Neat! Sounds tasty, and it's within walking distance of Kate's place, so we clearly are going to need to check it out. I'm adding it to our list even now.
As for J -- yeah, Journeyman in Union Square. We went a few months ago, and I decided that I need to go several times a year, simply because there are so many constantly-changing delights.
The place is highly experimental, but they know what they are doing. Prix Fixe: you choose the 3, 5 or 7 course menu, which roughly determines the amount of food you get. (The 5-course was plenty substantial for me and Kate.) The menu changes constantly, and is a bit high-concept: they list the three principal ingredients of each dish, and you find out the interpretation when it arrives. (They have an archive of some representative menus on their website. It is telling that neither the one a few weeks before or a few weeks after looks much like what we had: it changes that often.)
I was pretty well blown away. The menu made me a bit nervous, but the dishes proved to be adventurous and well-conceived. Nothing was less than very good, and some parts were fabulous. (The Charcuterie plate was particularly fun, a sampling menu all unto itself.)
Note that it *is* pricey, same basic ballpark as Campania, so that's a consideration. But it has entered my list of Favorite Restaurants. (And really is a good comparison with Campania. That one is Traditional and Comfort Food, done brilliantly; this is Experimental and Cool Food, done brilliantly. Similar level of quality, but wildly different style.)
Oh, and it's stupidly hard to find. Suffice it to say, your GPS will tell you that it's down a suspicious-looking alley. It is.
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Date: 2012-02-27 07:47 pm (UTC)As for J -- yeah, Journeyman in Union Square. We went a few months ago, and I decided that I need to go several times a year, simply because there are so many constantly-changing delights.
The place is highly experimental, but they know what they are doing. Prix Fixe: you choose the 3, 5 or 7 course menu, which roughly determines the amount of food you get. (The 5-course was plenty substantial for me and Kate.) The menu changes constantly, and is a bit high-concept: they list the three principal ingredients of each dish, and you find out the interpretation when it arrives. (They have an archive of some representative menus on their website. It is telling that neither the one a few weeks before or a few weeks after looks much like what we had: it changes that often.)
I was pretty well blown away. The menu made me a bit nervous, but the dishes proved to be adventurous and well-conceived. Nothing was less than very good, and some parts were fabulous. (The Charcuterie plate was particularly fun, a sampling menu all unto itself.)
Note that it *is* pricey, same basic ballpark as Campania, so that's a consideration. But it has entered my list of Favorite Restaurants. (And really is a good comparison with Campania. That one is Traditional and Comfort Food, done brilliantly; this is Experimental and Cool Food, done brilliantly. Similar level of quality, but wildly different style.)
Oh, and it's stupidly hard to find. Suffice it to say, your GPS will tell you that it's down a suspicious-looking alley. It is.