This week's recommendations include fried quesadillas from Mexico City and MSG martinis in Brooklyn, N.Y.
We tallied a list with scores of classic Mexican restaurants across the region. Here are our top picks.MSG martini from Bonnie’s in Brooklyn, N.Y., or monosodium glutamate, is a push-up bra for food. It enhances the goods that are already there.
A little sprinkle on some wok-fried string beans will lift the limp vegetables to new heights. The reason you can’t stop eatingIf you’ve ever wondered what would happen if you added this flavor enhancer to alcohol, Bonnie’s, aYou choose Grey Goose vodka or Botanist gin and the bartender adds olive brine, Shaoxing wine and MSG. I chose vodka, not wanting the other elements in the drink to be overshadowed by any juniper or flavors in the gin. It’s served ice-cold in a coup glass with three olives.
That first sip is eye-widening. A total shock to your mouth. The heady, sharp taste of the Shaoxing wine floods your tongue, the salty brine rushes in and there’s a hit of spice from the vodka. It all seems heightened, like I’m momentarily sipping drinks as theYou feel the MSG more than taste it, with the sensation of something or someone dancing on the roof of your mouth.
My colleagues and strangers on the internet rave about the MSG martini. To be honest, the first sip was so intense, I couldn’t tell if I loved or loathed it. By the fifth sip, I loved it. I think.
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