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Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare

200 Schermerhorn St., Brooklyn, NY, 11201
nr. Hoyt St.
718-243-0050

Amuse bouche elevated to an art form

By helenr on 8/27/2010

  • Overall Rating: 9
  • Food: 9
  • Service: 9
  • Décor: 7
  • Yes, I would go back!

The real highlights of this bajillion-course meal was the slew of one-bite amuses that preceded the official, pre-printed menu. In particular: an oyster with yuzu gelee, king crab with a sliver of watermelon radish, a completely elevating cube of compressed watermelon with olive oil and sea salt. The rest was good, but compared to the Le Bernardin-esque studied simplicity of those sharp, hyper-flavorful elements, the multi-component mains (black bass AND cod cheek AND squid AND escargot on the same three-bite plate?) were a little muddy. In any case, bite for bite it's maybe the best use of $135 in the city right now - all the more so while it's still BYO.

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