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Posted 04 July 2012 - 07:37 PM
Seared Day Boat North Atlantic Grey Sole, Celery Root Puree, Spiced Apple reduction
Classic Veal Bolognese, Reggiano
Burger- Tomato Confit, Mushrooms, Onions, Brioche Bun, French Fries
Slow Roasted Cajun Chicken, French Fries, Local Greens (No Chilies
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Posted 04 July 2012 - 07:55 PM
[M]ost of the pastas hover around $25. This ought to be enough to buy bucatini that is cooked on both ends. -- Pete Wells on Caravaggio ( * review)
Tonight, there was a dessert of coconut, rhubarb, and black olive. Obvious in its execution how innovation and experiment, when introduced for their own sake, are annoying. --irnscrabblechf52, May 9, 2013
notorious stickler -- NY Times
deeply annoying and nitpicking -- Molly O'Neill, One Big Table
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Posted 16 November 2012 - 02:38 PM
It offers the intimacy of a dinner party in a Manhattan studio. Or, even better, a Parisian apartment. Even Foy’s artwork reflects this change in attitude.
These are not the formal landscapes from his Lambertville space; these are bold abstracts inspired by graffiti, bright and joyous.
As is the food. Sauteed tian of crab ($15), a layered, baked presentation common in France (though usually with vegetables), is creamy, simple and sensuous. A warm goat cheese and tomato tart ($15) is not the peasant pastry you expect, but a modernist deconstruction (and an incongruous excursion, frankly), a circle of tomato topped by a circle of cheese and garnished with crumbs for texture. It’s fine enough, though a bit aloof amid an otherwise enveloping dinner.
Crab soup ($15), decadently garnished with scallops, was old-school rich, and delightful.
Foy’s signature cassoulet ($25) delivers its peasant luxury; it’s rich and earthy, the lore becoming rosemary-garnished reality. And his veal Bolognese ($25) is equally robust with its homemade pasta (from Lucy’s in Princeton; why not, it’s as good as Foy’s own) and its layers of flavors, beginning with a sauté of onions in lardons and ending with a flourish of shaved cheese.
