Casa Mono (NYC)

  • Creamy Eggs (sea urchin, walnuts, and ancient anchovy oil): don’t really like the uni and egg combo. It also seems like it’s common to throw walnuts in a dish that otherwise has little texture, I guess to give some crunch, but it never works for me. Feels lazy.

  • Bone Marrow (trout roe, horseradish crema, and everything bagel spice): excellent. Really I could have just ordered this. Was extremely full by the point of finishing this dish, and yet I still had the richest food to come.

  • Foie Gras (cinco cebollas): not a pleasant thing to eat right after the bone marrow. But that was my own miscalculation. This is why I like a tasting menu—take those decisions away from me. I’ll definitely revisit this place at some point and maybe not order the heaviest things on the menu in one sitting.

Rating: 7/10