Dinner at Solo
As previously reported, Hung Huynh (winner of Top Chef Season 3) spent the last month as the executive chef of Solo, an upscale Kosher eatery in NYC. My wife and I made dinner reservations for our wedding anniversary. We put our palates in the hands of Chef Huynh, and ordered the tasting menu. (That’s 4 courses + dessert. Tax, tip & wine extra). Our courses consisted of:
- a Duet of Bigeye Tuna. Seared and spiced and tartar. With hearts of palm, avocado and tomato vinaigrette.
- Grilled Turbot on Oyster Mushrooms, with Roasted Fish Jus.
- 5 Spice Braised Veal Tongue. Apple Parsnip Puree, Cubed Beet.
- Roasted Blank Angus Filet. Carrot Puree, Cipollini Onions, Red-Wine Beef Reduction.
Our desserts were made by Solo’s regular pastry chef, and were amazing as always. I had the Jack Daniel’s Mousse and my wife had the Sticky Toffee Pudding.
The food was absolutely amazing. We found each course perfectly cooked and perfectly seasoned. The accompaniments were too small to qualify as side-dishes, but their flavor always complemented the entree. Chef Huynh spent much of the evening coming around to tables, posing for photos and signing autographs. I’m not ashamed to say I got my menu signed.
One can only hope that other well known fine-dining chefs give Kosher consumers a chance to sample their cooking.
from ny magazine- Marcel will be in the kitchen with Hung on the days leading up to the event, so if you want to meet him in the flesh, stop in to Solo on the April 1 or 2. The two most unpopular members of the cast of Top Chef seasons two and three, Marcel Vigneron and Hung Huynh, are actually pretty good buddies. You didn’t know that, did you? Well, neither did we. But the proof of it is that Hung, who is currently doing a guest stint at Solo restaurant, has invited Marcel, he of the pointy hair and molecular gastronomy, to work with him on his dinner at Food and Wine’s Best New Chefs event on April 3. We had some sport with Marcel in the past, but there’s no question that he has a lot of talent and will one day be a force in his own right. (He has just left his previous job at Company American Bistro at the Luxor.) Marcel will be in the kitchen with Hung on the days leading up to the event, so if you want to meet him in the flesh, stop in to Solo on the April 1 or 2.
Chef Hung Huynh and another Top Chef will be on a panel discussion at the Asia Society in New York City, Wednesday April 2 at 6pm.
“Bravo! A New Generation of Asian Chefs Gets the Spotlight”
More info here: http://www.asiasociety.org/events/calendar.pl?rm=detail&eventid=17182
Chef Hung will remain at solo through passover until the end of june avccording to a sign outside the restaurant.
I wonder how NY Magazine didn’t know that Hung and Marcel were friends. In the pre- season 3 face-off between season 1′s and season 2′s best chefs, the season 3 contestants were judges and Hung said hi to Marcel and said that they were friends.
Apparently they don’t pay attention to their TV.
Sheesh.
I really liked my food there two weeks ago but there was no tasting menu and the prices were bloated, imo.
article in daily news about hung and passover http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/food/2008/04/11/2008-04-11_top_chef_hung_huynh_has_a_lot_on_his_sed.html
is turbot kosher in USA? it is not in UK
I wouldn’t have thought of it, but you’re right. The Kosher fish list identifies several species of Turbot as Kosher, but clearly states: not including: European turbot, which is presumably what you have there.