Little Donkey

We kicked off a rare summer Friday in the city with a friends 30th birthday bar crawl at Charlie's Kitchen and bowed out after a few beers because - Little Donkey. Chefs Ken Oringer + Jamie Bissonete (Toro + Coppa) are my favorite! The fact that they are doing something entirely different here has been highly anticipated and so.much.fun. My only gripe was the uni; there was barely a bite each in that spiny black shell. I expected luscious, overflowing, bight orange sea urchin and was definitely disappointed. For me, it doesn't warrant spending $18. Everything else is fair game. The best dish that we ate was the Wok Fried Chow Fun. Runner up was the Monkfish Biryani. The Cucumber Feta Salad was a surprise from the kitchen - so nice of them to send that out!

Oysters ($3/each) Crowes Pasture (Dennis, MA) + Kusshi (British Columbia, CAN)

Live Santa Barbara Uni ($18) dashi, yuzu, chicharron

Black Pepper Popovers ($14) Wagyu Steak Tartare

Charred Avocado ($5) Pepitas, yogurt, pomegranate molasses

Cucumber Salad ($9) feta, buttermilk, spicy peppers

Wok Fried Chow Fun ($15) soft shell crab, rice noodles, mushrooms, escargot, 

Calabrian chili, black beans, green curry. 

Monkfish Biryani ($16) basmati rice, saffron cashews, cardamom

Octopus a la Plancha ($16) (unpictured) charred onion vinaigrette, potato tostones 

Matcha Pofiterols ($9) hot fudge, Pocky sticks

Little Donkey

505 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02139