Here's the (sorry, flash) photos. Cocktails, wine, apps, dinner, dessert, tea and espresso. I got the specials and the ninja got the most normal stuff on the menu. He loved it.
Mmm cocktails...They both have sake. The one on the left has spiced something, and the one on the right is the French 79 and has champagne. The point of cocktails is that you don't remember what's in them. Yummy.
Eh, here it is off the menu...
The Lexington: orange-ginger spiced sake, port reduction, champagne, lemon, agave
French 79: sake, apricot nectar, lemon, black currant, agave, champagne float
French 79: sake, apricot nectar, lemon, black currant, agave, champagne float
Menu description:
BUTTERNUT SQUASH & WILD MUSHROOM-SPINACH RAVIOLI: cashew ricotta, garlic cashew cream, tomato sauce, truffle oil, sautéed broccoli rabe, crispy capers
Menu description:
SEITAN PICCATA: creamed spinach, grilled potato cake, oyster mushrooms, lemon-caper sauce
I got the seitan special, which was beautifully fried seitan with a portabella mushroom and roasted vegetables in a mild chipotle sauce. This was also really good. There were two pieces of seitan and I couldn't quite finish both but I still almost took the last little piece home it was so good.
Holy cannoli, batman. I do miss cannoli. Not with this around. This was fantastic. The ice cream was coconut chocolate chip.
CANNOLI: vanilla cream filling, vanilla chocolate chip ice cream, chocolate drizzle
SEITAN PICCATA: creamed spinach, grilled potato cake, oyster mushrooms, lemon-caper sauce
CANNOLI: vanilla cream filling, vanilla chocolate chip ice cream, chocolate drizzle
Kudos to the ninja for being a good sport. Especially since this turned out to be his birthday dinner and all. So Candle 79 is a safe bet if you visit NYC and want to take your omni friends out to dinner to show them the true excellence of vegan food.
6 comments:
I've been meaning to go hear for years! I live so close I don't know what's keeping me. Great review!
My husband and I had my belated birthday dinner there tonight. It was really amazing. I had the citrusy tempeh with sweet potato and chocolate mole. He had a seitan special. He ordered the apple pie and I got the Mexican brownie. The wine was delicious. Such a special place.
O wow, I'm sad I didn't make it there on my last trip to NYC. I'll just have to go back I guess!
Mmm.we wemt here for my grad school graduation last year. I so want to go back!!
Oh my! This all looks incredible!
*drooooooool* Whoa! The mushroom ravioli and both seitan dishes look so freakin' good! I want to eat that cannoli until I explode! Death by cannoli, if you're gonna go, that's the way to do it! :P
Happy belated birthday to the ninja!
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