Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Eatin' Po'
Po Restaurant
31 Cornelia StNew York, NY 10014
(212) 645-2189
I went for a pre-V day dinner at Po. I just love saying the name..."Po", "I'm eatin' Po tonite!"
Anyways, I digress. It's a tucked away gem in the West Village, a hole in the wall. But gosh, every dish looked mahhhvelous. The seats were a bit close together, what whatever, that's NYC. Although we had to listen to other people's conversations, the food was good enough to distract. They started us off with a white bean and herb olive oil bruschetta that was to die for. I was sopping it up. I mean, this was a freebie appetizer and I would never have ordered white bean anything but golly, I am now a big fan of white beans!
I ordered linguine with baby clams and pancetta with carmelized onions and chilies. It packed quite a punch--very peppery. I wouldn't have ordered a plain old linguine dish had it not been for the draw of the pancetta and chilies. The other dish we ordered was a dark beer-braised short rib. It was tender and falling off the bone as it should. Surprisingly flavorful and plentiful portions. I was however, eyeing many other pasta dishes as they passed us by. The other pasta dish I'm dying to try is the tagliatelle, a broad hand-made lamb ragu with a mint ricotta dollap on top. Gotta go back...for that, the gnocchi, black fettuccine, and pappardelle. Sigh. This is going to be difficult. My oath is to try only new restaurants for the first 6 months when I move to NYC.
Before dessert, I got a box of Max Brenner chocolates on which it was written "Dedicated to Kosin's Chocolate Box. Happy Valentine's Day." It was very cute. Then we had dessert, a chocolate terrine...it really looked like a slice of liver terrine, albeit it was drizzled with caramel sauce. It had an unexpected flavor - minty liquor and hazelnuts. We also got panna cotta but it was very very rich...like a dense flan made with ricotta.
All in all, my favorite Italian restaurant hands down....well at least for now!
Kojira gives it 4 Zillas!
31 Cornelia StNew York, NY 10014
(212) 645-2189
I went for a pre-V day dinner at Po. I just love saying the name..."Po", "I'm eatin' Po tonite!"
Anyways, I digress. It's a tucked away gem in the West Village, a hole in the wall. But gosh, every dish looked mahhhvelous. The seats were a bit close together, what whatever, that's NYC. Although we had to listen to other people's conversations, the food was good enough to distract. They started us off with a white bean and herb olive oil bruschetta that was to die for. I was sopping it up. I mean, this was a freebie appetizer and I would never have ordered white bean anything but golly, I am now a big fan of white beans!
I ordered linguine with baby clams and pancetta with carmelized onions and chilies. It packed quite a punch--very peppery. I wouldn't have ordered a plain old linguine dish had it not been for the draw of the pancetta and chilies. The other dish we ordered was a dark beer-braised short rib. It was tender and falling off the bone as it should. Surprisingly flavorful and plentiful portions. I was however, eyeing many other pasta dishes as they passed us by. The other pasta dish I'm dying to try is the tagliatelle, a broad hand-made lamb ragu with a mint ricotta dollap on top. Gotta go back...for that, the gnocchi, black fettuccine, and pappardelle. Sigh. This is going to be difficult. My oath is to try only new restaurants for the first 6 months when I move to NYC.
Before dessert, I got a box of Max Brenner chocolates on which it was written "Dedicated to Kosin's Chocolate Box. Happy Valentine's Day." It was very cute. Then we had dessert, a chocolate terrine...it really looked like a slice of liver terrine, albeit it was drizzled with caramel sauce. It had an unexpected flavor - minty liquor and hazelnuts. We also got panna cotta but it was very very rich...like a dense flan made with ricotta.
All in all, my favorite Italian restaurant hands down....well at least for now!
Kojira gives it 4 Zillas!
