GAZELLE MAGAZINE Vol. 2, Issue 4 | Page 63

CUISINE 3 Spencer recently left his job and decided to pursue food blogging full time, and wants to continue focusing more on developing his style of telling the story of a restaurant and creating an experience for the reader. “Early on, my posts were straight up reviews - ‘This is bad, this is good, four out of five.’ Then I got rid of that. “My interest is more about the whole restaurant scene - it’s about the people making the food, it’s about the people managing the restaurants, it’s about what’s going into a dish. What is inspiring a chef or a bartender. I don’t think there’s really anyone else doing that.” 1 Completely Sauced 6 Food Truck Jambalaya, Po’ boy, beignets 2 Scape Grilled Atlantic Swordfish, roasted potatoes, cauliflower, sweet corn puree, pickled mustard seed and tomato vinaigrette 3 La Patisserie Chouquette Sump Coffee Macarons 4 Hiro 9 Purple yam mousse with Chantilly cream and figs over a perfect caramel with slices of fresh mango, flanked by a choux pastry swan swimming through cream and chocolate 5 Aya Sofia Kofte 6 Sidney Street Cafe Lamb loin topped with herbs and wrapped in puff pastry 63 7 The Peacemaker Lobster & Crab Co Lobster Roll Bakery 8 Kim’s Green Tea Cake 9 Pastaria Arancini 10 Southern, Hot Fried Chicken SAVVY I SOPHISTICATED I SASSY