An Amazing Evening at Jean Georges

Friday night; with the help of the hotel concierge we were able to get a reservation at JeanGeorges, the chef's signature restaurant on Central Park W. The service, menu, decor and most importantly the food itself were beyond wonderful. Jean Georges has no ala carte menu, there are 3 choices. The Jean Georges classic tasting menu, A Seasonal Tasting menu, and a 4 course choice menu. I chose the Spring menu, hubby chose the Classic Jean Georges menu. We had wines, and course after course, each one unique and artistically concieved and executed.

The collage above shows snaps of the many different tastes and textures we enjoyed.

I especially liked my first course, "Egg Toast, Caviar and Dill." Also the last course, "Rack of Lamb with Thai Pepper, Mint, and Sweet Pea Puree." Hubby's fave was the "Lobster Tartine, Lemongrass, and Fenugreek Broth with Pea Shoots."

The desserts were goregous, wine pairings lovely and as a nice little surprise at the end of the meal we enjoyed chocolates and homemade, flavored marshmellows cut and served out of a lovely glass jar, tableside.

Unforgettable tastes and textures.

Only two downsides for me... 1. the large bank of glass windows behind me produced a persistant and uncomfortable draft right on my neck... it was distracting and it sadly did detract from the meal. 2. the amuse bouche and several other elements of the meal were a bit overly salty in my opinion.

Overall though-- a wonderful and memorable meal.
Next stop... Fri. night we have a reservation at BABBO.

Fancy Glass Review

Atmosphere 4 FG (cold windows and a so-so bathroom were detractors)





Service Amazing 5 FG





Menu/ food flavors 4 1/2 FG





Presentation 5 FG gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous...




Overall Impression 4 1/2





d e l i c i o u s

Lunch NYC style

My first afternoon, yesterday, in NYC I did a lot of walking and looking and looking and walking. Stopped for lunch right across the street from the iconic literary heart and soul of NYC; the New York Public Library. Before going over to pay tribute, I had fantastic turkey chilli and a coke at the Devon & Blakely bakery and deli. Very tasty business. Fresh bread, homemade chilli that I had over rice, and an icy cold coke all made for a satisfying and simple lunch. A good counter point for our evening planned at Jean Georges at 1 central park w.

first night in NYC

I am on a trip in NYC with my honey, he on business, me happily tagging along. I joined him last night, arriving after a long flight from tokyo- through toronto to NY...
After arriving in our lovely boutique hotel, The Roger Williams. (more on the RW later) We went to a near by recommended restaurant, Artisanal

Artisanal is a bistro/ cheese shop. And it has truly earned its fame for cheese. They offer a little retail counter, plus on the menu many cheese tasting options, flights and even fondue. YUM. The rest of the menu is lovely focused bistro fare.

I really enjoyed the whole experience.

we started out with a cheese and wine tasting flight. We chose the "Unusual" cheese trio. which included

C H E E S E
Cabecou Schnaps (Goat, France)
Gorwydd Caerphilly (Cow, Wales)
Pecorino Foglie Noce (Sheep, Italy)
W I N E S
Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Domaine L’Erriere 06
Koehler Santa Ynez Valley 05
Chianti Classico LaSala 05

My favorite was the Wales one, and the best wine was the Muscadet.

Then for his main, he had
D U C K B O U R G U I G N O N
A La Grande-Mère & Chestnut Pappardelle

and I chose--
H A N G E R S T E A K F R I T E S (shown above)

The service as nice, though there were too many waiters at our table to know who was OUR waiter... And the host was lovely, he seated us as quickly as he could even though we did not have reservations, and he stopped back to check on us. He made a excellent wine suggestion for me. It was a perfect match for my steak;
Toro Numanthia Termes Dominio de Eguren Tempranillo 05
totally delicious.

The restaurant has a killer wine list and has won a bunch of awards from Wine Spectator. We are even planning on going back, though our time in NYC is short and there are many places we want to go. One point... steak should have been smaller and fries, to give me a shot at having room for dessert. Sadly I was tooooo full.

Fancy Glass Review;

Service 4 fancy glasses






Atmosphere 5 fancy glasses






Food (esp. the cheese) 5 FG






Overall Impression 4 1/2

a new favorite

A few weeks ago we did a Hawaiian BBQ promotion at Fujimamas. It was a ton of fun. And we kept a couple of tasty treats on the menu after the event. One of my new favorite things is one of those. The Caesar Burger.

It is quite yummy. Romaine, Crispy Bacon, Melted Cheese, Parmesan, and Caesar dressing... rich and filling. Plus will grill on charcoal so the meat always has great flavor. Fujimamas has been making pretty famous burgers for years...

If you are in Tokyo come by sometime and taste for yourself.

3am phone girl does NOT approve the Clinton Message of Fear

reflections on my current mood

not much time to write lately... but this captures my mood of late.

he's going to be OUR president

not the president of the top 1%, But OUR president.

i believe

I am nervous about tomorrow and wish the best for Barack and every volunteer in VT. RI. OH. and Texas that have worked so hard. I believe (and I am hungry for a hot dog)