Caviar Comes Calling

Alexandre Petrossian (heir of the caviar business that bears his family name) this week showcased some of his company's newest menu offferings. There were treats aplenty at Petrossian restaurant, but our favorite was this playful blini topped with a quail egg (can we ever have enough eggs?), caviar and a snippet of crème frâiche. Also featured was one of Petrossian’s newer products, pressed caviar. When prodded about what they do with the “juice” left from pressing four kilograms of caviar into one kilogram of condensed, surreal deliciousness, the heir merely smiled and answered that this was a family secret. We'll report back if we discover what that secret is.

Our breakfast at Petrossian was a feast that touched our innermost voluptuary. Don’t forget, the restaurant's boutique and café also offer some of the finest gourmet foods in Manhattan. Their pastries are perfectly flaky, and the Greek honey they’ve sourced is so floral and fresh, you can taste the summer breeze. Perfect for the colder days now upon us. Or for holiday gift-buying. Because much as we love eggs, who doesn't love caviar?

 

Caviar, By the Glass

With caviar coming under increasing scrutiny as a non-sustainable luxury, it was just a matter of time before bons vivants opened their minds to new caviar choices that don't involve gutting a pregnant sea creature. (Indeed, soy caviar made an appearance at the Fancy Food Show, in New York, a few years back.) But the latest iteration of the coveted globules has come from Remy Cointreau, maker of Cointreau, a key ingredient in cocktails from margaritas to Cosmopolitans. Tonight, at an intimate event held at the white-hot New Museum, in the Bowery, Cointreau took the wraps off of its own version of caviar, created by master mixologist Fernando Castellon. Not truly intended as a replacement for beluga, osetra or sevruga, the caviar is designed to be used as an additive to Cointreau cocktails. Watch for it soon at an upscale watering hole near you. %%showphotos [setid=72157603987406005]%%