I’ve been meaning to write about two amazing meals I had last weekend - Brunch at Blackbird on Saturday and Brasa Rotisserie for on Sunday. Both were excellent and will be put on our “must return to” list.
We went to Blackbird before for dinner last August, and brunch was just as good, meaning they are two for two. What I love most about this place is the design, from the menu to the decor - it’s very much my style, and what I’d love my house to look like (except for the antlers on the walls!). Things are pretty, but not overly so, and I just feel comfortable there. The menus even won an award at the 2008 AIGA Design Awards! Got to love that.
Tricia ordered the Ham Fritatta (three-egg omelette with ham, chipotle gouda & green onions), which we liked, but didn’t really taste any chipotle in the gouda. I had the French Toast (with Chinese 5 spice and grilled pineapple) and thought it was the best I’ve had besides what we make at home (cinnamon French Toast using bread from the Franklin St Bakery).
Brasa on the other hand was completely different. Very little decor, just a painted sign on the wall that looks like it’s been there for ever.
The meats at Brasa all are local (as is typical these days), and were some of the best I’ve had. We shared the Spicy Chicken Sandwich and a small order of the Twelve Hour Slow Roasted Pork. For sides we had the Fried Sweet Plantains, Garnet Yams with andouille Sausage and the Slow Cooked Collard Greens with Smokey Turkey. All I can say about this place is thank god I’m not a vegetarian. I’d rather not live then to miss out on a meal like that.
And like Anthony Bourdain once said in an episode of No Reservations - “If heaven exists, it’s between the bone and the skin of a pig.” Amen to that.
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