Behold. Caffe Falai's baby octopus salad. Pan-seared, paprika seasoned baby octopus with fingerling potatoes, fried capers, black squid ink and celery root puree. salty salty salty. If you're unfamiliar with the taste of squid ink, it's seafood-y. I've even read the description: "seafaring flavors".....when you think of what seafood smells like, that's squid ink. Falai missed the mark on the ink though. It didn't have any smell or taste and was a bit dry.
The octopus stole the show. What made it so nice was the paprika crusted in spots like the curly cue tentacle. It almost gave the same sensation as a Bojangles french fry...especially when on the fork with a bite of potato. Octopus has become one of my favorite foods in the past year. I love octopus sushi over rice, octopus sashimi with lemon and fresh ground black pepper, grilled baby octopus (see Casa Mono post) with grapefruit, and octopus ceviche from the taco truck. Out of all variations I must say baby octopus is my favorite for reasons of texture: it's not as chewy and tough as (grown?) octopus is. And when pan-seared it releases it's juices which mingle well with the crispy, juicy outside that the pan gives it....I can't think of anything to compare it to. You'll just have to try it for yourself.
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