Niche Tasting Menu
Feb 22, 2008 chefs, offal watch, restaurants, reviews
 Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these courageous couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.
Of course in the case of Ellie and I we’ll call it sleet; and in place of couriers we’ll call ourselves diners; and instead of appointed rounds there was the fact that after we both got sent home from work early because the weather was bad, I realized we could walk into any restaurant we wanted in St. Louis and have our pick of seats. And so we went to Niche to have the new tasting menu because hey–Mathew put the kulfi on the menu, and in the back of my mind I believe he did it for me (even if he didn’t really). |
Tags: bonito flakes, Cauliflower, celeriac, Gerard Craft, Kulfi, lardo, lobster, Mathew Rice, Niche, Pigs Head, tapioca, Veruca, wine
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