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“Thor”

Occasion:	Cuisine:	Area:	Cost:	Rating:
Night Out	New American	Lower East Side	Moderate	Good

o also worked at Lutece with Eberhard Muller, must be commended for his whimsy, his playfulness, his creativity, and his flat out talent. His snickers bar is divine. A hockey puck shaped ode to the childhood candy bar, this snickers delivers thick caramel, meddled with intense chocolate, layered with peanuts and pistachios, all cloaked in a chocolate wrapper, and topped with an essential element that makes it truly brilliant—a sprinkling of sea salt. I almost ordered another. But I was already into the one-bite chocolate lollipops, which are quite enjoyable as well. Note that these are truly one bite—they are like munchkins on sticks and are filled with warm, gooey chocolate. Pop the whole thing in your mouth and bite and let the warm chocolate ooze out; if you try to be sly and take a bite, you will be covered in chocolate and a mess. Also, don’t ignore the vanilla malted milkshake these one bite pops come with—it’s spectacular—frothy, creamy, and slurpable to the last (loud) drop. I also loved his crushed avocado with lime sorbet, a tart palate cleanser that is so tart it nearly brings tears to your eyes, but it has this fabulous fresh burst of citrus flavor that makes it taste like a dunk in cold water on a sweltering hot day. The only week link was the homemade Concord grape soda float with ginger ice cream. It was sounded great, but the soda, sprayed tableside from a soda canister, was too cloying, and way too sweet, like a 7-Eleven cherry slurpee. But the homemade fig newton it came with brought uniform praise from all of us. Julie commented that it was the kind of fig newton they should package and sell. Ditto.

One item that they already package but do not sell (yet) is perhaps the greatest desert invention since peanut butter met chocolate. Pierre has purchased slim capped tubes from Pearl Paint, which he fills in house with homemade chocolate ganache and serves to guests like small tubes of travel toothpaste, to squeeze into and fill a row of thumbprint financier cookies. Pay attention here: YOU MUST PUNCTURE THE TUBE’S SEAL FIRST. You take the cap off, and turn it around and use the point to puncture the seal. DO NOT JUST SQUEEZE WITHOUT PUNCTURING THE SEAL! This has been the sad fate of several tubes squeezed by overzealous, impatient diners who have squeezed the tubes and blown them out, and ended up spraying nearby tables in chocolate. Waiters have specific instructions now to prevent similar ... [more, click below]

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Posted: September 25, 2005

Other restaurants in Lower East Side :
+ Mojo   + WD-50   + Schiller's Liquor Bar   + Azul Bistro   + Barrio Chino   + 71 Clinton Fresh Food-- Closed   + Little Giant   + Kuma Inn   + Falai   + The Stanton Social   + The Tides   + Thor   + The Orchard   + El Bocadito-- CLOSED   + Bondi Road   + Rayuela   + Suba   + Bun (boone)   + Sorella   + The Fat Hippo   + Pulino's   

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