12/30/2023 0 Comments Madcap cafe veggie nachos![]() Of course, I’m going to point you to my 2016 review because most items remain the same and just as good as before. Now ensconced in the former River Street Cafe, just past Brown's Brewing, Oh Corn! Arepas has not only found a new home but given Troy something it was missing: Venezuelan cuisine. Welcome back, Oh Corn! Those in the know have continued to pick up their corn-based hand-held goodies at the Troy farmers market, but the rest of us missed the Halfmoon location when it closed during the pandemic lockdown. And don’t miss out on a piping-hot, sweet-salty mountain of house-shaved potato chips au gratin you could call Irish nachos with a French twist. From the checkerboard floors to the trailing pink faux flowers, this is maximum cute reinvented as a welcoming, street-savvy cafe with paintings by local artists and fliers documenting endless funk/thrash/pop shows at the local venues El Dorado and No Fun. In other words, grab your friends, let dietary differences unite rather than divide and order out or dine in. Combining their culinary viewpoints in one madcap funky, art-filled cafe, the duo is putting out a smashing fermented cauliflower Reuben with Russian, melted onions and Gruyere on grilled rye an optimal falafel with pickled turnips and whipped feta and a rare roast beef made with Kilcoyne farm grass-fed beef, cabbage slaw and sweet paprika aioli. In the former vegan delicatessen Berben & Wolf cafe, next door to Sunhee’s Farm & Kitchen, Max Wolff has joined forces with chef Ian Brower (The Kitchen Table, Lost & Found) with delicious results. Try the Dan Dan dumplings, a riff on Dan Dan noodles in crimped parcel form with Impossible sausage, mushrooms, noodles, preserved mustard greens and fresh yu choy the gua bao - a vegan version of the famous gua (pork belly) buns or a noodle bowl with cukes, pickles and sesame seed-encrusted tofu. That potent Chiu Chow-style chile oil is a fiery condiment made with preserved chiles, and You’s liberal pour might be too much for some, so either go light or ask for it on the side. Her short list of vegan and gluten-free dumplings, bao (filled soft buns) and noodle bowls are scratch made, including the dough for her fluffy bao, with greens and chiles she grows, all topped with a homemade chile oil. Honoring her Chinese roots (Baba means "dad" in Chinese), owner Mae-Yee You is filling the Sunday-to-Tuesday daytime slot with her locavore approach to plant-based Chinese food, one of the hot trends for 2023. But now meet Baba Duck, a one-woman operation you might recognize from the Troy Waterfront Farmers Market or an earlier incarnation as pandemic pop-up, Chewish. still exists, serving its unique vegan menu Thursday to Sunday. ![]() Remember The Little Viking Co., which I called “possibly the smallest plant-based lunch spot” operating out of Burrito Burrito on Broadway in Troy? Well, The Little Viking Co.
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