Coniglio: Whole Roasted Rabbit & Sauteed Swiss Chard. I have never had rabbit before and it was my friend’s birthday so we all went out to Maialino, in Gramercy Hotel, and we decided to try different things. I knew I was not going to like it but I took a bite and it was the strangest texture. It was chewy and I just did not like the texture. It was a whole rabbit so texture was different for different parts.
Live octopus: This dish is pretty common in Korea. They cut the legs in small pieces and dip it into a salt and sesame sauce. I was so grossed out by the movements of the octopus. I tried one and I felt it sticking to the top of my mouth. It was definitely interesting. It actually did not taste bad surprisingly. I tried this in one the Korean seafood restaurants in Flushing, Queens.
Rasmalai: It is an Indian dessert that has an consistency of like a cheesecake. It comes with creamy sweet milk with the chunk. I do not like any food that has a mushy texture so I knew I was not going to like this one. The taste was not bad though because it was not too sweet. I tried this at Dera in Jackson Heights.
Wasabi Soup Dumplings: It was my first time trying soup dumplings and I have heard so many good reviews about it so I went to go try it at Bao in St. Marks. We got a couple of different ones but I found the wasabi one to be very interesting. First, I burnt my tongue not knowing how hot the soup was going to be and when I got the taste of wasasbi, I had a huge kick to it. I like wasabi so I enjoyed it very much. The broth was also very tasty because of the stock they used.
Peking Duck Tacos: Morimoto just opened a ramen restaurant in the east side of midtown. Besides the ramen, I wanted to try something I never had trusting Morimoto’s selection of the menu. One Peking duck taco came with one piece of duck with cucumber, scallions and sweet Chinese duck sauce wrapped in a crispy gyoza skin. I think the duck was perfectly prepared and cooked. The skin was crispy, rich, and fatty. The crispy gyoza and the soft duck balanced each other.
