DishDoppelgänger: Sorella and McDonald’s
Arthur Bovino — November 16, 2009
Left, Sorella’s Crispy Veal Sweetbreads. Right, McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets (10 piece).
You know you’ve been caught looking at celebrity look-alike features in tabloids on the supermarket line or when surfing online. Well, we’re applying the concept to well-known dishes and others that resemble them. And why not, for those of us interested in food, Thomas Keller’s Oysters and Pearls dish is just as iconic as Jay Leno’s chin. As soon as a doppelgänger dish emerges, you better believe we’ll spot it.
Sorella’s Crispy Veal Sweetbreads with Quince Bacon Marmalade.
Just to be clear, Sorella (view) is wonderful. There’s the crisp, salted Grissini. The Pate de Fegato with its half inch spread of creamy chicken liver mousse. Another favorite are the perfectly seasoned, Crispy Veal Sweetbreads with Quince Bacon Marmalade ($11.00). They’re the ballpark rendition of sweetbreads. They feature a cornmeal-like crust that’s gritty in a good way. But someone has to say it: as unlikely a comparison as it may seem at first, Sorella’s sweetbreads and their sweet, musty sauce, trigger a taste recall of McDonald’s (view) Chicken McNuggets.
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