{"id":5029,"date":"2014-05-28T10:15:08","date_gmt":"2014-05-28T10:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/letsnomnom.wordpress.com\/?p=5029"},"modified":"2019-06-13T15:51:09","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T22:51:09","slug":"candle-cafe-west-upper-west-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/28\/candle-cafe-west-upper-west-side\/","title":{"rendered":"Candle Cafe West, Upper West Side"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Candle<\/a>After our visit to the MOMA<\/a>, Cassie and I rode the subway to the Upper West Side. We rode the train to 72nd, then walked the rest of the way to 89th street. I haven\u2019t visited this area in a while, and it was nice to be back. We met John at Candle Cafe West<\/a> for dinner. This was my 3rd visit, which seems like a lot considering how many restaurants there are in NYC. What can I say, it is one of my favorites.<\/p>\n

John ordered the Cajun Seitan Sandwich ($16) again! Grilled focaccia, cajun crusted seitan, red onions, avocado, kale and ancho-chili aioli, field green salad. The seitan cutlets are very generously sized and quite tasty too. \"Cajun<\/a>Cassie ordered the Morel Crusted Tofu ($20) with sauteed spring vegetables and a truffled cauliflower puree. Lovely plating. I always love how peas add a beautiful pop of green. The tofu was great, but that cauliflower puree was simply divine. \"Morel<\/a>I almost ordered one of the mushroom specials, but changed my mind at the last minute and ordered the Seitan Piccata ($23) instead. I\u2019ve had this before<\/a>, but it is a Candle Cafe signature dish and it makes me quite happy. Sauvignon Blanc went nicely with the piccata, although a light Chardonnay would have been great too.\u00a0\"Seitan<\/a>Seitan with creamed spinach, mushrooms, garlic mashed potatoes, and a white wine lemon caper sauce. I\u2019m in love that sauce, and the spinach was actually creamy, unlike what I had for brunch<\/a> earlier in the day. They serve very large cutlets of seitan at Candle Cafe, which unfortunately, left me too full for dessert!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After our visit to the MOMA, Cassie and I rode the subway to the Upper West Side. We rode the train to 72nd, then walked the rest of the way to 89th street. I haven\u2019t visited this area in a while, and it was nice to be back. We met John at Candle Cafe West for dinner. This was my 3rd visit, which seems like a lot considering how many restaurants there are in NYC. What can I say, it is one of my favorites. John ordered the Cajun Seitan Sandwich ($16) again! Grilled focaccia, cajun crusted seitan, red onions, avocado, kale and ancho-chili aioli, field green salad. The seitan cutlets are very generously sized and quite tasty too. Cassie ordered the Morel Crusted Tofu ($20) with sauteed spring vegetables and a truffled cauliflower puree. Lovely plating. I always love how peas add a beautiful pop of green. The tofu was great, but that cauliflower puree was simply divine. I almost ordered one of the mushroom specials, but changed my mind at the last minute and ordered the Seitan Piccata ($23) instead. I\u2019ve had this before, but it is a Candle Cafe signature dish and it makes me quite happy. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3355,3358,3639],"tags":[463,803,1619,1715,2055,2486,2520,2522,2714,3053,3069,3143],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-46.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5029"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}