Great Food A Millennial Perspective: db bistro moderne

Db bistro moderne is the ideal casual bistro. The kitchen uses quality ingredients with solid cooking techniques. Daniel Boulud is the chef and owner of seven award winning restaurants and the Feast and Fêtes Catering Company. In Manhattan, New York Daniel Boulud’s restaurants are Daniel, Café Boulud, db bistro moderne and Bar Boulud.

Daniel Boulud was born March 25, 1955 in Saint-Pierre de Chandieu, France. At fifteen years old, Daniel Boulud earned his first professional recognition: He was a finalist in France’s competition for Best Culinary Apprentice. Boulud worked in France under Roger Vergé, Georges Blanc and Michel Guérard and later in Copenhagen.

The service is tremendous. Everyone knows the whole menu front to back and around again. Something that stuck out in my mind was the iced tea. Many flavors were available, which most restaurants don’t offer. For lunch we chose to do the two course menu. You either get to pick an appetizer and an entrée or an entrée and a dessert. I like this because not everyone wants the same exact thing.

The entire meal was exceptional from the perfectly cooked organic chicken to the sacred db burger. The db burger is basically food for the gods. Boulud’s $32.00 burger is stuffed with braised short ribs, foie gras and black truffle. The burger is served on a homemade toasted parmesan and poppy seed bun. If you’re a big spender, there’s the db burger royale with 10 grams of shaved truffles for $75.00 or the db burger double truffle with 20 grams of truffles for $150.00.

The burger was quite a challenge to eat, even for my large mouth. Normal people would probably use a fork but I dove in with my hands. All the different flavors are bold but together make a great combination.

The desserts were very creative. All had extraordinary flavors and the presentations were simple. The kitchen staff focused on flavor and left out the flair. My favorite dessert was the banana chocolate beignet with peanut ice cream. The bananas were slowly roasted and the ice cream was a perfect counterpart. It reminded me of Elvis’s banana and peanut butter sandwich.

After eating at Daniel, I had many expectations for db bistro. I also wanted to see how Daniel Boulud would go from both ends of the scale. Db bistro lived up to Boulud’s expectations and was overall just a meal.

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