Every week, I document another dish that impressed and satiated me during my food adventures around New York City
I was ready to leave Lodi without ordering any food and then I was quickly seduced by an elaborately designed pastry. And when I found out what it was, I just had to order it.
Lodi is a new very fancy all-day Italian café in Rockefeller Center from the team behind Estela. I was expecting to run into some NBC execs while browsing their sandwiches. My hope was to be able to order a sandwich and sit outside, but their outdoor dining set-up was closed for the day. And the to-go sandwiches are all pre-made and sitting in a cooler.
So I actually was going to take a rain check and come back to try their food on another day. But when I asked about the oblong pastry and found out it was a chocolate croissant, my plans quickly changed.
I have never seen a croissant that looks like a mini loaf of brioche. Technically the menu calls it a cioccolato probably because everything else speaks for itself.
It has been a long time since I’ve had a croissant this impressive. The crackly segmented exterior gives way to an interior full of rich, complex dark chocolate and buttery layers of dough. It’s baked beautifully, masterfully composed, and intensely delicious.
Looks are one thing, but Lodi, which seems to be all about glamour and refinement, brings the goods with this pastry. Price: $7
| LODI |
| 1 Rockefeller Center (between West 48th and West 49th Street), Midtown West (212) 597-2735 |
| lodinyc.com |
