Friday, April 23, 2010
Open Thread Iron Fork Meets Open Thread
Posted by Nicki Wood on Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 10:48 AM
- Shrimp in cuboids from Two Twenty Two
Among the exceptional offerings this year (two tuna samplings! Jimmy Carl's barbecue with sweet habanero slaw!), some stood out. Prettiest was Two Twenty Two's shrimp with a mango salsa in a clear cuboid cup. Along with the bronzy orchids next to it, it made the evening's prettiest table, and branded this new cafe in the Country Music Hall of Fame as one to watch. (And the cafe caters, too.)
Whole Foods brought back its spicy-and-sweet pineapple ginger punch, but also offered cups of Cas Cal sodas to parched Iron Fork attendees. Cas Cal is a brewed and fermented but alcohol-free soda with a fermented malty twinge to it. Sparkling, fragrant and off-dry, it has enough festive fizz and edge to stand in for beer or bubbly. We tried Fine Dry and Light Red, and look forward to Crisp White on a hot afternoon.
Finally, after last year's incredible chocolate-peanut butter-banana ice cream-topped dessert from Chaffin's Barn, we had to see what they conjured this year. Choco Haze (as I've dubbed it) put a flourless chocolate hazelnut cake under a layer of Choco Haze espresso ganache and a topping of espresso ice cream. Yes please!
- Chocolate hazelnut flourless cake with more chocolate and more hazelnut and espresso. Read more about it in the text
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I never would have pegged sweet potato as a versatile ingredient, but the one-two punch of the cocktail sauce and the sweet-potato butter made a believer of me.
Last meal I had out was Maniac's, the chicken-wing joint in Cool Springs. Pretty great, I have to say — the breading on the tenders is as light as tempura batter.
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there is a new restaurant opening up across from aldi on gallatin road in that new building on the corner of west eastland and gallatin. its called stevens restaurant and bar. im excited anyone know anything about it. that thai place in that building is GREAT
