Ulysses' Folk House

Restaurant: Ulysses' Folk House
Address: 95 Pearl Street / 58 Stone Street - New York, NY 10004
Website: http://www.ulyssesfolkhouse.com/main.html
Name on the Menu: Brunch Buffet Option and Carvery Lunch Side-Mac & Cheese
Price: Included in Brunch-$20 or Included in Carvery Lunch-prices vary

This is my favorite brunch item at Ulysses', it has yet to disappoint. They use elbow macaroni that is perfectly tender. The mac is baked and the top has a crust of bread crumbs. The bread crumbs add the perfect amount of crunch to the mac. There isn't a lot of sauce, but it doesn't need to be drowning in sauce. Each piece of macaroni has the perfect amount of sauce attached to it. The color of the sauce is pale yellow and has a tangy cheese flavor. It tastes like a southern style Mac n Cheese. This is probably because they use a lot of butter. If you happen to get the bottom of the pan you will get the noodles that are soaked from the butter. Try to ask for a top or middle portion. A small bowl of this is quite filling.

I give this mac 4 wedges, it would have been rated higher if there was a little less butter.

Banquet

Name of Product: Banquet Macaroni and Cheese Meal
Website: http://www.conagrafoods.com/consumer/brands/getBrand.do?page=banquet
Price: $2.00

I was looking forward to trying a new frozen Mac n Cheese entree. This entree was awful for many different reasons. As soon as I took the container out of the box I realized it was not going to be enough food. They need to remove meal from the product name and change it to light snack. The container itself was very flimsy and almost didn't hold up during the microwaving process. Though the box said the entree was made using cheddar and blue cheese, I couldn't taste it. The entree was tasteless. The only positive thing was that the elbow macaroni was tender.

I give this Mac n Cheese 0 wedges. I will never buy it again.