367821 Mon Feb 05 10:55:49 -0800 2007 0 28 Kosher 0 2261302 Here's another of my periodic reports on Milk and Honey. (If anyone thinks I'm getting repetitive and boring, and you got the point months ago, let me know.) I went back yesterday, with a party of three adults and three children, and the menu had once again changed since my last visit. I wish more restaurants would do this. Yes, it means when you find something you like, it might not be there next time, but it's worse when the same 15 items stay on the menu for years and years (I'm talking to you, Abigail...). I ordered tofu in cherry BBQ mayo. It came as several rather thick slices of tofu, fried crisp and covered in a very tasty cherry BBQ mayo sauce, accompanied by mashed potatoes and green beans. I thought the potatoes could have done with being just a touch warmer, and the tofu could have benefited by being sliced thinner. The pieces were steak-thickness, and let's face it, once you've got past the outer layer that's absorbed the taste of what it was cooked with, you're left with plain tofu, which isn't very appetising on its own. My companions had the tuna steak and the stir-fried salmon. After sampling each other's dishes, we all agreed that the salmon was by far the best choice. Despite what I said above about the benefit changing menus, I hope it's still there next time I'm in Detroit. Main courses at Milk and Honey come with a choice of soup or a garden salad, but for a bit extra the salad can be exchanged for any salad on the menu. There was a "mango mojo" salad on the menu that caught all of our eyes, and we each ordered it; it was a mix of greens in a bit of vinaigrette dressing, mixed up with toasted pistachios, and chunks of mango and grapefruit. Very good indeed. We also ordered egg rolls, which we shared and all enjoyed, and salmon cakes, which came with a lemon butter sauce, and fried noodles. I liked them, and so did the one-year-old; nobody else cared much for them. Meanwhile, the children shared mac and cheese, which they liked, but commented that it was too cheesy. For dessert, we had the Chocolate Obsession, and the Tiramisu. Both were very good. The tiramisu is soaked in kahlua. On inquiring about this, I learned that the restaurant has a large supply of old stock kahlua, from the last time it was kosher; by the time their supply runs out, perhaps it will be kosher again. Meanwhile, the kids were disappointed that there was no strawberry ice cream; the waitress offered them a strawberry sherbet instead, which apparently didn't pass muster; at least, they didn't finish it. On our last visit the kids were disappointed that they were out of the usual colouring menus and crayons. For them, these are a highlight of a visit to Milk and Honey, almost as much as the food. They'd run off some more menus since then, and bought some more crayons, so the kids were gainfully occupied while waiting for the food to come. The service was better than at our last visit, though not up to the usual high standard I've come to expect from this restaurant. Perfectly adequate, though, especially by the standard of the NYC restaurants I'm used to. All in all, another enjoyable evening, and I will definitely be back next time I'm in Detroit. Mon Feb 05 10:55:49 -0800 2007 16064 zsero