BBR (best bite roundup)
Tiger and the Horse
I’ve picked up the chirashi bowl a couple times and this was the best one yet. Four types of fish (rock cod, buri, ora king salmon, and kanpachi) and a GENEROUS amount of uni. I really like the addition of the okra tempura, charred belly, and wax apple, but a special shout out goes to the finger lime that punches everything up. Every week they also put out a small playlist of songs to pair with your bowl. If you’re interested, preorders for the following week go live every Saturday at noon and there’s more info on their Instagram.
Konbi
I’m not sure how long it’s been but Chef Miles Thompson has been helping out in the Konbi kitchen, bringing some new inventive dishes to the menu. We may be on the backend of tomato season, but this simple salad comes with a pistachio nori granola and sake lees vinaigrette that let’s the fruit stand out but still adding something special.
There’s also a new brownie on the menu that’s pretty outstanding. It’s quite sweet, but the caramel makes it more interesting than other run of the mill brownies.
Proof
This is the inside of the apex predator chocolate chip cookie I wrote about it in the Chocolate Chip Cookie Death Match–the best one in the first batch.
PRD
Automatic.
Botanica
I can’t say enough about how much of a banger Botanica’s kabob party menu is. While I’ve always had great meals at the small neighborhood spot, I’m going to be bummed when this menu goes away at the end of the month. All the kabobs are great, but my favorite is the chicken with roasted stone fruit. It sits on a bed of toum and the entire combo really is a party in your mouth.
Fat + Flour
On September 9th, Chef Rucker asked if she should add biscuits to the Fat + Flour menu. A week and a half later the biscuit trio landed on the menu with little cups of butter and plum/lavender jam. As revealed in her cookbook “Dappled”, Chef Rucker uses ricotta cheese in her biscuits that creates sublimely flaky and fluffy interior. I nearly blacked out when I ate it with both butter and jam.
