The River

The personal professional blog of Pamela Parker -- musings on marketing, advertising, media and technology.

WD-50 Saturday Night

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My husband was in town visiting (this bi-coastal thing sucks, I must say) this weekend, so we took the opportunity to splurge on dinner Saturday night. With the magic of OpenTable.com, we discovered just who had tables available in our time frame. We settled on WD-50, a Lower East Side semi-newcomer, and went for the 9-course tasting menu.

The place knows a little about viral marketing (the non-online kind). Our excellent waitress provided us with a helpful list of what we’d had, so I can tell you with full confidence the names of the dishes.

Really great:

  • Raisin Toast (actually toast-flavored ice cream served over some raisin-flavored croutons, I think). This one took familiar flavors and shifted the textures on you, so you’re eating creamy toast and crunchy raisins. Weird, but very successful.
  • Beef Tongue, fried mayo, tomato molasses
  • Scallops, coffee cous cous, pine shoots, licorice

    Others were sort of interesting in theory but didn’t do it for me. It was a fantastic dining experience, though, overall. The casual relaxing atmosphere allows you to feel comfortable enough to get adventurous with your selections.