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Slob
Apr 22, 2009 11:29 AM
Thanks for all the great replies. If you have had the sweetbreads at Degustation, how do you think your suggestions compare? Is it fairly easy to eat at the places mentioned without booking a table ahead of time? I'm going on another food tour, and I'd prefer not to go for a full meal. I just want the best sweetbreads, then to scoot on to the next stop.
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re: Slob
Slob,
I preferred the sweetbreads at the 3 places that I mentioned to Degustation, but that's really a personal taste. Some people like it grilled, others like it pan-seared, roasted, fried, so it really depends.
Babbo (bar), EMP (bar), and the Tavern room at Gramercy Tavern do not take reservation, and for Casa Mono, you don't need reservation if you go at lunch or afternoon as it is usually not that crowded (just avoid dinner time which will be mobbed). I don't see why you can't order just the sweetbreads at those places.
Momofuku Noodle Bar also has fried sweetbreards served in a small bucket. It's not my favorite version, but it works for your "eat-and-go" strategy.
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Slob
Apr 23, 2009 06:33 AM
Thanks for the tips, kobe. Do you know if the bar at EMP is open late? I can't find much info on the bar. Most info available is about the main restaurant. I'd like to hit the bar at EMP for some sweetbreads and that foie gras toast you mentioned in your previous post.
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re: Slob
Spends Rent on Food
Apr 23, 2009 07:15 AM
It depends on how you define late. I've been there for drinks until about 10:30 or so. I'd recommend calling them, they're over-the-top helpful.
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re: kobetobiko
If I recall correctly, you can also dine at the bar itself inside the Tavern Room at Gramercy Tavern.
For the bar at EMP, the bar menu at lunch is the same as the regular lunch menu, but after 2ish, they switch over to an a la carte menu that is a mix of lunch items, dinner items, and items to share, so I would double check before you go that you can order the dishes you want.
Momofuku Noodle Bar no longer has the fried sweetbreads on the menu, unfortunately.
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re: Pan
I actually preferred the sweetbreads at Casa Mono to Degustation's in terms of flavor. The time that I had the sweetbreads at Degustation the coating was too thick and overpowered the sweetbreads flavor. I adored their presentation though.
Casa Mono's version is a bit salty for some people, but with some alcohol I was fine with it.
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re: kobetobiko
I recall that the sweetbreads at Casa Mono felt very fatty to me. Undoubtedly, they were just as fatty at Degustation, but I was tasting a wonderful sauce and feeling a good texture. So maybe it's precisely because I tasted the fatty sweetbreads less that I felt their treatment of sweetbreads was perhaps the best I had had!
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re: kobetobiko
I just had the sweetbreads at Casa Mono yesterday and I had Degustation's a few weeks ago and I think the breading on the Casa Mono version was a bit too thick (a bit like fried chicken) and the filling/breading ratio seemed out of whack. And the nuts were nice but not essential to the dish. I think I prefer Degustation's version that I had a few weeks ago (sauteed I think? with a hot pepper sauce that I loved but you might not like it if it you are sensitive to spicy sauces) more than CM's but I liked Babbo's version the most. Not that any of them have BAD versions, of course. They're all delicious, just on different levels.
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Babbo (if you sit at the bar)
Casa Mono (if you go at non-peak hours)
The Bar at Eleven Madison Park. See this:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/6022...›3 Replies-
re: kobetobiko
Kobetobiko: Your link has my mouth watering!!
The sweetbreads at Prune are fabulous.
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re: kobetobiko
Babbo's version of sweetbreads are excellent but a little unusual.
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