5.4.06 -- Grandma Dinner
Vanilla Yogurt
Baby Carrots
Chocolate snack pack
Fuji Apple
Bouley Upstairs
Pinot Grigio
Grilled sea eel, uni, lobster in sea eel gelee -- This was crazy. Sea food suspended in a savory, ocean-flavored gelatin in a martini glass. It was interesting and actually quite tasty. Also, given that Uni alone usually costs $8+ for sushi, $7 seemed pretty reasonable.
Halibut w/ sweet corn, sweet peas, shiitake, honshimeji mushrooms (I'm pretty sure) and lemon-thyme sauce -- This was great. Halibut was meaty and seared to a really flavorful crust.
Bite of Grandma's lamb chops with glazed eggplant a potato puree -- This wasn't as good.
Cheese cake with vanilla bean ice cream, strawberries
I really liked this place, but it had some problems. It's a pretty cool room, very small with an open kitchen (where David Bouley sometimes cooks) and sushi bar -- sort of a funny combo. It's a pretty great deal, entrees are $15-20, and even though I could get 4-5 Nicky's sandwiches for that cost, that is not so expensive by crazy New York standards, especially when you consider that David Bouley is famous and his formal restaurant downstairs is $40 for an entree. Admittedly, the portions are pretty small and if you don't go at the right time, you will wait (no reservations). My food was all terrific, but Grandma originally ordered the veal and found it too tough to eat (I didn't taste it). The waiter, who was great, immediately took it back, replaced it with lamb chops. Before Grandma even took a bite, he came over, noticed that they were cooked past medium rare and immediately said he was going to take them off the bill. I guess some reservations, but I'm still pretty happy about this place.
Baby Carrots
Chocolate snack pack
Fuji Apple
Bouley Upstairs
Pinot Grigio
Grilled sea eel, uni, lobster in sea eel gelee -- This was crazy. Sea food suspended in a savory, ocean-flavored gelatin in a martini glass. It was interesting and actually quite tasty. Also, given that Uni alone usually costs $8+ for sushi, $7 seemed pretty reasonable.
Halibut w/ sweet corn, sweet peas, shiitake, honshimeji mushrooms (I'm pretty sure) and lemon-thyme sauce -- This was great. Halibut was meaty and seared to a really flavorful crust.
Bite of Grandma's lamb chops with glazed eggplant a potato puree -- This wasn't as good.
Cheese cake with vanilla bean ice cream, strawberries
I really liked this place, but it had some problems. It's a pretty cool room, very small with an open kitchen (where David Bouley sometimes cooks) and sushi bar -- sort of a funny combo. It's a pretty great deal, entrees are $15-20, and even though I could get 4-5 Nicky's sandwiches for that cost, that is not so expensive by crazy New York standards, especially when you consider that David Bouley is famous and his formal restaurant downstairs is $40 for an entree. Admittedly, the portions are pretty small and if you don't go at the right time, you will wait (no reservations). My food was all terrific, but Grandma originally ordered the veal and found it too tough to eat (I didn't taste it). The waiter, who was great, immediately took it back, replaced it with lamb chops. Before Grandma even took a bite, he came over, noticed that they were cooked past medium rare and immediately said he was going to take them off the bill. I guess some reservations, but I'm still pretty happy about this place.
posted by mdp at 7:53 AM
3 Comments:
Strangely, this FoodCommentator also posted about Upstairs today. You can see a picture of the Halibut:
http://www.nycnosh.com/
Would people rather:
-have a Nicky's for lunch and for dinner
or
-have a B/B+ lunch and Max lasagna fatta in casa
?
(The blissful solution to life's woes is that one can have lunch at Nicky's and dinner at Max.)
Anyways, I think most days of the week, I'd probably take the lasagna.
Molly!
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