinless chicken breast.

Baked Lime Chicken with Black Bean Sauce (Adapted from Simply Recipes)

2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

4 limes, juiced

1 tbsp olive oil

1/4 cup chopped cilantro

1/2 tsp dried oregano

1/2 tsp salt

1 red onion, sliced thin

Black Bean Sauce

1 can black beans, drained and rinsed

1 quart water

2 bay leaves

stems from one bunch of cilantro, chopped

1/2 tsp cumin

1/2 tsp coriander

salt and pepper to taste

Combine lime juice, olive oil, cilantro, oregano, salt and pepper and place in a bowl with chicken. Let marinade for at least 2 hours in the fridge.

Place beans and remaining ingredients in a sauce pan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for about 1 hour or so until reduced and nice and thick. Remove bay leaves and puree with hand blender. Place onions in a baking dish and place chicken and marinade on top. Bake in 400 degree oven, covered with aluminum foil for about 20 minutes. Remove foil and broil for about 5 minutes until top is browned and chicken is completely cooked through. Serve chicken on top of black beans and onions.

Really delicious served with some guacamole and tortilla chips, and of course, a margarita on the side is always a nice touch!

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The Five Course Tasting Menu At Degustation…In Pictures

My first almost wordless post. All I can really say about this dinner is…WOW! My friend had raved and raved about this 16 seat Spanish restaurant. And I too, can now not stop raving about this 5 course, 55 dollar deal of a dinner. I now consider Degustation, a tiny restaurant with all the seats placed around the open kitchen, the most under-rated restaurant in the city. So the secret is out…go and experience the fantastic food and flavors. All they have to do is just fix the semi cold service. Just add a smile, a bit more interaction, and you have an almost perfect dining experience!

First course: Fluke crudo with passion fruit sauce and pickled almonds

Second course: Spring salad with leaf lettuce, asparagus, poached quail eggs, some sort of fantastic goat cheese, topped with a parmesan crouton with whipped lardo

Third course: seared trout with chard leaves on a bed of corn, farro, and pea succotash with chorizo oil

Forth course: seared lamb loin on israeli couscous and pea risotto with greek yogurt and lamb bacon foam

Fifth course: cheese plate: some sort of delicious goat/brie with fresh honey comb

Fifth course: cheese plate: some sort of delicious spanish cheese with candied nuts. This cheese was our favorite

Front row seats around the open kitchen

 

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Roast Salmon & Stir-Fried Vegetables With Homemade Teriyaki Sauce

There seems to be a trend in my household….a weekend of eating out for EVERY single meal leads to a craving for a simple and vegetable filled dinner the night after. Let us recall some of my previous meals post-visitor weekends of delicious dining.

#1: A weekend filled with arepas, pizza, and big gay ice cream was followed by a Giada inspired recipe for salmon.

Salmon steak with pea puree and lemon bordetto

#2: A wonderful two days of shrimp & grits, doughnuts, and homemade pasta was followed by a salmon cake and kale salad dinner (oddly enough, another Giada recipe)

Salmon cakes with lemon-caper yogurt sauce and kale salad

After the latest weekend of dining on fried oyster sandwiches, more doughnuts, scotch eggs, and burger and fries, it was time for yet another veggie filled salmon dinner. It seems I enjoy a salmon and vegetable rich meal very much to help “detox” after an indulgent weekend. But this time, it was not Giada that guided me. My friend was so kind to gift me with a wonderful cookbook called Bite Me, Too,the second cookbook from the Bite Me authors. Having cooked and enjoyed many recipes from their first cookbooks, I was very excited to give this one a whirl.

Salmon and Vegetables with Homemade Teriyaki Sauce (Adapted from Bite Me Too)

Teriyaki Sauce

1/2 cup soy sauce

1/2 cup white wine

1/4 cup mirin

2 tbsp brown sugar

2 tbsp cornstarch

2 tbsp water

Salmon Marinade

1 pound salmon

2 tbsp soy sauce

2 tbsp rice vinegar

2 tbsp brown sugar

1 tsp sesame oil

Vegetables

1/2 tbsp sesame oil

1/4 cup sliced shallots

1 clove garlic, minced

1 bunch bok choy, chopped

2 cups snow peas, sliced

2 red peppers, thinly sliced

For the teriyaki sauce, combine soy sauce, wine, mirin, and sugar in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat. In a small bowl, combine cornstarch and water. Add cornstarch to saucepan mixing constantly and reduce heat to low. Cook for a couple of minutes until thickened. Remove from heat and set aside.

Place salmon in a large baking dish and mix together all marinade ingredients. Pour over top and let marinade for about 30 minutes in the fridge. Spoon a couple spoonfuls of teriyaki sauce over salmon and bake in 425 degree oven for about 12-15 minutes.

For the vegetables, heat a wok over high heat and add sesame oil. Add shallots and garlic and stir for a couple of minutes. Add remaining vegetables and cook for a couple of minutes until crisp tender.

It will look like a lot of vegetables…I mean A LOT! But they will wilt down

Add 3-4 tbsp of teriyaki sauce and stir until all the vegetables are coated with your delicious sauce.

Vegetables fully cooked and wilted down in size

Serve the salmon over vegetables drizzled with extra teriyaki sauce

This teriyaki sauce would be delicious on chicken, tofu, or drizzled over rice or noodles. Another successful salmon “detox” meal! Now back to eating NYC…stay tuned!

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The Best Sandwich and Bagel Ever Eaten: Lunch @ Saltie and The Bagel Store

I have been told by many a blog reader that I use the term “The best _____ I ever ate” quite often. I think what made me actually realize it was when friends of mine said they specifically made the trip to Brooklyn to have “the best sandwich I ever ate.” The fact that I thought of three places before arriving at the correct location made me realize, maybe I do use that term a bit too loosely. Maybe it’s because I was obsessed with trying everything featured on the show of that same name, or maybe I get overwhelmed by some delicious food item it’s so hard for my brain to process. But from here on out, I pledge to you to only use that phrase for the appropriate and worthy food items.

Enjoying a "Best Thing I Ever Ate" sandwich

So friends, before you all roll your eyes in a “here we go again” fashion, I do need to tell you about the actual best sandwich I’ve ever eaten. I take back any other “best sandwiches” in my past. There may have been good sandwiches, very tasty sandwiches, and possibly even excellent and delicious sandwiches. But for “the best” sandwich you MUST go to Saltie in Williamsburg. This tiny shops serves sandwiches with very interesting names that do not tell you in the slightest what may be hiding in between the two delicious slices of homemade bread: The captain’s daughter, the clean slate, the ship’s biscuit, and the balmy are just a few of the offerings. Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING is made in house…from the huge slices of foccacia bread, to the fluffy naan, and all the pastries, doughnuts, and cookies. But I was here for the scuttlebutt sandwich.

When you hear the combination of ingredients you might think…”how on earth did they think of this combination and will this actually taste good all together?” The answer: they are geniuses and yes, it does taste very good together. Sitting in between the chewy foccacia bread with a crusty salty top and chewy center are boiled eggs, feta, arugula, olives, capers, pickled vegetables, tangy pickles, and a homemade garlic aoili. All the “saltie” flavors work so well together and that bread….oh that bread is something special. So you see..this really is the best sandwich I’ve ever had!

Now, I wasn’t the only one to experience the ”best thing eaten” experience that day. Adam was craving a bagel …no saltie sandwich for him. Walking around Williamsburg we came across The Bagel Store. Having never heard of it, he took a look inside and the bagels seemed up to par…little did we know he was in for a treat.

French toast bagel with maple-walnut cream cheese

A sweet treat! This bagel was soft, dense, and light all at the same time and we both kept wondering how they made an ordinary bagel taste exactly like French toast. The maple walnut cream cheese in the middle was like icing…the bagel was gobbled down in literally 5 seconds flat. And the whole day, and I mean the WHOLE day, Adam could not stop talking about this bagel. He’s not one to usually get that excited about food (unless of course it’s shapes macaroni and cheese) but I have never seen him so excited about a meal before. What we thought was just going to be a regular old bagel turned into the best bagel he’s ever had. This was a sandwich day that will go down in history!

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Italian Feast @ Frankies Spuntino 457

Before I get into this spectacular Italian meal, I need to interrupt our regularly scheduled restaurant reviews and recipe postings for a big announcement. Adam and I will be moving back to Toronto, Canada at the end of May. Do not fear, I will still be blogging from my new home in Toronto, which is no slouch in the restaurant scene and there will be lots more recipes and cooking exploits to come. With many mixed emotions, one thing that has been at the front of my mind is…how will I make it to all the restaurants on my list before our big move in one months time?? Needless to say, this has been causing me much stress and anxiety. So blog world, I ask you, Where do I NEED to eat before I leave the Big Apple? Now before you all shout at once, let me tell you where I have lined up so far:

Talde, Degustation, Applewood, Gwynett St., Craftbar, Colonie, Kutcher’s, Co-op, Prune, and Shake Shack. (Adam just asked me if I was seriously going to all these places before I leave…is that a trick question??) So…what am I missing? Should I hit anywhere else?? Please help me calm my foodie nerves! Okay…so now that we have that out of the way…on to my latest eating adventure.

Frankies Spuntino in Carroll Gardens has been on my radar for quite sometime. A very inviting neighborhood type spot, the large crowds and long waits have kept me away…until now. The other Saturday night, some friends of ours were very kind and arrived at this Italian hot spot early. With a typical Saturday night wait of an hour to an hour and a half, by the time Adam and I arrived, our table was ready. What great friends we have! Let me tell you, this restaurant smelled AMAZING! And from watching all the plates of home-made pasta go by, we knew exactly where that intoxicating smell was coming from.

Duo of crostini: sicilian white anchovy and cremini mushroom and truffle oil

These small bites of toasted bread packed a large flavor punch. Do you see all that fresh anchovy?? Definitely not for the squeamish anchovy haters out there, but for me, it was perfect. And if you think you are one of those people who dislike anchovies, I beg of you to give them another go. They are salty, nutty, and fishy in the best way possible. And the mushroom…with the hint of truffle oil, a rich and earthy bite.

Escarole with sliced red onion, walnuts, and pecorino

After the bread and salad course, the only thing that could possibly follow is the pasta course. Frankies is famous for their home-made pastas, specifically, the raved about cavetelli. So I knew I would be ordering this buttery and rich dish for sure, but when Adam offered to share another pasta…I decided to increase my pasta tasting options. And boy am I glad I did!

House made cavatelli with browned sage butter and broccoli rabe

House-made linguine with spring fava beans, garlic, tomato, and toasted breadcrumbs

Don’t get me wrong, the rich cavetelli had the perfect “al-dente” chew and the broccoli rabe added a nice bitterness to offset the sweet butter-sage flavor. But that linguine…both light in flavor from the beans but hearty with the tomato and breadcrumbs. The spicy sauce was the perfect match for the expertly prepared and cooked noodles. Why have I never put toasted breadcrumbs on my linguine before. This added crunch was just pure genius. So don’t be afraid, brave the crowds and line ups and grab a drink at the bar because Frankies is definitely worth the wait!

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A New Twist on Beer Bread, Parsnip-Carrot Soup, & Burger Night!

I love having a loaf of homemade bread to nibble on throughout the week. That yeasty smell your kitchen has while the dough is baking and the first slice fresh out of the oven…nothing can compare to this. I’ve posted many times about my favorite rosemary beer bread from Bonnie Stern. Well, I now have a new beer bread recipe to share that with the addition of olives and sun-dried tomatoes, takes this crusty loaf to a whole new level. And the best part? No yeast, kneading, or rising time required! A quick bread from start to finish!

Beer Bread with Olives & Sun-Dried Tomatoes (Adapted from this recipe)

1 cup all-purpose flour

2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

1 egg, beaten

1 bottle of light beer

1/4 cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes

1/3 cup chopped kalamata olives

1 tbsp oil

Mix together the flours, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Add the remaining ingredients and spread into a greased loaf pan. Bake at 350 for about 50-60 minutes.

With a side of pickles...what could be bad?

The pickles and other condiments should make sense from the blog title…burger night! The bread was part of a burger night dinner when a lone package of ground turkey breast was sitting in our freezer. But first, what goes better with burgers and bread than soup? Okay, well maybe not the burger part but this carrot and parsnip soup from Eats Well With Others was outstanding.

The sweet and creamy soup, topped with a drizzle of balsamic, went perfectly with the salty and tender bread. A perfect start to our burger night. But before the main event, I roasted off some veggies to serve as sides. Brussels sprouts and white fleshed sweet potatoes…if you’ve never had white fleshed sweet potatoes they are so much sweeter than there orange fleshed relatives and I highly recommend you give them a try!

 Spice Coated Sweet Potato Fries (Adapted from A Year in Lucy’s Kitchen)

2 sweet potatoes, cut into fry shapes

1 tbsp olive oil

1/2 tsp red pepper flakes

1 tsp paprika

1 tsp dried thyme

1 tsp ground cumin

salt and pepper

Combine oil and spices in a large bowl. Add potatoes and mix well. Spread on baking sheet and bake at 400 for about 25-30 minutes or until brown.

For the turkey burgers, I wanted something simple, with little to no bread crumb fillers and lots of flavor. I found this recipe, followed it exactly, and they were perfect!

Turkey burger topped with sautéed mushrooms/shallots. Served with roasted brussels sprouts and sweet potato fries

Juicy and flavorful with all the fresh herbs and with no fillers, you really tasted the turkey. A very well-rounded meal! Now I bet the pickles and condiments in the bread picture makes more sense!

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A Chinese Food Eating Tour: Lunch @ Xian Famous Foods

What better way to celebrate passover than with a blog post featuring many forbidden leavened food products? Agreed? Well, maybe not, but it was the perfect pre-passover lunch. I had been wanting to try Xian Famous Foods for a very long time now — A very small, atypical Chinese restaurant, with four locations in the city, and a favorite of Anthony Bordain and Andrew Zimmern. After reading this review, I knew I had waited long enough and immediately made plans with my two friends to visit this hole in the wall spot.

We knew we NEEDED to try the much talked about hand-pulled noodles and the ever popular lamb burger. With a beautiful day ahead of us and a delicious lunch to look forward to, my friend had the brilliant idea that we turn this lunch into our own Chinese food eating tour. We started at one of their Chinatown locations…the bigger of the two we would be visiting that day. We planned strategically and decided it would be easier to start with the noodles when we had a table to sit at.

Lang Pi Cold Skin Noodles: wheat flour noodles with gluten

Perfectly chewy and thick, these wheat noodles were covered in a spicy oil sauce that forced you to eat them up as fast as you could as to not suffer a burning hot mouth. The gluten (kind of like a chewier and spongier tofu…in a good way) was the perfect choice to soak up the spicy sauce. And at only 4$…these are definitely a steal! After downing a bottle of water to try to tame the heat (*Note: Make sure to order NOT SPICY!), we headed out on a nice 20 minute walk to the next and much smaller Xian Foods location in the East Village, where are second course awaited.

Spicy cumin lamb burger: sauteed lamb with jalapenos, onions, and scallions stuffed in a hard, crispy-warm bun

If we thought the noodles were the deal of the century, this 3 dollar lamb burger proved us wrong! Not your typical burger, this delicious crispy bun was filled with succulent pieces of lamb, covered in a spicy cumin sauce, with onions and jalapenos. The sauce soaked into the bun and really brought the whole burger together. While the noodles were good, this is definitely the show stopper and was well worth the 20 minute walk. If you’re looking for a good bread product to break the 8 days of Passover with…Definitely do yourself a favor and head out to Xian Famous Foods! Or really…just go anytime…for 3 dollars, you really can’t go wrong!

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A New Take On Fish Tacos

On a recent trip to the grocery store, Adam and I spotted our favorite brand of corn tortillas on sale! Yes, it’s these things that get us very excited! So we immediately grabbed two packages, tossed one in the freezer, and I began brain storming what to do with this package of golden goodness. I LOVE corn tortillas…so much better than their bland flour cousins. And the best way I think to enjoy them is in the taco form. Fish tacos are not a new dish in our household..we’ve made tilapia tostadas with breaded tilapia on crispy corn tortilla shells and tilapia tacos with grilled fish in a more classic approach. But this time, I was looking for something different that still used tilapia as the fish of choice. I came across a Bobby Flay recipe that I decided to change-up a bit to make it my own.

Jalapeno and Chili Marinated Tilapia Tacos with Pureed Tomato Salsa (Adapted from this recipe)

1 pound tilapia fillets

Corn tortillas

Marinade

2 tbsp olive oil

2 limes, juiced

1 jalapeno, seeded, chopped

1/4 cup chopped cilantro

1 tbsp chili powder

Toppings

Shredded cabbage, diced tomatoes, diced red onion, chopped cilantro, and a yogurt/lime/chipotle mixture (just mix greek yogurt with some lime juice and adobo sauce), or anything else that floats your boat (or taco)

Combine all ingredients and marinate fish for about 20-30 minutes. Bake in preheated oven at 425 for about 10 minutes, or until fish flakes easily with a fork.

Fish out of the oven

Pureed Tomato Salsa

1 tbsp olive oil

1 small red onion, chopped

4 cloves garlic, minced

5-6 large tomatoes, chopped

1 jalapeno, seeded, chopped

1 tbsp chipotle hot sauce

1 tsp dried oregano

1/4 cup chopped cilantro

1/2 lime, juiced

Heat oil in a saucepan over medium heat and add onions and garlic and cook until soft. Add tomatoes and jalapeno and cook for about 10-15 minutes, until tomatoes are soft. Puree mixture with immersion blender until smooth and cook for an additional 5-10 minutes. Add hot sauce, oregano, cilantro, and lime juice and season with salt and pepper.

Salsa

This salsa is really so delicious…so easy and much fresher tasting than the already made-jarred variety. The only thing missing was some guac…see? that’s where planning ahead would have helped me! No ripe avocados could be found at my grocery store…where’s a good, buttery, avocado when you need one!?

Mexican Fiesta! Fish tacos ready to be assembled!

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Monthly Veggie Dinner Date @ Blossom

March has come and gone and I bet you’re probably all wondering, “where is Dara’s monthly vegetarian dinner date post?” Well, you can all relax now, because here it is! Every month, my veg loving friend and I choose a new-to-us vegetarian restaurant to try. Let’s recap shall we? This veggie eating quest began when our good friends from Toronto visited way back in September and we ate at Candle Cafe.

Good Food Plate @Candle Cafe

The next month brought us to Angelica’s Kitchen, where we discovered our love for their delicious spreads and sauces.

Build your own plate @ Angelica Kitchen with squash, kale and chard, tempeh, sea vegetables, and carrot dill sauce

November we moved towards more “fine dining” with a very inventive and creative dinner at Dirt Candy

Coconut poached tofu with shiso galangal sauce and salsify and hearts of palm salad @ Dirt Candy

Our next date we could be found at Westville. Not a strictly vegetarian restaurant but lots of veg options, including the ever popular plate of side orders.

Plate of sides: roasted butternut squash, brussel sprouts in dijon sauce, roasted asparagus with parm, soy marinated tofu with broccoli @ Westville

And finally, February took us to a restaurant that was very different from any we’ve been to in the past. Gobo, an Asian vegan restaurant…another hit!

Organic king oyster mushrooms in sizzling basil black bean sauce @Gobo

And now we are back to the present with our March dinner date at Blossom, a vegan restaurant on the UWS. As you can clearly see from the recap, all of our dinner dates have been huge hits! I wouldn’t necessarily call Blossom a miss, but I wouldn’t call it a hit either.

Raw Autumn sweet potato rolls: coconut noodles, jicama, carrot, red and yellow peppers, scallions, avocado, and almond ginger dipping sauce

Our appetizer rolls were very fresh, but a little bland. But the rich sauce added a much-needed flavor boost and really complimented the rolls well. We decided to share two mains…it was a tough call and I think our waiter thought we were a little crazy going back and forth between a couple of dishes. But we finally decided on two plates and awaited their arrival.

Pistachio crusted tofu with root vegetable crepe, truffle creme, frisee salad, and beet dressing

Raw zucchini linguine with olives, scallions, avocado, baby spinach, pine nuts, sunflower sprouts, and almond butter cream

We both loved the linguine…very rich and flavorful sauce, salty bites from olives, and lots of different textures. The only thing was, it really wasn’t very filling. More of a side-dish in my opinion…raw zucchini is just not going to do it for my appetite. The tofu dish was a bit of a disappointment. The tofu really had no flavor at all…which was surprising because the words “pistachio crusted” made it sound so delicious. The vegetable crepe on the other hand was really good, but again, not very filling. A bit on the small side for an entrée. So not a bad veggie dinner date, but one that left us hungry for more. Luckily, we were very near Levain Bakery and their GIANT cookies filled the void!

Chocolate cookie with peanut butter chips

If you haven’t been…run! And I mean run because you will feel like you need to after devouring a brownie-like, thick and moist, cookie of the oatmeal, chocolate chip, double chocolate, or my fave, chocolate peanut butter variety. Maybe that should be my next monthly dining adventure…a cookie tour of NYC!

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Brunch @ Clinton Street Baking Co and The NYC Half Marathon

So I know the half marathon was oh…about two weeks ago already. But better late than never right? And I NEEDED to share with you the fantastic post-run brunch that was had! But before we could eat…I had to run. Up early and freezing in my shorts and long sleeve, I waited in Central Park with thousands of others for the start of the race. The route of the half was quite amazing! It was such an incredible feeling running through Times Square…definitely my favorite part of the route. Well second favorite I should say…

Spotting Adam on the WSH

This was my favorite! Spotting Adam along the West Side Highway at about mile 11 gave me the final push to reach the 13th.1 mile. 1:54:30 was my time and a PR (previous best half was 1:57).

A little cold, tired, and quite sore, we slowly made our way through the crowds, hopped in a cab, and drove to meet our amazing friend, who had been waiting 2 + hours to secure us a spot at the always crazy busy, Clinton Street Baking Company. Famous for their fluffy and cake-like pancakes, these were all I had on my mind. But unfortunately, a very unfriendly hostess stood in our way. Once we arrived, it seemed she had totally skipped over my friend’s name on the four page long waiting list…apparently we are supposed to check in…she will not come and find us. After more waiting, we were finally seated…at a table for TWO (we were three full-grown adults!) Very squished and hungry, we were definitely ready to order. The waitress was also not very friendly or inviting. Thankfully, the food at Clinton Street Bakery more than made up for the unappetizing service. I had read about and seen their “world-famous” blueberry pancakes in many food magazines and TV shows and this is what I was here for. But Clinton Street is no one trick pony…they do all brunch food extremely well!

Chocolate chunk pancakes with warm maple butter

Buttermilk biscuit sandwich with scrambled eggs, melted cheddar, homemade tomato jam, and hash browns

Wild Maine blueberry pancakes with warm maple butter

The pancakes definitely lived up to the cake portion of their name. So tender and moist, filled with lots and lots of juicy blueberries. And that warm maple butter….I think we all wanted to just pick it up and drink it (but we did have better table manners than that!) But as good as the pancakes were, the biscuit my friend ordered was out of this world. I’m not a big biscuit eater and am no expert but these were so light and airy they could turn anyone into a biscuit lover. So pretty bad service and long waits, is the food worth it? You should definitely go once to experience it but I don’t know that I’d return…uninviting staff is a big turn off for me.

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