Shrimp & Grits topped off with a poached egg
Shrimp & Grits
This successful version of the dish boasts a sauce rich with sauteed onions & garlic. The grits are rich, full-flavored and creamy. The shrimp are plump and tender, and one perfectly poached egg finishes the dish. This is one of the best versions of this dish that we’ve tasted in Atlanta.
Fish & Chips with sweet & sour slaw
Crisp & airy breading encases moist cod filets. While this version of fish & chips is enjoyable, we prefer their Sunday Supper’s Sweetwater brined & fried catfish. (mentioned here)
JCT Kitchen & Bar
1198 Howell Mill Road
Atlanta, GA 30318
404 355 2252
Two crumbly pecan cookies sandwiched together with pineapple jam then rolled in icing and sugar. These tasty cookies are bigger than my fist. YUM!
This attractive roll consists of a basic dough. (No filling) But, rolled in granulated sugar, this makes a great roll to serve with a cup of coffee.
This molasses piggy is quite rich with shortening.
The pastry/roll at the upper right is filled with guava jam. It also has a basic bread dough as the “pastry”. This was an enjoyable treat, but, we would have enjoyed it significantly more if they were a bit more generous with the guava paste… lotsa bread & 4 bites of guava paste.
La Suprema Bakery
Clairmont & Buford Highway
(Clairmont side of Fiesta Plaza)
Ravioli di cipolla: Carmelized Onion & Mascarpone with sweet balsamic glaze
Ravioli di Cipolla
Savory carmelized onion and mascarpone cheese filled ravioli with buttery cream sauce and balsamic glaze drizzle make for a perfect comfort food meal… Italian style.
Zucca: Butternut squash with a touch of amaretto fill these half-moon shaped ravioli
Zucca
These butternut squash ravioli have a fair bit of sweetness to them. Luckily, the braised radicchio (Italian Chicory) temper that sweetness. All the best flavors of fall are stuffed in a ravioli.
Fritto Misto: A mixed fry of calamari, shrimp and zucchini
Fritto Misto
The shrimp and calamari were cooked well with crisp exterior and tender, delicate centers. The calamari was particulary melt-in-your-mouth tender. But, the zucchini faired worse. It absorbed a significant amount of oil… this was the one real failure of the meal. It’s not surprising. Almost all attempts to fry zucchini end in failure.
Service: Service quality at Figo varies by location. We prefer the Westside location.
Figo
(multiple locations)
1210 Howell Mill Road (@ the corner of Huff Road)
Atlanta, GA 30318
404 351 3700
Philly Cheese with Rotisserie Chicken
Piled High Fish Sandwich
Firebird Rotisserie & Sports
4719 Ashford Dunwoody Rd.
Dunwoody, GA 30338
77o 804 8288
Summer Shade Festival 2009
An artist market & food market with music & 5k run
August 29, 2009 (10am-11pm) & August 30, 2009 (11am-7:30pm)
For Summer Shade Festival Information: SummerShade.org
–And–
Corks & Forks
A Food & Wine Event
Admission: $35 in advance or $45 at the gate
Chef & Restaurant Lineup for:
Saturday, August 29, 2009 — 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Cabot Creamery
Dolce’, Kris Calloway
Geisha House, Kris Calloway
Graveyard Tavern – Justin Bright
JCT Kitchen, Fry Ford
Murphy’s, Gregg McCarthy
ONE Midtown Kitchen, Tom Harvey
PARISH Foods, Nick Melvin
Peasant Bistro, Russell Hayes
Rathbun’s, Kevin Rathbun & Kirk Parks
Rosebud, Ron Eyester
The Melting Pot,
The Sun Dial Restaurant, Bar & View, Christian Messier
Trader Vic’s, Michael Broderick
Trois, Drew Van Levvan
Chef & Restaurant Lineup for:
Sunday, August 30, 2009 — 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Bhojanic, Archna Malhotra Becker
Cabot Creamery
Canoe, Carvel Grant Gould
Graveyard Tavern, Justin Bright
Holy Taco
Legal Seafoods, John Piper
Livingston, Gary Mennie
Metrotainment Bakery
Rise Sushi, Tony Wang
Serpas True Food, Scott Serpas
Six Feet Under, Nancy Mitchell
TAP, Adrian Villarreal
The Melting Pot,
The Shed at Glenwood, Lance Gummere
TWO urban licks, Cameron Thompson
Woodfire Grill, Kevin Gillespie
For More Information on Corks & Forks: Corks & Forks
Grant Park
537 Park Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30312
German Bierfest 2009 @ Woodruff Park
August 29, 2009
2:00pm – 7:00pm
Over 30 German beers will be poured and available for consumption. Addmission includes all the beer you can SAFELY consume and commemorative glassware for the first 1,500 visitors!
Admission: $30 in advance or $35 at the gate
For More Information: German Bierfest 2009
Taste of Chamblee
August 29, 2009
11:00am – 9:00pm
Sample food from 25 area restaurants for $1 – $4
Some of the restaurants participating will be:
Pig n Chik BBQ
57th Fighter Group Restaurant
Mojo’s Dog House
Wild Ginger Thai Restaurant
Galla’s Pizzeria
Gilly’s
Vintage Pizzeria
Wan Lai
Connections Cafe
Chick-fil-a
Maison Robert Fine Chocolates & Pastries
And, the Beer Garden will offer Yuengling, Fat Tire, Sun Rye Light Summer Ale, Bud & Bud Light!
For More Information: Taste of Chamblee
Family Style Sunday Supper
A basket of mini biscuits
Served with butter and vanilla apple butter
Deviled egg
Sprinkled with herbs and drizzled with olive oil
Farmstand salad
Fresh greens, curly endive, sliced baby carrots, paper-thin fennel, fresh corn sliced right off the cob, green beans and sliced radish drizzled with a delicate vinaigrette.
The Meat
We chose:
(Sweetwater Brined) Fried Catfish
Wow! This catfish was out-of-this-world GOOD! While it’s not what I would call a traditional version, our battered and fried catfish was almost unrecognizable as catfish. The filet was huge. The texture of the fish was delicate and flaky. The sweetwater brining kept the filet moist and juicy, while the exterior was deliciously crisp. I can easily say we both consider this the best fried catfish in Atlanta. And, possibly the best fried catfish we’ve ever eaten.
Black Skillet Fried Chicken
This fried chicken stirred much debate at our table. While, I personally wish to name it the best fried chicken in Atlanta, my honey still gives the nod to Busy Bee. (I hate to disagree. I’ve long been a fan of Busy Bee. The incredible reliability and chronically perfect golden brown shell encasing moist, juicy chicken has kept it our favorite for 5 years… at least.) But, JCT has risen to the top for me. The quality of the chicken is unmistakable. The deep rich chicken flavor speaks to that quality. And, the crisp, well-seasoned coating adds even more flavor. Combining superior crispness with light, the crisp breading has a delicate flake to it. This delicate flaky yet still-crisp shell pushes it straight to the top for me. And, then to gild the lily, they add a fine drizzle of honey. Winner! My new favorite!
Three Sides
We Chose:
Macaroni & Cheese
Smoky Benton’s bacon, butter, and cheddar… insanely rich!
Squash Casserole
Breaded and fried slices of summer squash with a sprinkling of cheese
Collard Greens
Tender, yummy greens with a bit of smoked pork for flavor
Dessert
Chocolate Cake with chocolate buttercream
Delightfully light and fluffy, yet, rich with dark chocolate flavor.
Verdict: We love Sunday Supper @ JCT! (For $24 per person)
The Best Fried Catfish: Unanimously, yes!
The Best Fried Chicken: I vote yes!
JCT Kitchen & Bar
1198 Howell Mill Road, Suite 18
Atlanta, GA 30318
404 355 2252
Potted Chicken Liver & Foie Gras Pâté with grilled bread
The touch of smoke from the grilled bread play off the creamy richness of the pâté. All at once, rich, buttery, and delicate with an air of sweetness that just barely presents itself. (Possibly from a reduction of armagnac, to dissipate the alcohol.)
Also, noteworthy, the pretzel in the rear was fresh from the oven. Hot, thick-crusted and crisp with a soft, chewy interior, this perfectly fresh-out-of-the-oven pretzel puts the room temperature (resulting in a softer, chewier product) version of this pretzel sold at Star Provisions to shame. But, now I know what a few minutes in the oven can do to these little beauties.
Bread & Butter
Halibut with shaved fennel & chanterelles
This might just be the best halibut we’ve eaten in Atlanta. The harmony of rich butter, the freshness of the shaved fennel and a bit of earthiness from the chanterelles. Lovely.
Abattoir Burger
The blend of beef and pork adds a distinctive richness to this burger. And, a unique mousseline-like quality seems to result from the finely ground meat used in its preparation.
Campuget, 1753 — Earthy, spicy, and complex
Returning Soon — To sample the hazelnut meringue sundae.
Abattoir
1170 Howell Mill Road
Atlanta, GA 30318
404 892 3335
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