I am back in NYC for a few days on Easter Break, the first thing I do is go out to eat in the city with my little sister. I have turned her into a foodie like me, and we were going to try out Lavo which is in midtown since she was there...walked right back out when I saw how crowded it was and didn't realize it was also a nightclub/restaurant...those usually suck.
So thanks to Yelp we found another spot that looked interesting, as we were walking there I saw David Burke's Townhouse...I have wanted to eat here for awhile and we were able to get in without a reservation so I told her hell ya let's go for it.
Ended up getting wine by the glass instead of a bottle, since the sommelier kept pointing to the $100+ bottles of wine. There is no way that I would ever pay that much for a bottle of wine, regardless of the occasion just because I drink so much at great wine and home and know that the price of a bottle has nothing to do with the quality...so I'd say $60-70 is my MAX. I had a lovely Sangiovese by the glass though, and it was still on the high end but this is Manhattan I had to keep telling myself so $14 for a glass of wine is the norm.
Back to our tasting that we did, as none of the second courses were calling to use we did a few first courses and desserts as follows (and yeah I know I don't want a food blog but food is a huge part of my life so it's going to get in my posts more often than not)
Butter on salt block, I thought it was cute so I took a picture
Amuse Bouche of Red "Spaghetti", cocktail shrimp and artichoke soup. It was a good small taste to start us off
Scallop "Benedict" - Potato cake, scallop, chorizo and quail egg with lobster foam. I enjoyed it, thought the quail egg could have been runnier, but the scallop was cooked perfectly and the salty chorizo balanced it all out with the potato cake being a nice way to get everything together on my fork.
Duck and Rye Gnocchi. The duck was seasoned great which balanced out the gnocchi which was not as seasoned so it was a good pairing.
Angry and Crispy Lobster. My favorite presentation of the night, came out on a bed of nails and already broken apart, crispy onions and chili and basil sauce made me go mmm as I was eating it.
We were quite stuffed at this point, but said why not get another thing...it'll be small right? So here comes the pretzel encrusted crab cake. Probably my favorite of the night, there was the chutney and honey that complimented it perfectly with the crispy coating.
Gluttony strikes again when we decide to go for dessert. The waitress said we might feel like Homer Simpson eating a donut with this, so it sold us. I enjoyed the cute contraption it came out on. There were three chocolate covered strawberries. The donuts were plain and had a chocolate baileys, salted caramel, and strawberry daiquiri sauces. We boxed this one after a taste.
We got a parting gift, some chocolate truffles in a little gift box. I thought it was a very sweet ending to our amazing dinner. Overall it ended up being about $200 with tip, but that was also with three glasses of wine. It can be a moderately priced meal if you are smart about it, but I never am :)
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