Pork terrine with bacon and pickles at the Breslin (Photo: Jolie Ruben)
Last night, after a several week breakfast-and-lunch run, the Breslin started to serve dinner. Chefs April Bloomfield and Peter Cho have introduced rustic rib-sticking dishes with a Euro bent, such as pork belly for two, beef shin with polenta, house-made terrines, a lamb burger with feta cheese (the Breslin’s take on the Spotted Pig cow-and-roquefort rendition?) and what co-owner Ken Friedman calls the best fries in town. See the first look at the dinner menu after the jump. (Extra points to anyone who can tell us what a scrumpet is.)
DINNER
Snacks
Malt vinegar and sea salt crisps $4
Spiced almonds $4
Caramel popcorn $5
Pork scratchings $5
Pork fat fried peanuts $6
Beef & stilton pie $6
Scotch egg $6
Scrumpets with mint vinegar $7
Terrine Boards
Guinea hen with morels / Rustic Pork / Rabbit & prune / Head Cheese Served with pickles, piccalilli and mustard
Small board $25
Large board $42
Mussel soup with curry butter $14
Onion and bone marrow soup with parmesan toast $10
Herbed Caesar salad with anchovy croutons $13
Warm smoked salmon with bacon, chives and garlic butter sauce $16
House smoked ham with piccalilli $15
Skate and potato terrine with aioli $15
Smoked belly with mashed potatoes (for 2) $50
Chargrilled lamb burger with cumin mayo and thrice cooked chips $17
Braised shin of beef with polenta and black cabbage $28
Stuffed pig’s foot (for 2) $36
Seabass on the plancha with trevise, potatoes and anchovy dressing $29
Vinegared poussin with roasted pumpkin and mint $32
Sides $7 each
Cabbage & bacon | Mashed potatoes | Thrice cooked chips | Mixed salad with pumpkin & mint | Roasted red onions & sage
Download the menu here.
A Scrumpet is a sponge-like piece of bread not too different from an english muffin, usually toasted, and eaten with butter. They’re softer than an English muffin. Aussies put vegemite on them.
I’ve always known that as a “crumpet”, not a “scrumpet”. Maybe it’s their own take on the classic, which is why they added the “s”? Or maybe scrumptious + crumpet = scrumpet?
Personally, I prefer strumpets; the more impudent the better.
Their scrumpet is pulled lamb breaded in the form of a fish stick. Deliousness!!
Do you like fishsticks in your mouth??
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I went in and the staff was great! I put some water on my face, drank some water, they let me use the phone and rest in the lounge. My girlfriend book’s groups for differenet organization’s who need lodging for out-of-towners attending different conferences and she now is recomending the Ace Hotel. Gret place - fantastic vibe - really hip - great staff - super artsy and super cool! -TommyBronx
maybe a scrumpet is a crumpet cooked by a strumpet?