Macaroni Bellissime - A Food and Travel Blog: Brushstroke

Brushstroke, David Bouley's new-ish restaurant in Tribeca, has been getting so much press lately and each article keeps reminding me of the amazing birthday dinner I had there and how I have been neglecting posting on this blog. When my friend chose this restaurant to take me to for my birthday, I was so excited. I had heard about it and was so excited to try out "kaiseki" which is basically the Japanese version of a tasting menu.

Brushstroke was recently announced as one of the top ten best new restaurants of America in 2011 by GQ, awarded one Michelin star for 2012, and also named the best chawanmushi in NY by New York magazine (it was SO good - unfortunately I forgot to get a picture of that one between all the courses!).

My meal was a while ago so my recall isn't great. I'll just make three points and then leave the rest up to the pictures: (1) the restaurant is definitely worth all the praise it's gotten recently, (2) their pork belly was probably the best pork belly I've ever had, (3) they have amazing service - our waiter surprised me with a birthday dessert - I love that. Also, I unfortunately didn't get a picture of all the courses - there were about 12 courses.