BAR SUZETTE

(Original post: 10/9/11)

Every year the Madison Square Park Conservancy puts on Madison Square Eats, a grand outside food market.  This year they have samplings from Almond, Asiadog, Bar Suzette, The Cannibal, Fatty Snack, Graffiti | Mehtaphor, Hong Kong Street Cart, Hot Blondies Bakery, ilili, Junoon, Macaron Parlour, The Milk Truck, Momofuku Milk Bar, Nunu Chocolates, Perfect Picnic, Red Hook Lobster Pound, Roberta’s Pizza, Robicelli’s, Sigmund’s, Spices & Tease, Stuffed Artisan Cannolis, and Wafels & Dinges, open till October 21st.  Although there were a few places at the market that offered FRIES, the FRITES at Bar Suzette caught my eye.  

Unlike many NY joints that offer FRITES, these were not the thick cut Belgian style that comes to mind.  Instead, they were very very thinly cut, resembling the canned shoestring potato snacks of my childhood.  The ultra thin stature of these FRITES is what I first noticed about them, but it also happens to be their downfall.  The first few hand-fulls were delicious, but as I added ketchup into the mix, these FRITES failed to grasp enough sauce on their delicate slivers.  The FRITES also got really cold, really fast.  Beyond these flaws, they were mildly hard to eat.  FRIES are not usually the cleanest food to eat, being finger food and all, but I like to use two fingers max to minimize mess.  Since these FRITES were so small, I needed to use my entire fist to get enough of them.

BAR SUZETTE GRADE:

Appearance: 4.5

Texture: 3.5

Taste: 3

OVERALL: 3.6