Falai Away!

Hello Foodies,

We had a spectacular dinner at Falai last Friday night. It's a great Italian restaurant to go for a birthday or to make any day special. Jackie Chasey, Tour de Forks alum, and her wonderful boyfriend, Dan surprised us for a drink. Falai has a fabulous prosecco. Try it!

This is what we ate but I don't think there is a bad choice on the menu. Here goes. We started with pan seared foie gras with braised lentils, marsala glazed chestnut and cauliflower mostarda and an octopus appetizer that was soooo tender. We couldn't get enough of the pasta special - a cappelacci filled with short ribs garnished with quince puree and crosne root covered in a parmesan-horseradish broth. Divine. The gnudi is gauranteed to please any foodie. Then we had halibut for the halibut...but really for the foi-gras sauce. Breads are brought throughout dinner and you have a choice of onion country loaf with fennel, traditional baguette, black cabbage bread, rosemary and brown raisin and a focaccine. Breads are homemade and so is the pasta. We drank a 2000 Lagrein, a smoky, delicious red from Alto Adige. Iacopo Falai, the chef, was the pastry chef at Le Cirque before he started his own restaurant. The Forks are so glad that he did. Falai's staff are Falaibulous too!

Oh, somehow we managed to eat dessert too. You can't miss it no matter how full you are. The Birthday Girl chose a Napolitan baba with dark rum and Florentine cream. Outrageous!

Don't walk, run to Falai Cucina Italiana located at 68 Clinton Street. 212-253-1960. Web site: Falai.

Maybe we'll see you there.

Enjoy,

the Forks