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“The NoMad”


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  Night Out New American Flatiron Break the Bank Good

ate and they still visit me. True, the service was slow, leaving wine glasses empty, taking too long to clear dirty plates. But given the quality of the first course, I could deal. But you know how this story ends, right? It’s not pretty. It ends with that $80 roast chicken for two, served raw. Oh, yes. Raw.

But what promise that plump little bird had when it was presented tableside in its cast iron pan, with bouquets of fragrant herbs poofing out of the right places, its gorgeous brown skin glistening in the candlelight. We oohed and aahed at it like it was some young southern belle at a Coming Out party. After the viewing, it was removed from the table, where our waiter promised it would be returned, once it had been carved. As pledged, it was brought back, but only two tiny breasts came back (we could have sworn the chicken was better endowed), and a tiny crock of dark meat fricasseed with butter and mushrooms.

It was plated just as our scallops ($28) with sorrel, lemon, and maitake mushrooms were served. The scallops, creamy in the middle and caramelized on the outside by the sweet heat of butter in a pan, could not have been better unless they had multiplied spontaneously on the plate. The chicken, though, was a disaster. Raw through the breast, it was the color of silly putty. We had to send it back. Meanwhile, we had already spooned the dark meat fricassee onto our plates, so when they were removed, so was the dark meat. We picked at the scallops, waiting for the chicken to come back cooked instead of raw. The timing of our dinner was ruined. The chicken came back after a while. Those same pieces were reheated and cooked through, but without the dark meat fricasee, which had disappeared somewhere in the kitchen.

Our waitress seemed dumbfounded when I asked her to get us some more of the dark meat fricasee. “You took it away with our white meat, can we have it back?” I asked. “Okay, I’ll see what I can find.” She seemed so confused. I felt like explaining the facts to her: My dear girl. You work in a restaurant. Find us another chicken. Make it work.” I was quite perturbed. (Can you tell? I can get so bitchy.) Well, to her credit, she managed to find some dark meat fricassee somewhere (perhaps the shops across the street have added it to their menu of trinkets?). And to be honest, it tasted darn good, which should not come as a surprise given the amount of foie gras and truffles a ... [more, click below]

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