Restaurant Review: Central

After a recent dinner at Michel Richard Central:

Both the bartender and the waiter at Central could have been a bit more... interested in what they were doing, but it wasn't terrible. I started off with a Ginger Lime Daquiri at the bar... lots of lime, not lots of ginger. Wasn't bad but wouldn't pay 11 bucks for another one. We also got a hookup on some good champagne, and Cheesehead and I split a few bottles of Reisling during dinner. (no, i don't feel good today, thanks for asking)

Spencer got some gourges (cheese puffy things) that were really good - a lot lighter than what they looked like. All of us share 2 orders of the Filet Mignon Tartare with Fries - one of my all-time favorite dishes. My only complaint was I wish it had come with something cracker-ish rather than the fries. The fries were good mind you, just didn't seem to go well with the tartare. I guess it was their riff on steak frites. Aside from that minor quibble - amazing.

Moving onto the mains, Cheesehead and I both had softshell crab over a corn relish. I wasn't as huge of a fan of this, not going to lie. It tasted mostly of batter and wasn't very... crabby. I normally love softshells but it seems like they may want to take this off the menu as softshell season winds down and so goes the quality. Spencer had rabbitt that was really good, but a bit salty. And my favorite of them all was Angela's beef cheeks with pasta and mashed sweet potatoes. The cheeks were in a red wine sauce - kind of an odd pairing with the sweet potatoes but individually everything was good. A bit of an odd dish for August though.

We also had sides of bacon-braised brussell sprouts, creamed spinach, and mac-and-cheese that was soooooooooooo good. For dessert we all split 2 kitkat bars (no, not the kind that come in a wrapper). Its kind of a malty chocolate mousse with a crispy bottom on a pool of caramel sauce, served with a smallish scoop of malted ice cream. Yummmmmmmm.

All in all, it was muy excellente (and a bit muy expensivo).