To take an advantage of a holiday break between Dec. 23 and Jan. 02 (both my husband's company & mine were closed during this period), we made a short trio to Washington DC. We stopped at NYC on the way to have lunch, and also stayed one night in NJ on the way back. Since we drove our car, Poirot was able to come with us, too!
We had some time to kill until our lunch reservation, and took a walk in Central Park. Many people were enjoying ice skating there. |
This time, I chose Jean George, a Michelin 3-star restaurant, for lunch. I wanted to tryEleven Madison Park, another Michelin 3-star restaurant, but wan unable to make a reservation - it was already all booked.... |
My husband ordered this red wine. |
We were offered 4 different kinds of bread and tried them all. My favorite was the left one in this picture. |
My first dish was the Peekytoe crab dumplings with celeriac-meyer lemon tea. |
The skin was very soft, and the dumplings contained lots of crab meat. It matched very well with acidity of the soup. |
My husband ordered the sea trout and oyster tartar. The trout tasted very rich and yummy~. |
My second course was the sautéed veal scaloppine, flying pig hum, mushrooms and lavender. |
It came with a variety of mushrooms. It also had the lavender leaf (?), and the aroma of lavender filled my mouth! |
My husband selected the beef tenderloin and crunch comte beignets, pear horseradish puree. |
It was cooked perfectly medium-rare. Very tender and juicy. |
Three kinds of petit fours - macarons, chocolate, and marshmallow. |