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September 25, 2005
Hangover Helper: Rosewater
We splurged and went to Rosewater for brunch today with Jersey-City-pioneering friends Melissa and Steve. I desperately needed wholesome, organic, completely non-toxic food. I'm no longer capable of drinking with wild abandon on a Friday night (it was a coworker's last day) and then actually getting out of bed the following morning.
It wasn't exactly a Lost Weekend, thanks to Derek's sage hangover advice ("just drink this 14 billionth glass of water and go back to sleep"), but yesterday was a Lost Saturday. I had high hopes for a day of shopping on Smith Street, since there are so many shops that I'm forced to walk by, but not enter, when D and I go out for dinner there. But no, I spent most of the day in bed.
I managed a shower around 8pm and my only trip outside involved taking out the garbage at 9. Knitting was too difficult a task. Anything that involved focussing on a spot less than 5 feet away made my head hurt. This morning, having recovered 90% of my cognitive ability, I was walking around saying "alcohol sucks" and trying to get some Vitamin C in my system, so I was very happy we had brunch plans.
Rosewater, for the uninitiated, is a restaurant on Union and 6th in Park Slope that serves American-style food made with local, mostly organic, in-season produce. We've had dinner there once, but the brunch is more interesting and much cheaper ($12 prix fixe). We've had a fantastic squash frittata, great peach pancakes, and good challah french toast. The bread basket comes with homemade compote (the flavor varies), and sometimes the cake or focaccia in the basket is the best part of the meal.
The combination of ingredients can seem a little strange on the menu -- an egg-white omelet with trout and blue cheese, or a beet and greens salad with a poached egg and tomatoes -- but the dishes are very good. The drinks are creative, too -- I had hibiscus and rose-hips iced tea, and D had peach juice with ginger. The red velvet peach pancakes Melissa ordered weren't actually red (most likely due to the health-conscious, dye-averse kitchen) but they were very flavorful -- not your average fruit-in-a-pancake recipe. While nothing blew me away today, Rosewater is still one of my favorite brunch places -- it's worth a visit if you haven't been. Plus, if you have a healthier relationship with alcohol you can order their watermelon sangria.
Posted by csageday at September 25, 2005 11:50 PM