Room 4 Dessert
Will Goldfarb made a name for himself at Cru with his avant garde approach to desserts. Now he is up and running with his new gig, Room 4 Dessert. Goldfarbs tiny dessert bar in the village serves just that, desserts and booze! Its a trendy bar, meets fine dining, meets ice cream parlor. Here all the desserts are prepared right in front of you. The menu can be divided up into 3 main categories. "Glass," these desserts are all served in a single glass which can be eatin with a small spoon, $10.50. "Tasting" items are served as indivdual tastings, usually a rectangular plate containing 3-4 different items, $12 each. Then what I like to call the "Booze" section, this can be more tastefully broken down into 5 categories; sweet wine, white wine, red wine, alcholic, and sparkling. All the drinks range in price from $6-$172 depending of course if you want a simple cocktail, a 99' Cru Barrejats Sauternes, or a glass of whiskey. The menu defanetly boasts creativness, some items may leave people scratching their heads just in pure curiosity. Fluid gels, carbonated mousse, clouds, airs, foams, whipped gelees, can all be seen paired next simple classics such as chocolate parfait, housemade marscapone, pralines, and gelatos. Although most of the desserts are amazing, I did expeirence a few dislikes. A meringue which was served in a sous vide bag, apeared as a meringue "chip," the idea seemed very cool...but just that, the idea. It was horrible, chalky in flavor and stuck to my teeth like nothing I have ever experienced. The coconut powder also was a loss, although it does present a perfect coconut flavor it has the texture of raw flour and gives you the feeling of extreme cotton mouth. One of my favorites had to be the "Little Jack Horner" a glass of Litchi cloud, Plum water Air, plum confits, vin santo/red bull jello. Very fresh plum flavor, accented by the super light litchi foam, and the little tid bits of plum confit, all to be rounded out by the red bull jello.Other Dishes I tried:
Virtuality
Honey Ice Cream, Lime Meringue,
Watermelon Compact, Almond Praline
Giesha
Black Sesame Gelato, Coconut Juice Fluid Gel, Carbonated Raspberry Mousse
Each Peach
White Chocolate Chantilly (in the style of herve this), Cold Roasted Peach, Almond Cake, Aspic with Basil Blossoms.
Scotch Plains
Whipped Cherry Gelee, Housemade Mascarpone, Fennel Confit, Pain ecossais, Little Pieces of Amaretti.
Oh man, the Little Jack Horner Dessert sounds great...Room 4 sounds like a cool place...can't wait to try it out some day.
Posted by
GiuseppeWong |
10:35 PM