The Stanton Social

I can't believe it took me so long to post about this. Saturday, we went out for my mom's birthday at Chris Santos' restaurant, The Stanton Social. The ability to sample so many things off of the menu was vast and amazing. We were able to share many dishes amongst ourselves and all of them were fantastic.

The six dishes we shared were:

1. The Potato and Goat Cheese Pirogies with truffle creme fraische.

I'm not the biggest fan of goat cheese, though, I have to say that I've never had any pirogies like that before. The creme fraische and the caramelized onions on top really sold them to me.

2. The French Onion Soup Dumplings

This is one of the restaurant's signature dishes and it just makes eating French onion soup so much easier. He makes the soup, "dumplifies" it, sticks a tooth pick in it, places them an escargot dish and melts gruyere on top.

3. The Lobster Pizzetta

I don't really know how to describe this one, however, it was really great. Truffles, lobster, bacon and herbs, it was just amazing.

4. The Beef Wellington

Another signature to the restaurant. It's a traditional beef wellington made with puff pastry, beef tenderloin, and fois gras mousse. Even though it was great, I can't seem to pick a favorite dish.

5. The Mushroom Risotto Cakes

I'm a big fan of mushroom risotto. To have it in a small cake didn't diminish anything about it at all, it just made it tapas style.

6. The Sweet Potato Ravioli

These were interesting, I only got a bite of them though. It was a combination of sweetness and pasta, really great flavor.

7. The Chicken and Waffles

This was a modern twist on a New York tradition. It had a lot of different flavors, like the spike of the balsamic vinegar.

AND THEN THERE WAS DESSERT

THE DOUGHNUTS!!!

These were some of the best doughnuts I've ever had and their going on the doughnuts of note page. They were warm, covered in sugar, and had three dipping sauces-raspberry, chocolate, and caramel. What else is there to say? They were great!

It was an amazing dinner and there were so many great dishes and you would think that I'd be full after that. I was, however, we still went out for cupcakes (just take a look at my previous post).