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This is easily one of the better hot pot joints I’ve tried so far. I would definitely go back!
THE DOLAR SHOP
55 3rd Ave
New York, NY 10003
Monthly Archives: June 2023
Palermo Bistro
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The PR folks who are helping manage the newly opened Palermo Bistro (right on restaurant row) invited me in for a dinner to feature their Parrillada mixed Argentinian grill platter. Here’s what my wife and I had:
First, the Vitel Tone, which is similar to vitello tonnato – the Tuscan dish often made with veal (as the name suggests), or even wild boar, that tastes like tuna. This was great here, made with veal eye round and anchovy.
Next was the octopus, which was very tender inside and crisp outside.
I paid a little extra for this NY strip milanese (along with a drink), because I had to try it out. It was excellent!
That was really all I wanted when I saw the menu online, but the parrillada was better than I expected. Generally, these things let me down, but here, we loved the blood sausage and the hanger steak the most.
On the side, we had mashed potatoes, broccolini and humita, which was similar to a cheese and polenta dish.
For dessert, we had the banana bread pudding with vanilla ice cream. I liked this because it wasn’t too sweet, as many bread puddings can be.
Cocktails and bread service was nice.
I also liked the wall decor.
Give this place a shot – especially for the veal app and the milanese!
PALERMO BISTRO
373 W 46th St
New York, NY 10036
Da Toscano
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My wife and I finally made it over to Da Toscano with my buddy and his girlfriend, who are huge fans of the place. We went big, so I’ll get right down to business.
For starters, we had the broiled oysters, which were bathed in crab fat butter. Absolutely delicious.
Then we ate five pasta dishes. Yes, five. My favorites were the lamb neck agnolotti and the orecchiette with sausage and broccoli rabe sauce.
Insane. So much flavor coming through in that orecchiette from the pickled cherry peppers. And the agnolotti were like little buttery packages of meaty deliciousness.
The squid ink spaghetti with crab and Calabrian chili was delicious as well. Perfectly executed.
The Scialatielli with sour beer and clams was incredibly unique and delicious. We really enjoyed this.
The gnocchi was our least favorite.
For our main courses we went with the veal strip parm and the Bistecca Fiorentina style porterhouse.
The parm was perfectly crisp and delicious.
The steak had a slight age on it from Allen Brothers, and it was rubbed with a porcini mushroom spice. 9/10!
For dessert we had the bomboloni with foie gras, peanut butter and jelly. It was pretty good, but we ended up liking the olive oil cake better.
I highly recommend this place, and I can’t wait to go back to try more stuff.
DA TOSCANO
24 Minetta Ln
New York, NY 10012