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| Duck, Mustard, and Seafood Spotted at Food Fest's Grand Tasting |
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On Saturday and Sunday, Pier 54 was packed with food fans for the New York Food and Wine Festival’s Grand Tasting events. Twenty-nine restaurants (30 on Sunday) served dishes ranging from small bites (Fatty Crab’s chicken wings, Convivio's chicken liver crostini) to mini entrees (Pamplona’s braised Washugyu brisket with Manchego rice and black olive sauce, Molyvos’s house-cured Scottish salmon with sumac-marinated onions and a chickpea cake) to 4,000 festival-goers, who shelled out $150 a ticket, each day.
Even though it was a sunny 70 degrees, an autumnal influence could be found in ingredients like apples and butternut squash and lots of rich braised and roasted meats. Other prominent flavors on offer were mustard, duck, and seafood with tropical flavors. Here are a few examples of the dishes from Saturday’s selection. |
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 | Bondi Road served barramundi over papaya and shrimp salad.
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 | SushiSamba made yellowtail tiradito, a dish similar to ceviche.
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 | Hudson Cafeteria offered mixed seafood ceviche with lime, cilantro, and popcorn shoots.
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 | Crave on 42nd served duck confit and wild mushroom tostadas.
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 | The Setai Miami, one of the only restaurants at the Grand Tasting not located in New York, passed out black truffle and langoustine dumplings with peking duck broth.
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 | Beacon Restaurant & Bar served foie gras and duck terrine with cinnamon quince chutney.
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 | Johnny Utah's served bites of smoked chorizo and pickled okra topped with five-onion mustard.
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 | Trestle on Tenth offered slices of pig's head terrine on water crackers with grain mustard.
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 | Cookshop dished out hearty Hampshire pork bratwursts with chow chow and brown ale mustard.
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 | In addition to restaurants, food and alcohol purveyors also passed out samples.
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—Lisa Cericola
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