PrintCabrito Introduces Glorious Goat Belly Tacos
Photograph from Laurieinbaltimore on Flickr
The hot pink goat that graced the entrance to Cabrito may have been recently stolen by a miscreant, but this hasn't stopped chef Dave Schuttenberg from devising delicious uses for the restaurant’s namesake protein. I stopped into the West Village eatery the other night for a cocktail, stuffed to the gills after eating pizza. Tacos were the last thing on my mind. But when the barman told me about goat belly tacos, an off-menu special, I had to try one. And I'm glad I did.
Schuttenberg buys so many goats that he created this dish to put the beast’s bellies to good use—and what a good use it is. Run, don’t walk and wrap your hands around one of these little suckers now. They're so mind-bogglingly good I could eat them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I kid you not.
Tender chunks of rich, fatty goat belly are dressed with serrano chiles, celery, red onion and crumbled cotija cheese. Schuttenberg admits he's “totally addicted” to this off-menu special that’s been running for about a week.
I, too, have fallen under the spell of these deliriously tasty flavor bombs. The goat itself is gloriously fatty and all that greenery makes for a nice bright counterpoint, as does a judicious squeeze of lime.
Cabrito
50 Carmine Street, New York NY 10014 (map)
212-929-5050
cabritonyc.com
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5 Comments:
Wow, this sounds great. Thanks for the tip Joe.
Gazing into the crystal ball: Goat belliy might be the new Pork Belly?
JudgeFudge at 1:11PM on 03/05/09
oh jeez that sounds good.
ninalalli at 6:05PM on 03/05/09
"I kid you not"--ouch, what a pun!
klg19 at 8:59PM on 03/05/09
^ hahaha I missed that
Big B at 12:35PM on 03/06/09
@Big B---glad the subtle approach worked....I could've easily written this as the lede: "Even though some miscreant got Cabrito's goat..."
Joe DiStefano at 3:35PM on 03/06/09