The Marrow

When a friend decides to move and leave for greener pastures, it's a sad time. I never want to see anyone go. But I always like to do a last hurrah. And for this dear friend, we went to The Marrow. This Harold Dieterle restaurant in the West Village boast both contemporary German and Italian food. And ode to his heritage and the food behind it.

We started with the bone marrow ($17) with sea urchin, fried potatoes, meyer lemon aioli, and baby celery greens. A fat boasting marrow with briny globs of sea urchin schmeared on some toasted bread. I'm a fan of both marrow and sea urchin but the latter was overpowered by other other strong flavors. The delicate flavors of the ocean was muted although the texture did lend a nice creaminess to the dish without adding more fat.

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