Tuesday, 6/13/17

Walked to the nearest Le Pain Quitidien for breakfast (I had an arugula salad with avocado and quinoa, J. had some egg dish and we shared an order of mini pancakes). Good, comparatively wholesome and I was all about the wifi.
We went to MoMA and had lunch at the Modern. Best meal of the trip, perhaps (spoilers). Started with "Spring in a bowl", a pea soup with carrot emulsion and mint oil. Double shucked peas! Ridiculous, beautiful, delicious. I had raw tuna marinated with wild sorrel and tiny, tiny potato chips:

These potatoes chips were hardly bigger than dimes

Then cheddar gnocchi with charred broccoli and summer truffle sauce, and a milk chocolate mousse with butterbeer (!) ice cream (it tasted just like a butterscotch candy).

Little candied hazelnuts, white chocolate crumbs

Jessica started with a lobster salad with spring garlic and cucumber, olive oil poached salmon with romaine and peas (lovely) and a dessert that she didn't love featuring a tiny, tiny guava jelly roll with coconut cake and elderflower ice cream. All overlooking the sculpture garden in a serene space.

After a sailboat ride in the harbor (yes, it was my idea, and yes, we should have just gone on the Staten Island Ferry for free) we had dinner at Paowalla, Floyd Cardoz's place in the Village. We shared the tasting menu. Loved the breads and the starters, mains less successful (our menu was a little different: we had shishito peppers instead of kale pakoras, and a slightly different chaat)

First Course

Kale Pakoras | Apple-Potato Chaat | Greenmarket Cucumber and Turnips

Second Course

Roasted Sea Bream | Tandoori Chicken Kebab | Black Pepper Shrimp

Third Course

Pork Ribs Vindaloo | Goan Choriz & Bacon Biryani | Three Lentil Dal

Dessert

Grilled Pineapple | Vanilla Bean Kul

So we liked it but didn't love it. Probably wouldn't go again unless it was for drinks and apps.