JANUARY 2014 | BOROMAG.COM | 7 Pollack Tacos from Pachanga Patterson 33-17 31st Avenue • Astoria Ancho-battered with a thin batter and juicy, tender white fish beneath, these are some addictive tacos. The citrus habanero and red onions are tangy and hot, but just enough to make you squirm and then bite right back in again. Kakadu Crosti from The Thirsty Koala 35-12 Ditmars Boulevard • Astoria The chef here makes her own goat cheese daily, and then spreads it on giant toast points with kakadu. What the @#$! is kakadu? Australian plums that are sweet and a little tart, which also come topped with shreds of prosciutto, olive tapenade, shallots, and balsamic glaze. Salty, sweet, sour, hot, cold, crispy, moist, tender, and downright fantastic. Capellini Cake from Tufino Pizzeria 36-08 Ditmars Boulevard • Astoria It is just what it sounds like. Capellini pasta, cacciocavallo cheese, fresh ricotta, breaded & lightly fried to perfection. Two come in an order, and I always swear to take one home—but it never makes it out of the restaurant. Shaved Hudson Valley Foie Gras from Salt and Fat 41-16 Queens Boulevard • Sunnyside Those fluffy tan snowflakes are actually shaved Hudson Valley foie gras, rendered light and feathery, cloaking a heaping mound of cinnamon-dusted mandarin orange segments which explode like sweet, tangy bursts of fresh orange juice over paper-thin stained-glass tiles of bacon brittle. Hinomaru Pachenga Patterson Tufino Pizzeria The Thirsty Koala Salt And Fat
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