Cenadou — Restaurant Review

Having earlier in 2023 declared Piaule to have the finest food I’ve eaten in the Hudson Valley, Cenadou made me think again. Let’s call it a tie. But Cenadou certainly has the edge when it comes to value-for-money. For the quality of its food, the expense is a relative steal.

“Cenadou’s vegetarian mushroom risotto — the absence of chicken stock is miraculous — is packed with explosive flavor. And yet somehow the dish remains light, its nubs of rice suspended in airy sauce. Said rice responds to your teeth with the ideal chew, fat peas stud the plate, and there’s not a single ounce of gloop…” Read the rest of my review here.