Tuesday, September 6, 2016

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

505 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139 

4 comments:

  1. Oooh everything looks so delicious! Can't wait to head here!!

    Sues

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  2. I was so excited to see you wrote about Little Donkey. I am going in 2 weeks! I heard the charred avocado is a great choice for a vegetarian app.

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  3. Lots of different foods for sure. The sea urchin cup looked interesting.

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