{"id":893,"date":"2011-03-07T20:31:03","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T01:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/?p=893"},"modified":"2011-03-07T20:31:56","modified_gmt":"2011-03-08T01:31:56","slug":"remnants-of-an-alto-prix-fixe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/remnants-of-an-alto-prix-fixe\/","title":{"rendered":"Remnants of an Alto Prix Fixe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alto interior<\/p><\/div>\n

Alto has closed<\/a>, so here’s some postmortem food porn taken from a 4 course<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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complimentary starter<\/p><\/div>\n

After ordering the 4 course, this was presented as compliments of the chef. I assume it’s some sort of truffle appetizer.<\/p>\n

Note: I’ve tried to correctly identify the dishes below with their menu names. The names may or may not be accurate.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Polpo alla Piastra con Baccala<\/p><\/div>\n

seared octopus, salt cod, tomato agrodolce, culatura d\u2019alici<\/em><\/p>\n

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Garganelli Bolognese <\/p><\/div>\n

hand-made pasta quills, milk-fed veal ragu, parmigiano fonduta<\/em><\/p>\n

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Pappardelle con Agnello e Santoreggia <\/p><\/div>\n

hand-made pasta ribbons, braised lamb, savory, pecorino<\/em><\/p>\n

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Tagliata di Manzo con Funghi e Midollo <\/p><\/div>\n

creekstone farms sirloin, black trumpette mushrooms, parsnip puree, roasted fingerling potatoes,\u00a0red wine-bone marrow sauce<\/em><\/p>\n

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Nodino di Vitello con I Cardi <\/p><\/div>\n

roasted amish veal chop, cardoons, licorice, castelvetrano olives<\/em><\/p>\n

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aftermath of the sirloin<\/p><\/div>\n

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Torrone<\/p><\/div>\n

piemontese nougat semifreddo, hazelnut cake, warm chocolate sauce<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bomboloni<\/p><\/div>\n

apple cinnamon doughnuts, caramel sauce<\/em><\/p>\n

Alto<\/a>, given its location in Midtown East, is a prime venue for corporate dining. Formerly a Michael White \/ Chris Cannon joint (emphasis on the former), I expected to be blown away by the pasta dishes. Instead, I enjoyed their mushroom soup (the brown puddle of soup is not pictured above) and the Bomboloni the most.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alto has closed, so here’s some postmortem food porn taken from a 4 course. After ordering the 4 course, this was presented as compliments of the chef. I assume it’s some sort of truffle appetizer. Note: I’ve tried to correctly identify the dishes below with their menu names. The names may or may not be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[312],"tags":[582,575,579,505,580,578,576,581,170,577],"class_list":["post-893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-2","tag-4-course","tag-alto","tag-chris-cannon","tag-dessert","tag-michael-white","tag-midtown-east","tag-pasta","tag-prix-fixe","tag-steak","tag-veal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=893"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":906,"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893\/revisions\/906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}