A healthy portion of extremely well cooked meat. At $25 - 30 a plate that's what you get, at Prune. With little or no vegetables. (Side dishes are an extra ten.) The meat is cooked which such skill it makes you genuinely understand what that piece of meat is supposed to taste like, and exactly how it's supposed to feel in your mouth. An understanding so deep it leaves you sastisfied knowing that animal did not die in vein and it's flesh lived up to the full potential of what it could be. Sadly, the richness took a couple of my friends down during the meal. So when going to battle with Prune, might I suggest the divide and conquer strategy .By splitting the hefty portion of meat and equally intensely flavored vegetables with a friend. Therefore realeasing the strain on both your intestional tract and wallet.
Now having had my first experience with bone marrow, at Prune I can see how it's heavenly.I can also see how so many are disappointed in it. It's obvious it's allure is the creamy, molten texture. Not the flavor. The flavor is understated but the way it slides in your mouth piping and hot is complimented by the subtle flavor. It is however rich as hell. I strongly recomend eating the parsley salad to clean your system. If you don't the Marrow is so potent you will sweat it out of your pores and feel it on your skin later. It's that intense. Also for some reason, my marrow was served without toasted bread. Even though I've seen it served at Prune on other Yelp pictures and on No reservations. I assume this also would have helped with digestion and prevented some of my comrades from falling so Early in the battle of our meal.
Half Roasted Chicken with Salsa Verde.
Crispy Chips
Prune from outside.
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Elana A.
When they say "Big Gay Ice Cream Truck", I think they are actually referring to two men having sex. As you can see, by the painfully huge smiles , it made Chris and I the other gay. Blithe, cheerful, care free, and joyous that is how we felt, in abundance. I suspect that there maybe something too the crazy ingredient combinations, at this truck. They act like a a Molotov Cocktail of antidepressents, thrown at your brain. With combonations like bacon and chocolate, and Wasabi and vanilla, this is not your ordinary ice cream high. It'll leave you smilling even if your miserably cold and doing me, the ackward favo,r of lugging my plant through Union square. Just to take it home and care for it while I trapse through Europe.
Wasabi Pea Dust and Vanilla Ice Cream
