small h Posted March 16, 2025 Posted March 16, 2025 (edited) Dinner for six last night, with beaucoup Scandinavian goodness. But the dishes started to feel redundant (shrimp, egg, herring, beet, potato, repeat as needed) and seemed more suited to lunch than dinner (salad, sandwich, appetizer plate). Still, I like all these ingredients (except the brisket, which I did not try). And the dill/caraway/fennel-infused aquavit was awesome. The aquavit, like most of the drinks menu, is low ABV, but that meant 25%, instead of, I dunno, 96%? Edited March 16, 2025 by small h Quote
Wilfrid Posted March 16, 2025 Posted March 16, 2025 I've looked at this place on my way to the gallery upstairs but never eaten here. I had thought of it as a breakfast/lunch spot. Quote
small h Posted March 16, 2025 Author Posted March 16, 2025 We ate at 7pm, and they were pretty serious about kicking us out at 9pm when the kitchen closed. So it's not a good place for a late dinner, but there's a fair amount of hot food on the menu. We just didn't order it. Quote
MitchW Posted March 17, 2025 Posted March 17, 2025 Ulrika is a great chef and a really nice person. I was lucky enough to work with her quite a number of years ago, at a Nordic food festival that took place here in NYC. The other chefs working that festival were no slouches either - it took place during the white hot Nordic craze. As an aside, one of my prep jobs was shucking 240 day boat scallops in the prep kitchen (i.e.: the basement) at Aquavit for one of Marcus's dishes. Quote
small h Posted March 17, 2025 Author Posted March 17, 2025 17 minutes ago, MitchW said: Nordic food festival Was it adjacent to the Hester Street Fair, by any chance? Quote
MitchW Posted March 17, 2025 Posted March 17, 2025 (edited) 48 minutes ago, small h said: Was it adjacent to the Hester Street Fair, by any chance? No, this took place mostly at the ICC, downtown somewhere. I guess I actually wrote a little bit about it as well. Edited March 17, 2025 by MitchW 1 Quote
GerryOlds2TheReturnofGerry Posted March 17, 2025 Posted March 17, 2025 (edited) n/a Edited March 17, 2025 by GerryOlds2TheReturnofGerry got my threads mixed up 1 Quote
MitchW Posted March 17, 2025 Posted March 17, 2025 47 minutes ago, GerryOlds2TheReturnofGerry said: Look at Mr. Discretionary Income over here turning down a free eggshell. You're too good for free fiber? There's only a slight worry about H7N9. 1 Quote
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