Friday night consisted of eating and eating and eating at Susan Feniger’s new restaurant called STREET.
I made a reservation two weeks in advance on opentable and thank goodness I did, because by the time we arrived, the restaurant was bursting at the seams with a line almost out the door at 8:30pm. For those who didn’t plan ahead, the wait was a minimum of 45 minutes.
We ordered drinks at the bar while our table was being set – a Godfather and a Singapore Sling. WOW – they were POTENT. Ten minutes later, we got sat outside in the patio right in front of a giant window that peered into the kitchen. It was like performance art!
window to susan feniger's soul...
We ordered the Kaya Toast (as I had heard Susan talking about it on Good Food with Evan Kleiman on KCRW on February 7) and had to try it. Homemade coconut paste spread on pieces of toasted bread meant to be eaten with a sunnyside up egg with soy sauce and radicchio and green salad.
appetizer - kaya toast
Since there were only two of us, we thought it would be interesting to get the Globe Trot to be able to taste a bit of everything.
globe trot
The following images are of the five courses that came with the globe trot that took us around the world to India (three times), Korea, and somewhere in the Middle East.
globe trotter - course 1
We couldn’t really understand what the waiter was telling us these were but he told us to pour the sauce into the little crunchy morsels of goodness; we happily obliged and devoured them – no questions asked. Definitely an Indian influence of some sort…
globe trotter - course 2
These were fried trout fritters with yogurt sauce – Indian influence again – and piping hot too!
globe trotter - course 3
We hopped over to Korea with this salad of bean sprouts, cabbage, carrots, and tofu dressed with a tangy vinaigrette. Refreshing.
globe trotter - course 4
Then we flew back to India for a chick pea curry and spinach paneer with rice. Unfortunately, the spinach was a bit too fresh and still had some dirt stuck to it, which made it a bit difficult to eat.
globe trotter - course 5
Our final course took us to somewhere in the Middle East with a chicken skewer with the most amazing crunchy crusted skin!
dessert - egyptian cake
For dessert, the house sent us this Egyptian sponge cake with fresh blueberries and lemon sauce to make up for the grit in the spinach paneer – it was light and sweet, but just enough to end the night on a high note.
Please click on the Thrillist.com link for the menu (dessert is not included).
Here are a few pictures of the outside patio area and the inside of the restaurant.
outside patio area
looking inside the retaurant from the patio
And last but not least, a blurry and dark picture of me about to call a tow truck to tow me and my very full belly out of the restaurant!!
so full after all that delicious food!
I highly recommend visiting Street – it’s an culinary adventure!
KinkyChinky, llc 
jessiebr Said:
on April 9, 2009 at 5:08 am
So, so bummed that I couldn’t join you! Next time. Next time. 😦 xoxo Jessie (www.jessiebr.blogspot.com)