WD-50

REVIEW

October 20, 2009


CUISINE: American (New), Molecular Gastronomy
NEIGHBORHOOD: Lower East Side

Everything Bagel, Smoked Salmon Threads, Crispy Cream Cheese

 

By: Ashley Hoffman

 

50 Clinton St. between Stanton and Rivington Sts

(p) 212-477-2900

 

Dining at gastronomy experimentalist Wylie Dufresne's WD-50 is like being a tourist in a foreign country. Wrap your mind around each dish's daunting explanation — the ice cream tastes and looks like an everything bagel— and realize that the plates before you are feats of food architecture: beautiful and puzzling. With every dish, I was torn between appreciating and eating. The aesthetics did not make fans of all my dinner companions; to some, the dishes were impressive, while others were unfazed. Either way, the plates are not your typical craveable meal. CONT'D

 


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Posted in FOOD on October 20, 2009 12:34pm by Jena Steinbach | 2 comments