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2008-12-08
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The Michelin was out, while foodies in town cooed and raved over the starred and recommended, new joints have secretly launched under the radar, and despite at IFC and has been crowded for over a week before mainstream media stopped by, DRESSED remained rather unknown. Located on the upper level of the IFC Mall, the brand new salad bar is an open space with picket-fence white walls against green counters and a green menu. The decor is modern and simple to the core, with clean edges throughout. J
The salad menu, you'll realize, is a simple yet complicated one, in a sense. Ironic may it seem. All you need to do is to choose between salad ($58) and a salad sandwich ($48), which is your chosen salad in a wrap. The complicated part comes in the ingredients...First you choose the Greens (5 types from Romaine to Mesclun Mix), then go through a list of 40 toppings. Yes, forty. Some with extra charges like homemade falafel, roasted beets, grilled portobello mushrooms. If you like you can add cheeses (choose from 7 options). Additional toppings like meats and egg whites are available at extra costs. There are also nuts and fruits to choose from (9 choices). Upon the entire list of toppings, you are free to choose a total of 4 toppings for your salad. Then please move on to the dressings. There are plenty of choices here as well. I suggest trying a few different ones before you decide your favorite, which afterall there are 20 different dressings from the simple aged Balsamic Vinegar to homemade Metropolitan Blue Cheese for cheese lovers and Blueberry Pomegranate Vinaigrette.
For the ones who can't make decisions...there are chef designed salads ($58 - $88) ready to be assembled to you as you say the words...The Asian salad composing of carrots, mandarin oranges and Romaine lettuce seems to be the most popular one so far, with California and Cobb salad coming close. After you order, you'll see your ordered toppings and greens being chopped up with a massive Mezzaluna, a half-moon shaped metal blade, and helping from a pastry scraper the salad is further tossed in the salad bowl before presented to you an asymmetrical bowl, decorated with pieces of house-grilled flatbread. Pictured here is my choice --Mesclun Mix with button mushrooms, roasted beets, chickpeas and grilled red peppers, with Chipotle aioli Dijon Vinaigrette.
When it comes to salads sourcing really does matter. You must have a high turnover to get constantly crisp lettuce that's are never limp or always fresh. Thanks to a team of kitchen staff (dressed in orange) they manage to keep everything under control. My salad was good, with a delightful crunch for the greens, and a vinaigrette not overpowering the delicate sweetness of grilled peppers and roasted beets. The flatbread is of whole wheat kind and is a good mop for the remaining dressing too.
Dessert lovers can pick up a cookie($16) or a brownie ($20) made by La Baguette in LKF, while DRESSED is serving an "Arnold Palmer", a half tea half lemonade concoction most resembling tea with lemon in HK. Daily Soups come in two sizes (Medium $28, Large $38) and 2 choices are rotating every day. The staff are attentive and service is wonderful. Those who have trouble deciding need not worry, there are plenty of staff here to guide you along and no one will rush you through your order. The menu is still being developed and new additions like the Peking Duck salad and Thai Beef salad will be added later on. There is also unlimited wifi-s for those who cannot bear one second away from the Internet.
At the time of writing there are a few more salad bars like DRESSED ready to roar. It'll soon hit our attention to go GREENS with our lunches as well as well as everything else in the world. Maybe it's about time to eat more vegetables like our mothers told us to do since we're little. I consider DRESSED as one of those outlets that try to make them more delish for those who really detest the greens...simply because they're green...
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