Tuesday, January 24, 2012

New New Orlean cuisine at Root restaurant

01-24-2011 Tue. cool and windy.



BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- ( from the traveler's pack) tangerine | strawberry crepe
AFTERNOON-TEATIME
--- strawberry crepe
DINNER --- ( at Root restaurant NOLA) Louisiana pickled shrimp with deviled eggs | Moroccan style lamb sausage, with pickled vegetables, bread chips and fennel marmalade | spicy baby eggplant and cauliflower, with toasted Indian spices and corn nuts |coriander scented grilled Gulf fish, with Lemongrass, Consommé, Satsuma Ginger Shrimp Salad, Udon Noodles made of fish paste | Cohiba Smoked Scallops, with Chorizo Dust, Caramelized Cauliflower, Fennel Choucroute | Lobster Lasagna: Butter Poached Maine Lobster, Fennel bacon Marmalade, Manchego Cream | wine || fruits and fancy marshmallows | coffee



amuse bouche


pickled shrimp & deviled egg


lamb sausage


eggplant & cauliflower



smoked scallops, not cigar


grilled Gulf fish+ shrimp salad+ fish paste noodles


fruit, syrup, sorbet, marshmallow, salt, micro green

  • Root is a new restaurant in New Orleans, New American cuisine = anything goes as the chef feels like. The grilled Gulf fish is excellent by itself, minus the fussy shrimp salad and overly salty and dead shrimp paste 'udon noodles'. It seems that all vegetables need either to be caramelized ( and if no sugar comes out, just add sugar in), or pickled ( by salt and vinegar, a lot of both). Food at Root is like an over-dressed girl, pile on and layer on, all materials and all shapes, could use some editing.