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
BillyZaneJr on
I was just here over the weekend! I would say the food ranged from good to great. The caviar handroll was a dish I will continue to crave and the breakfast taco really hit for me. The pickled tomatoes in the gazpacho were shockingly good. Neither desert were up Michelin standards IMO. I will try and do a full write up later, but all in all this is the place that I will be sure to visit again for the hospitality alone. We had a great time with all of the staff and owners, drank entirely too much wine, and I can’t wait to get back. Even if the food wasn’t the best we had over the long weekend.
makesnosense00 on
Oh hell yeah!! I am soon this weekend and I plan on getting the caviar roll.. do I have to add uni to the breakfast taco?
NYnosher on
We went last October and we thought the courses ranged from superb (e.g. breakfast taco and Hamachi) to mediocre (e.g. green circle chicken and shellfish congee). The handrolled caviar was the standout dish, too bad it was an add-on thats 50% of the menu price tag. Wish they had a wine pairing too. Service was wonderful. Unfortunately, one of the raw dishes also gave me food poisoning that night, which for a michelin star restaurant isn’t really acceptable.
Tejon_Melero on
I don’t really like dessert, fwiw, but both enjoyed the Alaska and also believe the baba change is better.
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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
I was just here over the weekend! I would say the food ranged from good to great. The caviar handroll was a dish I will continue to crave and the breakfast taco really hit for me. The pickled tomatoes in the gazpacho were shockingly good. Neither desert were up Michelin standards IMO. I will try and do a full write up later, but all in all this is the place that I will be sure to visit again for the hospitality alone. We had a great time with all of the staff and owners, drank entirely too much wine, and I can’t wait to get back. Even if the food wasn’t the best we had over the long weekend.
Oh hell yeah!! I am soon this weekend and I plan on getting the caviar roll.. do I have to add uni to the breakfast taco?
We went last October and we thought the courses ranged from superb (e.g. breakfast taco and Hamachi) to mediocre (e.g. green circle chicken and shellfish congee). The handrolled caviar was the standout dish, too bad it was an add-on thats 50% of the menu price tag. Wish they had a wine pairing too. Service was wonderful. Unfortunately, one of the raw dishes also gave me food poisoning that night, which for a michelin star restaurant isn’t really acceptable.
I don’t really like dessert, fwiw, but both enjoyed the Alaska and also believe the baba change is better.