Some 2007 highlights from around the region
AC Weekly's contributing food writer Frank Gabriel recalls some of the most memorable meals from a year of dining in the Atlantic City area.
Most Memorable: Crab stuffed avocado: Nostalgia Room, Ventnor.
A glorious evening's addition, juicy diced avocado cleverly blended with ripe, midsummer Jersey tomatoes and crabmeat in a wispy lemon dressing. Delicate and visually appealing, this mock ceviche bore all the marks of a caring, creative kitchen.
Honorable Mentions:
• Seared foie gras: Dune, Margate.
• Buffalo chicken meatballs: The Continental, A.C.
Most Memorable: Lobster and corn bisque: Old Waterway Inn, Atlantic City.
On a frigid night, in the depths of a brutally cold February, this luscious bowl filled me with soulful warmth. A classic dance between seafood, sherry and cream.
Honorable Mentions:
• Tomato basil: Manna, Ventnor.
• White bean and corn chowder: Joseph's at the Tuscany House, Egg Harbor City.
Most Memorable: Pumpkin spice pappardelle: Dune, Margate.
Chef Jason Hanin's autumnal masterpiece paired toasted prosciutto bits, exotic Japanese mushrooms, crunchy pistachios and soybeans in a smooth blanket of chestnut cream sauce. Further evidence why Dune is the match for any restaurant, anywhere.
Honorable Mentions:
• Lobster Tournaise: Vienna Inn, Galloway Twp.
'We were on vacation, my husband and I, and Michael said we won the James Beard award! I screamed and everyone around the pool wondered what happened. Then I told everyone and I did a little dance.'
We are, without the slightest hint of hyperbole, like nowhere else in the country. Maybe the world. New Jersey is known as the Garden State with good reason and this is the epicenter of that garden.
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