#3: The Bread Pudding at Harvest
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| Kholood Eid |
| The bread pudding at Harvest |
In fact, on my last visit, a few weeks ago, I had an amuse that was one of the better dishes I've eaten all year: a single raviolo filled with a quail egg and ricotta, topped with turkey-liver mousse, served over a grilled scallion in a garlic-chive butter.
Whatever I order at Harvest, I always, always conclude with the bread pudding. It's a legendary dish -- and deservedly so.
All the usual dessert adjectives apply to Harvest's square of brioche bread pudding in a bourbon-currant sauce: luscious, indulgent, decadent. Yet, for all its richness, this isn't a cloying dessert. There are subtle flavors here, like a warming nutmeg note, and the currant and the bourbon both cut through and complement the bread pudding's sweetness.
Dinner at Harvest is a terrific dining experience -- one of the best in St. Louis. Even more impressive is the fact that, in this era of food fads and flashes in the pan, Harvest has been a consistently terrific dining experience for well over a decade, over multiple owners and head chefs.
And in a town lousy with créme brûlée and flourless chocolate cake, it's one of the very, very few places where I tell people that you must save room for dessert.
Harvest
1059 South Big Bend Boulevard, Richmond Heights
314-645-3522
I'm counting down -- in no particular order -- 100 of my favorite dishes in St. Louis. Some are well-known, others obscure. Some are expensive, others dirt cheap. All of them, I guarantee, are delicious. Please do not hesitate to share your own favorites via the comments thread.
Previously:
#4: The ribs at Pappy's Smokehouse
#5: The applewood-smoked duck breast at Sidney Street Café
#6: Beef tenderloin with foie gras and a port wine demi-glace at Tony's
#7: Dry-aged steak at Prime 1000
#8: Tajadas con queso at Fritanga
#9: Kumamoto oysters at DeMun Oyster Bar
#10: Tacos al pastor at La Vallesana
#11: The Heath Bar concrete at Ted Drewes Frozen Custard
#12: Beef tongue at Café Natasha's Kabob International
#13: The root beer braised short rib at Monarch
#14: The egg raviolo at Acero
#15: Pappardelle at the Tavern Kitchen + Bar
#16: Carnitas at La Tejana Taqueria
#17: Benne's Farm half chicken at Five Bistro
#18: Dátiles rellenos at Modesto
#19: Hot-and-sour noodles at Joy Luck Buffet
#20: Lamb vindaloo at India Palace
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1059 S. Big Bend Blvd., Richmond Heights, MO
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