Category: Restaurant
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Luce
Andrea was getting her hair done today so she gave me the challenge to find some place for dinner. Our obvious top picks were all booked of course. I came across Luce, in the Intercontinental Hotel, which was a former Michelin star restaurant…they had one star for over a decade, but being closed for the
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Birch & Rye
We had a small window to see Trisha only because her return flight home was delayed. We did a walk-in to the counter at the newest restaurant in our neighborhood, a contemporary Georgian restaurant. We had to have much of their infused vodka (we went with the horseradish vodka) and of course caviar. We tried
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The Modern
We weren’t sure what we were going to do for dinner, but Andrea said she wanted something nice so who am I to refuse. I was able to score a last minute reservation here at The Modern. There are actually three concepts – the Bar which is more casual, the dining room where we are,
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Momofuku Ko
After watching all of those David Chang tv shows, we had to eat here. Not much comment but a fantastic dining experience. Of course we were the last ones in the restaurant…
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Russian Tea Room
At the Russian Tea Room for a Cimplifi event (thank you Trisha). Much caviar and vodka was had (to be clear, none of it was of Russian origin). Trisha introduced us to the concept of fried chicken and caviar tonight. Winner winner chicken and caviar dinner.
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Marea
Tonight’s dinner was at a slightly lower key restaurant. Still 1 Michelin star, but had the benefit of being only a block away from out hotel. Italian cuisine. Cocktails were good but nothing special. Bread (focaccia and a 7-grain) was fine but nothing special. For the oysters, we went with sweet petite from Prince Edward
