This is part of our Business Entertaining 2008 special report.
The menu at Tailor, the SoHo eatery Sam Mason opened in September, is made up of sweet and salty plates. Innovative flavor combinations from the former WD-50 pastry chef include pork belly and miso butterscotch, and chocolate cream with squash sorbet and basil meringue.
Pichet Ong, formerly of Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s Spice Market and 66, opened P*ong last April. The intimate West Village eatery offers unusual dishes including foie gras torchon with chocolate, brioche, ginger red pepper jam, and persimmon.Hell’s Kitchen dessert bar Kyotofu is known for its soy-focused dishes, including sansho pepper tofu cheesecake. The pretty spot, which has soft lighting illuminating the padded white walls, seats 30 in its dining room; a 15-seat bar overlooks the glass-enclosed pastry kitchen.
In November, chef Will Goldfarb partnered with Chocolat Michel Cluizel to open Dessert Studio at Chocolat Michel Cluizel at ABC Carpet & Home. The intimate 40-seat space serves Goldfarb’s innovative items, such as warm chocolate bubbles with espresso Jell-O and fresh milk foam, as well as chocolate-inspired cocktails.
Jehangir Mehta, previously pastry chef for Aix, Jean Georges, and Vong, struck out on his own in September with Graffiti Food & Wine Bar, a bistro and bakery serving the Bombay-born chef’s inventive street food. The 18-seat space is available for buyouts; Mehta also caters events.
The menu at Tailor, the SoHo eatery Sam Mason opened in September, is made up of sweet and salty plates. Innovative flavor combinations from the former WD-50 pastry chef include pork belly and miso butterscotch, and chocolate cream with squash sorbet and basil meringue.
Pichet Ong, formerly of Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s Spice Market and 66, opened P*ong last April. The intimate West Village eatery offers unusual dishes including foie gras torchon with chocolate, brioche, ginger red pepper jam, and persimmon.Hell’s Kitchen dessert bar Kyotofu is known for its soy-focused dishes, including sansho pepper tofu cheesecake. The pretty spot, which has soft lighting illuminating the padded white walls, seats 30 in its dining room; a 15-seat bar overlooks the glass-enclosed pastry kitchen.
In November, chef Will Goldfarb partnered with Chocolat Michel Cluizel to open Dessert Studio at Chocolat Michel Cluizel at ABC Carpet & Home. The intimate 40-seat space serves Goldfarb’s innovative items, such as warm chocolate bubbles with espresso Jell-O and fresh milk foam, as well as chocolate-inspired cocktails.
Jehangir Mehta, previously pastry chef for Aix, Jean Georges, and Vong, struck out on his own in September with Graffiti Food & Wine Bar, a bistro and bakery serving the Bombay-born chef’s inventive street food. The 18-seat space is available for buyouts; Mehta also caters events.
P*ong
Photo: Courtesy of P*ong
P*ong
Photo: Courtesy of P*ong
Kyotofu
Photo: Jerry Errico
Graffiti
Photo: Courtesy of Graffiti
