New York Restaurants

I had the opportunity to be in New York City this week and it was definitely a worthwhile trip - for work and some eating. I had some great meals while I was here - my round-up of my favorites:



1. BLT Prime: An amazing steak place, definitely one of my top 5 favorites. The atmosphere was very relaxed and fun, great acoustics so that you had entertaining - and fun - music in the background but not too loud that you could not talk to your dinner mate. We were fortunate enough to have a corner table, so the seating was very comfortable and perfect for conversation and sharing food. Our meal was delectable...we started with a beet and goat cheese salad, buffalo tomatoes and bacon. As a side, we had these amazing buns that I believe are a specialty of BLT - so good you can only allow yourself a small amount as not to ruin your appetite. We then moved on to our entrees - a filet with bearnaise sauce and spicy sweet potatoes. A perfectly balanced and cooked meal that I am still thinking about today. We of course enjoyed our meal with a great bottle of Barolo and we topped it off with a mouth watering peanut butter chocolate mousse dessert with banana ice cream. Just amazing! http://www.bltprime.com/



2. Il Mulino: We were very excite to try this Italian legend. A good friend had set up the reservation for us, and we were eager to visit the New York location as we had already had the pleasure of eating at the Las Vegas location. The ambiance was very old school Italian - small and cozy and the permeating smells of amazing Italian food. We were sat at a small table crunched between two big tables - one drawback as it was very hard to hear my table mate. There was also a cool breeze making me just a tad bit cold throughout the meal. But, we were served bread, cheeze, bruschetta and a few other treats as soon as we sat down, so I was immediately satisfied. We ordered a great bottle of Cabrea and a huge amount of food. This is not the place you go to for a light meal. We let the waiter take the liberty of ordering several items for us including stuffed mushroom caps with escargot, three different types of pasta including a delectable mushroom ravioloi in a champagne sause and for our entree a veal milanese and branzino. The fish and the veal were melt in your mouth good, I loved the pastas but my dinner mate thought they were just OK. We capped off the meal with our favotite - a flourless chocolate cake...which was undescribably good. Overall, the meal was very good, we were not in love with the cramped space and the loud parties on either side of our table. http://www.ilmulinonewyork.jp/

3. Nougatine: This is a Jean George restaurant located in the Trump Plaza Hotel in New York...it is a more casual dining experience than Jean-George, but in no way a lesser dining experience. Plain and simple, this is a phenomenal place to eat, great food, relaxing environment. A really enjoyable dinner....http://www.jean-georges.com/