So so happy to be back at Wildair! I’m pretty sure I have had several dreams about the spicy tuna toast since I left New York and one of the few dishes I’ve ordered twice in one sitting.
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NYC – 4/29/17 – Wildair
Sadly this ended up being my last dinner at Wildair before moving. It is definitely one of the places that I miss the most and if I had lived in the neighborhood I would have been here every single night (and would have overdosed on tartare). Love you Wildair!
beef tartare, smoked cheddar, horseradish, brazil nuts
fried shrimp, lemon, herb mayonnaise
tete de cochon on toast, ndjua, nettles
chocolate hazelnut tart
NYC – 9/27/16 – Wildair
If there wasn’t always a wait I would be at Wildair every night. Actually even if I just lived in the neighborhood I would be here every night regardless. I am pretty sure I could never get tired of the spicy tuna toast which was one of my favorite dishes of 2016. A previous iteration I reordered for dessert. Yes it is that good. I just wish the secret wasn’t out.
Potato darphin, maine uni, jalapeno
Breakfast radishes, seaweed butter
Fluke crudo, pineapple, ‘nduja
Beef tartare, smoked cheddar, brazil nuts
Spicy tuna toast, tomato, scallion
Crispy grain salad, hearts of palm, tarragon
NYC – 3/12/16 – Wildair & Momofuku Ko
Wildair
Still one of my absolute favorites and I love being able to bring friends who haven’t been here before. Although I admittedly wish it wasn’t quite so popular as even a few minutes after opening you are lucky to get a seat.
Beef tartare, smoked cheddar, chestnut
Tallow roasted beets, kumquat
Bass crudo, pineaple, nduja
Ko
And for dinner number 2 of the evening, on to my other favorite for the bar menu at Ko. I cannot say enough how much I love this place. Perhaps the most complete package of great food and hospitality in New York. And foie 2.0 gives the original some serious competition.
NYC – 12/11/15 – DBGB & Wildair
DBGB
I don’t always post about places where I stop for a pre or post dinner drink. But DBGB is one of my favorites whenever heading anywhere on the Lower East Side. While there are always interesting beers on draft we of course had to go for the ode to the boilermaker.
Wheat beer and grand mariner with tequila
Wildair
I have said it before, but I love Wildair. I only wish that so many others did not as well (ok not really I suppose from a financial point of view). It is not always possible to get there at opening and unfortunately I just don’t have the patience for the ridiculously long waits later in the evening. But I will still try my best to get here as frequently as possible.
Bread and olive oil
Sweet potato, ricotta, tahini, herbs
Beef tartare, smoked cheddar, chestnut
Black bass, pineapple, nduja
Persimmon, butternut, burrata, jalapeño
Pork milanese, gribiche, mustard greens
NYC – 9/10/15 – Wildair
I really wasn’t expecting much from Wildair. Sure I have very much enjoyed Jeremiah Stone and Fabian von Hauske’s Contra a few steps away. But at most I was hoping for a solid go-to stop before shows at Rockwood Music Hall. While waiting for my friend to arrive I ordered the cheese selection which was unremarkable and so I continued to think this meal would be just ok. But when the rest of our dishes started arriving I was completely surprised by just how good they were. We loved the spicy tuna so much that we reordered it as dessert and I can count on one hand the number of things I have ever reordered at the same meal. Its so much fun to have no expectations and be completely blown away.
Selection of cheeses
Summer squash, ricotta, purslane
Scallop crudo, kale, cucumber, ruby red
Beef tartare, smoked cheddar, chestnut
Georgia white shrimp, celery, cilantro
Spicy tuna, scallion, tomatoes
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