Was really excited to try one of the most affordable tasting menus in NYC. The breakfast taco was really good. The caviar handroll was really good too. Can’t understand why they would use hot steaming rice for this, resulting in super chewy nori. Gazpacho was one of my favorite dishes except for the roasted skins which had a unpleasant tough texture. Corn was good, nothing special. The $45 langoustine was huge but not nearly as succulent as I was expecting. Crab stuffed squash was good. The sourdough Hokkaido milk bread was interesting. I didn’t like it at first but I couldn’t stop eating it. This was probably the first time we were ever served hot bread in fine dining. Don’t understand how so many places serve cold bread. The bread was super crisp outside and very dense inside. Pork dish was meh. Nothing special, also cold. Soy ice cream was good and had a great texture. Baba au rhum sucked.
Overall meal was very good and the service was great. Another redditor mentioned they needed to step up their dessert game and I completely agree. Total cost of food alone after tax and tip was around $500. Not exactly an affordable tasting menu lol
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Was really excited to try one of the most affordable tasting menus in NYC. The breakfast taco was really good. The caviar handroll was really good too. Can’t understand why they would use hot steaming rice for this, resulting in super chewy nori. Gazpacho was one of my favorite dishes except for the roasted skins which had a unpleasant tough texture. Corn was good, nothing special. The $45 langoustine was huge but not nearly as succulent as I was expecting. Crab stuffed squash was good. The sourdough Hokkaido milk bread was interesting. I didn’t like it at first but I couldn’t stop eating it. This was probably the first time we were ever served hot bread in fine dining. Don’t understand how so many places serve cold bread. The bread was super crisp outside and very dense inside. Pork dish was meh. Nothing special, also cold. Soy ice cream was good and had a great texture. Baba au rhum sucked.
Overall meal was very good and the service was great. Another redditor mentioned they needed to step up their dessert game and I completely agree. Total cost of food alone after tax and tip was around $500. Not exactly an affordable tasting menu lol