A New York City restaurant has introduced a tobacco-themed menu to compensate for the city's new smoking ban.
Dishes on offer at Serafina Sandro include gnocchi made with tobacco and filet mignon in a tobacco-wine sauce, garnished with dried tobacco. Tobacco panna cotta, an Italian cooked cream dish, is available for dessert, followed by a strong glass of tobacco-infused grappa.
One of the restaurant's co-owners, Fabio Granato said: ""I never thought tobacco would taste so good. It tastes better than smoking."
His partner, Vittorio Assaf, said: "Bravo Bloomberg. It took Mayor Bloomberg [who introduced the smoking ban] to make us finally cook with tobacco in the kitchen. It's the invention of a new spice into the cuisine."
Dishes on offer at Serafina Sandro include gnocchi made with tobacco and filet mignon in a tobacco-wine sauce, garnished with dried tobacco. Tobacco panna cotta, an Italian cooked cream dish, is available for dessert, followed by a strong glass of tobacco-infused grappa.
One of the restaurant's co-owners, Fabio Granato said: ""I never thought tobacco would taste so good. It tastes better than smoking."
His partner, Vittorio Assaf, said: "Bravo Bloomberg. It took Mayor Bloomberg [who introduced the smoking ban] to make us finally cook with tobacco in the kitchen. It's the invention of a new spice into the cuisine."
