“It’s an overall food experience, it’s an
ever-evolving art installation platform. We are creating our own language.”
Hannah Black
Rural Intelligence – June 2017
Hannah Black
Rural Intelligence – June 2017
Hudson -
N.Y.
Lil' Deb's Oasis - Restaurant
Lil' Deb's Oasis is a fun ongoing restaurant/installation/performance project, created by
artist-chefs Carla Perez-Gallardo and Hannah Black, above,
in Hudson in Upstate New York. They serve delicious tropical
comfort food in a colorful pop environment with happy South USA, Caribbean, Central
and South American sound tracks blasting from the loudspeakers.
Lil' Deb's Oasis
Yucca Frita
salsa verde
Lil' Deb's Oasis
Avocado Salad
Iceberg - heart of palm –
pepitas
The freshest local
products – farm to table – from Hudson Valley farms
Lil' Deb's Oasis
The counter
Lil' Deb's Oasis
The Kitchen
Lil' Deb's Oasis is a community-centered space that frequently collaborates with artists, galleries and the like-minded.
Lil' Deb's Oasis is a community-centered space that frequently collaborates with artists, galleries and the like-minded.
Lil' Deb's Oasis
Leche De
Tigre
Energizing shot: ginger – turmeric - lime
Lil' Deb's Oasis
Maria’s Pupusas
grilled stuffed corn –
cabbage slaw – tomato salsa
Lil' Deb's Oasis
Llapingachos
potato – cheese pancake –
peanut salsa – fried egg – pickle curtido
The
food flavors are interesting and tasty combinations of various influences; from
Southern food, inspired by Hannah's Alabama roots to the home-cooking of Carla's Ecuadorian
grandmother.
Lil' Deb's Oasis
Banana Loca
whole fried banana – dulce
de leche – sesame –vanilla ice cream
Lil' Deb's Oasis
The bill arrives in a tin.
The bill arrives in a tin.