Now a days in New York, open almost any menu and it is clear the thing has made a comeback. Farm-raised, fancy, moist…its become the new dish every restaurant must make delicious to prove themselves. Prime Meats does one with pickle juice involved, pretty amazing. Northern Spy’s is well cooked but, when pressed, I have to go with the nearby Back 40’s Lemon and Coriander Rubbed Roast Chicken. Eating this dish reminds me of the rare occasion you eat a perfectly ripe piece of fruit and think, wow, this is exactly how fruit should taste. This chicken tastes the way you imagine chicken to taste. And there is surely nothing wrong with that.
Monday, November 22, 2010
#1: Chicken
Chicken! I am going to start with chicken. I was trained as a child to never order chicken (said somewhat disdainfully) in a restaurant. For one, it is something you could, in theory, make at home. This reasoning is a bit misleading since no homemade chicken graced a plate there either, unless you count Boston Market potpies. But I did buy into the second, more convincing reason: Chicken tastes...well, just like chicken.
Now a days in New York, open almost any menu and it is clear the thing has made a comeback. Farm-raised, fancy, moist…its become the new dish every restaurant must make delicious to prove themselves. Prime Meats does one with pickle juice involved, pretty amazing. Northern Spy’s is well cooked but, when pressed, I have to go with the nearby Back 40’s Lemon and Coriander Rubbed Roast Chicken. Eating this dish reminds me of the rare occasion you eat a perfectly ripe piece of fruit and think, wow, this is exactly how fruit should taste. This chicken tastes the way you imagine chicken to taste. And there is surely nothing wrong with that.
Now a days in New York, open almost any menu and it is clear the thing has made a comeback. Farm-raised, fancy, moist…its become the new dish every restaurant must make delicious to prove themselves. Prime Meats does one with pickle juice involved, pretty amazing. Northern Spy’s is well cooked but, when pressed, I have to go with the nearby Back 40’s Lemon and Coriander Rubbed Roast Chicken. Eating this dish reminds me of the rare occasion you eat a perfectly ripe piece of fruit and think, wow, this is exactly how fruit should taste. This chicken tastes the way you imagine chicken to taste. And there is surely nothing wrong with that.
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Chicken. YES!
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