So tonight Evan, Eric, Elena, and I all went to Wylie Dufresne’s wd-50 for dinner. It was delicious/exciting, although there were fewer “wow” dishes than at Ko AND I didn’t think to food was nearly as inventive. The stand-out dish by a mile was the eggs benedict which Top Chef fans know is Wylie’s favorite meal.
The eggs benedict appetizer at wd-50 is pretty unique:
So just to make sure you know what you’re seeing, on the left is a cube of hollandaise breaded in english muffin crumbs and deep fried. On the right is a poached yolk gelatin with a bacon crisp in the top. Basically, it’s everything you love about eggs benedict but different and better.
The rest of the meal was good — crumbled foie gras, octupus terrine, fried sweetbreads, lamb loin with fried green “tomater tots,” fried cubes of pork ribs with fried plantains in a jerk broth, and tilefish in an out of this world Chinese sausage consomme. Also, our waiter was an absolute delight.
Definitely worth a first visit, but not sure it requires repeat visits.
Anyway, post-wd-50, we went to Momofuku Milkbar for dessert. I wasn’t a huge fan of the cereal milk ice cream, but I’m tough to please in the ice cream department. Instead, I had a chocolate chip, cornflake, marshmallow cookie that was quite possibly the best cookie I’ve ever had in my entire life. Seriously. There was a saltiness from the cornflake cereal bits as well as an additional crunch and the melted marshmallow almost caramelized bites here and there. Honestly, I had a taste in the cab and contemplated making the cab turn around so I could go back.
