Summer Dish Review – The “Patty” at THE GOODWICH

Can melted cheese on beef get any better?

We don’t think so.

Can toasted bread get any toastier?

Smoked cream cheese any creamier? Pepperjack any peppier?

Nope.

In other words, does a patty melt come any comelier?

Probably not.

The Patty is so good, in fact, that we have to force ourselves to order anything else when we’re at The Goodwich.

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Summer Dish Review – Chocolate Mousse at BOUCHON

This paté of chocolate mousse (really more of a terrine, but why quibble?):

….was so good, and rich, and intense, and smooth, and addictive (in that mellow, heroin-endorphin-rush sort of way), it ought to be illegal.

It tottered on the brink of milk v. bittersweet in a most precarious sort of way. The sort of way designed to keep both camps happy. Pure. Chocolate. Genius.

That is all.

What more need there be?

BOUCHON

http://www.venetian.com/restaurants/french/bouchon.html

Summer Dish Review – Carabinieros Shrimp at MILOS

ELV note: As promised, we are going to take the next few weeks highlighting our favorite dishes of the summer. These posts will be quick hits and tasty snaps gleaned from the scores of restaurants we’ve visited over the past three months. For a more detailed take on that restaurant, you can google the name in the google box on the right side of our main page to see and read everything we’ve ever written about the place.

Take a gander at these bad boys:

They are the size of langoustines with the taste of a meaty shrimp crossed with a rich lobster touched by a hint of gaminess.

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