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Black Périgord truffle tasting dinner at Ai Fiori

Ai Fiori, my Périgord truffles from Gourmet Attitude on Ai Fiori’s beautiful bowl, and Mare e Monte

If you recall my post on Gourmet Attitude’s Périgord truffles, I proposed that I would take these heavenly scented black fungus to a restaurant to cook something creative with them for my mother’s birthday.

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October 10th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Italian, Manhattan, Midtown West, restaurant | 6 comments - (Comments are closed), | %3$s : %2$s - %1$s User Views

Tasting Menu Dinner at 10 Downing – Hearty & Delicious

Interior, Floral centerpiece & Tasting Menu

I recently went to 10 Downing for their dinner tasting menu of four courses for $49. With Chef Jonnatan Leiva, a San Francisco expat who specializes on farm-to-table cuisine, it sounds like it’s worth trying and made reservations.

This place felt like a spacious, downtown restaurant [...]

January 31st, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: eating out, Manhattan, restaurant, West Village | Comments are closed, | %3$s : %2$s - %1$s User Views

The Modern Dining Room – Tasting Menu

Taken place on September 15, 2009.

Interior

I felt compelled for a few years to try The Modern‘s tasting menu, after seeing Ulterior Epicure’s gorgeous photos of his experience and hearing it from a friend who did enjoy his dinner thoroughly for week before I went, I thought it’s about time to [...]

October 15th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: eating out, French, Manhattan, Midtown West, restaurant | One comment - (Comments are closed), | %3$s : %2$s - %1$s User Views

Tasting Lunch at Gramercy Tavern

Eaten back on September 2nd, 2009. (I’m working on it…)

Dining Room Interior

I have to admit, if I haven’t said it yet, I love Gramercy Tavern. It has the casual, down-home earthiness yet it’s innovative of what one would expect from fancy pants fare. The service is great, as expected from [...]

October 5th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: American, eating out, restaurant | 3 comments - (Comments are closed), | %3$s : %2$s - %1$s User Views

My (Early) Birthday Lunch at Eleven Madison Park

They personalized it

Back last Wednesday (my actual birthday was yesterday, Sunday), I splurged my own lunch early for my birthday at Eleven Madison Park. I remembered liking this place a lot when I visited here over a year ago (for their tasting menu, not counting Restaurant Week) and I’m still hearing [...]

November 10th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: eating out, Manhattan, restaurant | 21 comments - (Comments are closed), | %3$s : %2$s - %1$s User Views