Last night we attended the inaugural Dishcrawl Greenwich event. Dishcrawl takes food lovers on a gourmet Dishcrawl to four distinctive restaurants in one night. 48 hours prior to the event, we only knew the first stop. The other 40+ foodies had guesses on where we’d stop but the other 3 were a mystery up until the point where we got to the place.
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| First stop: Barcelona Wine Bar |
The first stop was one of our favorite restaurants, Barcelona Wine Bar. We tried a few of their popular tapas: Cod Buñello, Shishito peppers, and Dates wrapped with bacon stuffed with blue cheese.
The next stop was the newest food truck in Stamford, Maddy’s. Maddy’s serves Haitian and American food. We sampled a Grilled Cheese sandwich made with Smoked and regular Gouda, bacon, roasted tomato, and a Creole remoulade. The second plate was Fried Conch with a spicy tartar sauce. Reminded us of past trips to the Caribbean where we dove for our conch.
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| Grilled Cheese @ Maddy’s Food Truck |
A Caribbean classic was the Griot, Haiti’s #1 dish made of Crispy Pork Chunks and spicy Pickled Cabbage. We learned that it takes one month for the cabbage to pickle. And where does the heat come from? Pickled habanero.
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| Griot @ Maddy’s Food Truck |
The third stop was Sundown Saloon, a bar further down Greenwich Ave. We had chicken and pork wraps/tacos, along with boneless buffalo chicken strips. Not my favorite, but the food was good with a refreshing glass of Magic Hat #9.
Final stop was Méli Mélo for dessert, where Jay and I had a scoop of Banana and Nutella and Suzette (Vanilla, orange, peel and Gran Marnier) gelato.
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| Banana and Nutella Gelato @ Méli Mélo |
So what did we think? Fun night – mostly good food and a great crowd.
For more information about Greenwich’s upcoming Dishcrawls visit dishcrawl.com, check out their Facebook page or follow them on Twitter @DishcrawlGre.
