Lobster eggs Benedict at Restaurant Memoire in Ridgewood
JANUARY 11, 2015 LAST UPDATED: SUNDAY, JANUARY 11, 2015, 1:21 AM
THE RECORD
* Lobster eggs Benedict offered at Memoire
Looking for a decadent breakfast that will be worth the guilt? Try the lobster eggs Benedict ($17) at Ridgewood’s Restaurant Memoire. Tom Finnelli, Memoire’s owner and executive chef, uses a Parmesan jalapeño herb biscuit instead of the traditional English muffin — the biscuit, he said, gives a spiciness and texture absent in regular eggs Benedict. He then takes meat from poached lobster knuckles and claws and places it over a poached egg that’s cooked sous-vide at a temperature of 143 degrees Fahrenheit. A chive hollandaise sauce is the finishing touch, and an arugula and blood orange salad completes the plate.
Restaurant Memoire, 16 Chestnut St., Ridgewood; 201-857-8899; diningatmemoire.com.
