To kick off the first of NYC Restaurant Weeks in '09, I met up with
Stephanie yesterday to enjoy some tasty vittles at
Eleven Madison Park. Steph's been there several times and couldn't say enough about it. She did not lead me astray. The place is gorgeous! It sits in an old bank building with large windows facing Madison Park. Add to the beauty that it was snowing yesterday - big romantic flakes of snow and the scene was perfected.
We enjoyed an ultra delicious meal including:
- Stadt Krems Sandgrube - a tasteful Gruner Veltliner from Kremstal, Austria
- Poached Egg with Wild Mushrooms and Parmesan
- Roasted Atlantic Salmon with Sweet Potatoes and Iranian Dried Figs
- Petite cheesecake with grapefruit sorbet (this cheesecake was like no other I've had before ...it was light and more cheese than cake)
Among our conversation topics over the meal, Steph mentioned that the chef was a marathoner and had, to her recollection, run a pretty fast NYC Marathon. First chance once I got back to my desk I went and looked him up. Uh, fast would be one of the words to describe his '08 performance. Daniel Humm burned it up at 2:51:14. Whoa! A talented chef and a talented runner.
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