My fiancé and I stopped in at our favorite neighborhood happy hour spot,
Marche du Sud (1136 First Ave. New York NY), recently after not visiting for a month or two. We experienced a whole new happy hour experience and tapas menu. We were a little disappointed that the $1 oyster special is no longer available on weekdays anymore (it is still available on weekends), but loved the new tapas menu and also the new half price wine special for happy hour! We had always wondered why there was never a special price for wine during happy hour, so this was a pleasant surprise!
Ben and I love coming to Marche du Sud because it is convenient, pleasant, and always has exceptional service and food. It is almost like an addiction, because we want to go all the time!
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| New Tapas Menu |
The new tapas menu is an amazing update to the menu, because we used to order pizza and an appetizer and leave it at that. We loved how there was much more of a selection of small plates on the new menu, so we could try more of a variety of items instead of sticking to our go to items.
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Mini French Pizza
Marinara sauce, black olives nicoise, fresh herbs, and gruyere cheese |
The mini French pizza was delicious and crunchy with the thin crust pastry-like dough that Marche du Sud uses for their other pizzas. This version was more simplified for the tapas menu, but extremely delicious and gave into my craving for one of their pizzas without having to order the regular size pizza. The marinara sauce was light and went perfectly with the gruyere cheese. The fresh herbs on top added crunch and freshness to each bite!
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Poelee de Poulpe
Sauteed octopus with garlic, cherry tomatoes, fresh herbs |
The Poelee de Poulpe, which was sautéed octopus, was our favorite dish! It was sautéed with garlic, cherry tomatoes, and fresh herbs and was extremely flavorful. Also, there were plenty of garlic slices in this dish that my fiancé and I appreciated since we love garlic. At least we both had bad breathe together?! The octopus was perfect in texture and slightly charred on the edges which made the meat very flavorful and mouth watering good.
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Shishito Peppers
Sauteed Japanese Shishito peppers, topped with truffle sea salt |
The Shishito peppers were very delicious! They weren't exactly the hottest shishito peppers, but that is all based on luck, so we will let it slide this time! They were topped with truffle sea salt which added a lot of truffle flavor to each bite. I wanted to lick the paper they were sitting on after we were done because of the rich truffle flavor.
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Boulettes de Boeuf en Cassolette
Chef's spiced beef meatballs in a tomato sauce, in a clay dish |
The Boulettes de Boeuf en Cassolette, which was beef meatballs in tomato sauce were very moist and tender and cooked perfectly. They sat in a clay dish with tons of tasty marinara sauce, which was the perfect dip for bread when we were done :) The meatballs were flavorful and seasoned so that they had a little bit of a spiciness to them. They were delicious!
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Croquettes du Marche
Lardons, caramelized onions, french herbs, on a bed of chipotle mayo |
The Croquettes du Marche was one of the two croquettes options on the tapas menu. We originally were going to order the Goat Cheese Croquettes, but based on the suggestion from the bartender we decided to order this version with pork, onions, and fresh herbs, served with chipotle mayo. They were quite delicious, but probably our least favorite of all the tapas we ordered. They were lightly fried and almost like a savory donut. The chipotle mayo was a great pairing to this because the creaminess of the mayo moistened the fried croquette while the chipotle made gave it a little bit of a kick.
I already can't wait to go back and try some of the other items on the new menu paired with the half off wine!
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