Before heading for the train to New Haven for Long Wharf’s opening of August Wilson’s Fences — directed by Phylicia Rashad with Esau Pritchett as Troy Maxson, the dominant father — I met some friends for lunch at Rouge Tomate.
Two friends had the 3-course business lunch, a true bargain at $32. One started with a rich celery root and coconut soup, the other with a kale salad with acorn squash, apples, pecans, sour cherries and some Parmesan mixed with the ubiquitous healthy green veggie. I again had the arranged salad of Brussels sprouts, pecans, prosciutto, hazelnuts with aged balsamic ($17).
Our favorite appetizer isn’t on the menu — but special that day — was the delectable wild mushroom tartare, formed into a square with potato crisps, topped with a sunny-side-up egg, and garnished with pickles mushroom, celery leaves and prunes.
The Carnaroli rice, Hubbard squash risotto contained pomegranate arils, diced apple, pumpkin seed and Parmesan. From the luncheon menu, I’d recommend the delicate, yet flavorful whole brook trout with veggies, capers, pinenuts and fresh lemon. Or — from the main menu — the wild striped bass atop French lentils, baby spinach and parsnips ($28).
Since the three-course luncheon menu include dessert, we nibbled on one of each: a pumpkin roulade (tea-flavored chiffon filled with garnished with orange supremes and pomegranate arils) and the salted chocolate ice box cake made with almond flour, with layers of coconut “crème.”
I recommend seeing Long Wharf’s Fences and dining at New York’s Rouge Tomate — obviously not in the same day!
– bonnie
Rouge Tomate
10 E 60th St
New York, NY 10022
(646) 237-8977
rougetomatenyc.com
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