We've made a couple of quick trips to NYC recently and here are some of the highlights (this city just kicks ass when it comes to food!):
--Jean Georges: my favorite restaurant in NYC or anywhere. Lunch is a serious bargain ($28 for two plates, $12 for each additional plate) and the food is simply divine. Try the sea trout with the lemon sabayon and trout roe, tuna "noodles" in Asian broth, sea urchin, squab, sweetbreads, etc. You really cannot go wrong it is all so sensational. You start with a trio of amuses and end with chocolates and marshmallows. Heaven!
--Bar Room at the Modern. First, check out the museum and be awed. Then eat at the Bar Room and be almost as blown away by the food as the Picasso's: egg in a jar with lobster and sea urchin foam, veal terrine, lamb two ways, gnocchi with crispy sweetbreads -- it's all exceptionally good!
--Momofuku Ssam - hamachi, mushi, scallops, steamed pork buns, etc. This place is fun and the food rocks.
--Per Se: quite the experience. We had 14 courses and as many wines. Truly spectacular!
--Death & Co. - Andy Hall needs to steal their punch bowl idea and the lamb and salmon "surf and turf" sliders are the bomb
--Casa Mono - I went though a phase when I refused to eat anywhere until I ate everything here. Go for weekday lunch (the night crowds can be maddening). It's all good (the poached duck egg with truffles is particularly fab).
I could go on and on -- there is so much talent and passion in NYC it is remarkable.
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Kara Brooks
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