Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Charcuterie and Vegetables Showcase at BISq (Cambridge, MA)

The popular Bergamot Restaurant opened a more casual sister restaurant near my apartment in Inman Square. I had walked past BISq many times in Inman Square, and I finally had the perfect opportunity to try it when I saw a Groupon for a 6-course tasting menu for $30 per person! I hadn't used Groupon for a while but recently I took a look around and saw that they actually have some great restaurant deals in Boston. I convinced my roommate to join me for dinner one night.

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Our tasting menu starts off with some grilled avocado, grapefruit, frisee, salumi jam, peppercorn vinaigrette
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I love avocado so this was a great starter for me, but the star of the dish was really the salumi jam. Yes, really, it's "jam" made with salumi instead of fruits!

Herb-marinated beets, raita, fennel, sunflower seed granola
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It was unusual to have beets paired with spicy flavors as in this dish.

King oyster mushroom carpaccio, queso verde, red cabbage, peanuts, omelette, soy-ginger dressing 
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This was my favorite dish of the night. A thin slice of king oyster mushroom is topped with small cubes of egg omelette, peanuts, and a bold queso verde.


Charcuterie board: grilled scrapple, liverwurst, morcilla, chicken liver mousse
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Bergamot is well known for their charcuterie, so we can expect the same quality here at BISq. The surprising hit was the grilled scrapple.

Finishing off the savory courses was a piece of nicely grilled pork loin wtih potatoes 
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Dessert charcuterie: lemon bar, chocolate salami, apricot peach pate de fruit, honeycomb with white chocolate, on a bed of "chex"
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My favorite was the lemon bar which perfectly wrapped up the meal. I enjoyed the honeycomb but being brittle, it was a hard piece to split between two people.

The tasting was a great introduction to BISq and was certainly a good deal. For fans of Bergamot, BISq offers a more casual dining option with small plates that maintain Bergamot's seasonality and inventiveness, coupled with an interesting wine list.

BISq
1071 Cambridge St
Cambridge, MA
(617) 714-3693
BISq Menu, Reviews, Photos, Location and Info - Zomato

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