Divine Presidential Palates Dining Experience At Delmonico’s Restaurant In NYC

In honor of the upcoming election, Delmonico’s Restaurant is offering a special menu - Presidential Palates – in collaboration with former Executive Residence White House Chef John Moeller (Clinton & Bush Sr & Jr.) and Delmonico’s Executive Chef Billy Oliva.

Delmonico’s Presidential Palates

The famous Delmonico’s Restaurant in NYC is honoring this year’s epic race to the White House by hosting the “Presidential Palates” menu, which is inspired by Executive Chef Billy Oliva’s mastery of Delmonico’s US Presidents historic menus and Chef Moeller’s Dining at the White House—From the President’s Table to Yours award winning cookbook.

Crab “Flake” À La Newberg

Served to President Teddy Roosvelt on his birthday at Delmonico’s, the Crab “Flake” À La Newberg included two pieces of juicy, succulent king crab meat that have been crusted with cornflake and pan-fried. The dish is accompanies by crispy crab cake topped with ossetra caviar and micro greens.

Grilled Shiitake Mushrooms

The cylindrical Grilled Shiitake Mushrooms, served during the Bush Administration at the White House in honor of the Prime Minister of Italy’s visit, highlights layers of Jonah crabmeat and herbs with gruyere cheese. The plate is drizzled with roasted red pepper sauce for additional flavor.

Kennedy Clan’s Turkey À La King for Two

While the name of the dish suggests it should serve two people, the Kennedy Clan’s Turkey À La King for Two is enough to feed a whole family. On top of juicy, tender turkey are generous portion of chanterelle mushrooms, sweet peas, and charred peppers in rich tio pepe cream sauce. Enjoy the dish with a side of al dante, herbed pappardelle. The dish was served to President John F. Kennedy at Delmonico’s.

Potus Rice Pudding & Baked Alaska

The smooth, velvety Potus Rice Pudding (background) with lavender essence, peach compote, and pistachio sponge was inspired by President Jefferson. Delmonico’s signature Baked Alaska Underneath the beautiful meringue of Delmonico’s signature Baked Alaska lies moist walnut cake, apricot jam, and banana gelato.

Best Sandwich Shop in the Square: Crema Cafe

I have been to quite a lot of restaurants in Cambridge, but I haven't taken advantage of all the wonderful little eateries and sandwich shops in Harvard Square. A couple weeks ago, a friend introduced me to Crema Cafe, and it immediately became my favorite sandwich shop in Cambridge.

I ordered the Turkey & Jicama Slaw ($7.50), House roasted turkey with jicama slaw, avocado, bacon, ancho chili vinaigrette, and mayo on a toasted homemade baguette.

I modified the order without bacon and mayo. The sandwich was a bit messy to eat because of all the jicama slaw spilling out of the sandwich. I feel like they added extra vinaigrette to make up for the lack of mayo because it was slightly greasy/oily.

Such a difficult sandwich to devour. The turkey tasted like it was carved right off from oven-roasted turkey on a Thanksgiving night. I wished the chunk of avocado was bigger. The baguette was toasted so nicely and the vinaigrette soaked into the white part of the bread nicely without making it soggy. I enjoyed the crunchiness of the jicama slaw.

My friend had the Spinach Artichoke Chicken ($6.95) with sweet potato chips on the side. She said this is her favorite sandwich and that she gets it every time. Haha.

The sandwich was made with grilled chicken breast with creamy artichoke spread and wilted spinach pressed on homemade focaccia. The focaccia looked delicious, but I'm not sure if my stomach could tolerate the creaminess of the spinach and the artichoke spread. The sweet potato chips were a bit bland.