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“Brushstroke”

Occasion:	Cuisine:	Area:	Cost:	Rating:
Night Out	Asian	Tribeca	Break the Bank	Off the Charts

's rather like the Japanese cousin of paella, cooked in a gorgeous ebony clay pot so that there's a nice little crust on the bottom. You can choose lobster or steamed Dungeness crab and we chose the latter. The serving size is quite generous (we had plenty of leftovers for Emily) and the rice is loaded up with so much crab, it's almost embarrassing. I hope that one day they offer the option of also taking home that gorgeous clay vessel. It would make a lovely addition to my kitchen. (Hint, hint.)

Dinner ends with a soymilk panna cotta so delicious I would return just for this alone, and I am not one to go for panna cottas. I don't usually like their texture, but this one, truly, it was magnificent - a little clay bowl filled up to the top with a jiggley pudding of perfect texture (buoyant, almost ethereal), ideal temperature (cold, but not frigid), and marvelous flavor (sweet, but balanced). It's what I imagine they might serve at the Pearly Gates, if dessert is even an option at that point.

Oops, I think I just lied. (No Pearly Gates for me.) Dinner actually doesn't end with the panna cotta. It ends with a cup of frothy Matcha Green Tea served in a potter's bowl the size of a café au lait cup on HGH, with a little lacquer box filled with rectangular rice crackers sweetened with red bean dust (natutrally). These are delicate, the texture of a kettle cooked chip, but with a sneaky sweetness that sends you home feeling like the afternoon sun is shining through the dark Tribeca night.

One of these days, I'll have to reunite Dayna and the gang for a dinner at Brushstroke. Perhaps we'll even share a cucumber roll for old time's sake. Nah, probably not.

Brushstroke is located at 30 Hudson Street, 212-791-3771.

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Posted: June 22, 2011

Other restaurants in Tribeca :
+ Lunchbox Food Company--Closed   + 66: THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED   + Ola-- Closed   + Bouley   + Dominic   + Landmarc   + Pace-- Closed   + EN Japanese Brasserie   + Centrico   + Cercle Rouge   + The Harrison   + Turks & Frogs Tribeca   + Devin Tavern   + Dani-- Closed Now   + Bacaro/Smith & Mills   + The Harrison   + Matsugen, By Guest Reviewer Kathleen Squires   + Forge   + Macao Trading Company   + Harbour   + Review text tbd...   + Mehtaphor   + Brushstroke   + Jung Sik   

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