I loved it with thin slices of roasted pork shoulder and garlic ($9), and it was better than I expected with a robust Bolognese sauce ($8.50).
Or you can chose from the house specials: grilled sliced pork shoulder, fried garlic quail, whole trout with mango sauce, duck larb or stir fried eggplant with tofu or alligator with young peppercorn, still hanging on their stem.
Melting lamb shoulder with roasted garlic creamed spinach and peppers took on Moroccan sunshine with the addition of preserved lemon and couscous.
But garlic stands shoulder to shoulder with such essentials, able to enhance and define, to add both sweetness and savour.
Among the entrees, the Patria pork, a staple of the New York restaurant, is a welcome reprise: slow-roasted shoulder meat, studded with garlic and rubbed with lime, cilantro, cumin and oregano, then sautéed with onions, garlic and ajicito peppers, sprinkled with pickled red onions and served with puréed sweet potatoes and a black bean broth.
Slow-cooked lamb shoulder with anchovies, lemon, garlic and thyme Lamb shoulder, cooked on the bone like this, is a revelation.
Pork dishes include roast pork shoulder ($7), full of garlic and pepper with pieces of crisp skin tossed in and chewy, satisfying baked pork chops ($6) smothered in onions.
James O'Brien and Louise Leonard are in charge of the kitchen; their menu changes often except for the caviar spread with toast ($6.50; regulars love it with lager), and banh mi, a Vietnamese-inspired sandwich of pork shoulder simmered in spices, garlic, soy sauce, fish sauce and a purée of sweet seasonal fruit like plums or peaches ($5.50).
A non-destructive method based on visible and near- infrared spectroscopy was investigated for determining the dry matter and soluble solids contents of dehydrator onions (485 samples) at the base, equatorial, and shoulder locations and of garlic cloves (270 samples) at the equatorial location.
This rich winter specialty from Delouvrier's hometown in Gascony features a slow braised duck leg confit, pork loin, lamb shoulder, homemade Toulouse Sausage, garlic sausages and lusciously creamy white Tarbais beans perfectly seasoned with thyme, parsley and shallots.
Six years later, she is serving dishes like shrimp sautéed in a spicy tamarind sauce, pork shoulder braised in a garlic-vinegar sauce, and red curry chicken with coconut milk, grapes, cherry tomatoes and bamboo.
