Aaaand there's more. Of course there's more. These were the rest of the delicious things we tasted at Taste of Tribeca, ranging from cookies to lamb to sushi. Also take a look at my event recap for
Miss A, with more of the charity goodies.
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Taste 7
This tiny crab cake on a brioche bun quickly became a
favorite. The crab cake was whole, meaty, and contained plump fresh pieces of
crab. There was nothing fake or skimpy about it, just jumbo lump crabmeat. There
was not a ton of mustard and breadcrumb filler that places try to use to
disguise sub-par crab. This was the real deal. A thin layer of well-blended
almost imperceptible tartar sauce was smeared on top of the crab cake, just
tangy enough to know that it was there. Even though it was nearly impossible to
taste the tartar sauce through the meatiness of the crab cake and the eggy
sweet bread, we knew that it morphed the feeling of the small slider. This came
with a choice of cookie, and both times we opted for the sugar-dusted
shortbread (yes, both).
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Taste 8
The lamb rib was spicy, fatty, served with a pickled cabbage,
for brightness. My pieces was mostly fat, but the meat was gamey and rich,
decadent. The presentation was refined,and simple, but the spices were
surprising. The picked cabbage was
tangy, and broke up the heaviness of the lamb and fat, rounding out the spices
as well. Even with just a rib, the flavor profile tickled different parts of
the mouth. Although this was just a taste, I feel like greens would help bring
the dish to spring.
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Taste 9
Billy’s Bakery offered us a plate of tiny sweets; a mini red
velvet cupcake, a rich chocolate brownie, and a mixed bar. The red velvet
cupcake was short and sweet, but not overwhelmingly so. The cream cheese
frosting was light and fluffy, but the cake was almost flavorless, somewhere in
between chocolate and not. The brownie was nothing special, close to the boxed
variety. And the last bar had far too many accoutrements, like nuts,
butterscotch chips, amongst what felt like other things. I was mildly
disappointed.
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Taste 10
This refined version of cheesesteak comfort food, was
presented on tiny pretzel bread. The filling was cheesy and adult, with thick pieces of steak, mixed in with caramelized onions and luxurious melted cheese.
It tasted like butter, salt, and the stringy translucent onions, rich and warm.
Fault lay in the bread, which was dense and thick, and most of all cold. If the
pretzel bread, dark on the outside dotted with salt and light and fluffy in the
inside, had been warm, this would have been a completely different taste. The
side of the plate was filled with beautiful waffle potato chips, delicate and each
unique. They added a crunch were the sandwich was lacking, but if they had been
dusted with more salt the combination would have been almost perfect and
addictive.
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Taste 11
The plate was just a mound of the loose Betty, with a spiral
of not so sweet fresh whipped cream. The crumble on top was not very textured,
it was soft with time and sweetness. The taste was a bit monotonous, until an
encounter with a piece of stewed green apple. The apple brought a little
tanginess to the formless scoop, but not enough life.
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Taste 12
Two Kinds of Special
Hand Roll Sushi— Takahachi
Earlier in the day, Takahachi was bustling and the line was
very long, but after the rain almost stopped, it was a quick trip to get the
two hand rolls. The first was a crab roll, pretty and conical, with long strips
of cucumber and a spoonful of rice. The other special hand roll was filled with
eel. This one was meaty and textured, different and full. Takahachi rolls were
good and everything tasted fresh enough, but you know there is nothing like your
usual
sushi.
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Taste 13
The thin pancake was filled with honey almond ricotta
cheese, drenched in a sweet cherry syrup and dotted with full red and white
cherries. The fresh cherries spoke of summertime and picnics, sweet with just
enough tang and meat to contrast the chewy pancake and textured filling. The crepe
was not too sweet until the cherry compote mixed in, because the filling was
almost savory, and the pancake was not sugary either. In the end I felt that
the crepe might have been a little heavy in contrast to the lightness that
cherries invoke.
And that's all folks! I am so glad that I was able to go, support the food and support the cause. Now, I need to make my way to Tribeca to try out some of the restaurants that were featured in the event. You will deffo see some of these names in future foodie ventures...
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