Wednesday Food News: Early Edition

This week in the Times, Bruni goes to Harry Cipriani in the Sherry-Netherland Hotel, awards the restaurant no stars. Finds “service so confused and food so undistinguished it wouldn’t pass muster at half the cost.” Says prices at the restaurant ridiculous. The restaurant was last reviewed in 1991, when Bryan Miller gave it two stars. The one positive? “The people-watching is nonpareil."

Peter Meehan visits Fifth Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, for tacos. Likes Epocas 2006 for its Ecuadorean food, particularly the humitas (cornhusk tamales), Ricos Tacos for the tortas, Tacos Matamoros for the tacos (some of the best he’s had in NY, he says, but only during the day and on weekends), and Plaza Xochimilco for the carnitas tacos.

Ryan Sutton goes to Bun for Bloomberg News, likes the small plates better than the noodles. Recommends the duck hearts and the wild boar sausages; doesn’t love the atmosphere or location, though. He also stops by the new Momofuku, likes the bigger space and says “Chang’s cooking could be improving.”

Paul Adams visits Tailor for the NY Sun, likes the foie gras with peanut butter and the pork belly. But says, “Often, though, [Chef Sam Mason’s] bright ideas don’t translate so well to the plate. Simply sweetening a savory item, a popular technique here, doesn’t automatically turn it into a treat.” Loves Eben Freeman’s cocktails.

In the Daily News, Restaurant Girl goes to Market Table in the West Village, gives the restaurant two and a half stars. With owners Joey Campanero and Gabriel Stulman of Little Owl, and Chef Mike Price in the kitchen, “Market Table seems to have inherited a little of that Little Owl magic…” she says, “honest, sure-footed cooking with knockout ingredients that move from Price’s market directly to your table.”

And in the blogs, Andrea Strong goes to Amai and Los Dados, and NYC Nosh
goes to Chadni.