Sietsema Finds ‘the City’s Best’ Soup Dumplings at Shanghai Asian Cuisine; Sutton Likes the Proteins at La Promenade des Anglais (nymag)
“La Promenade instantly ranks among the city’s better Southern French
restaurants, serving the highly aromatic fare of Nice,” writes Ryan Sutton in
a two-and-a-half star review of Chelsea’s La Promenade des Anglais. The best
part? “No dish is over 30 bucks.” Sutton’s favorites include pork ragu (“a
chewy, meaty cloak for soft gnocchi”), blue fin tuna, striped bass, and
seafood soup “that tastes like the Mediterranean boiled down with saffron,
rockfish and garlic” — it’s “a must.” [Bloomberg]
“Tables for Two” visits the Beagle in the East Village, a spot named after
Charles Darwin’s ship. “Thankfully, the theme is manifest in little … but
the tasteful, vaguely nineteenth-century décor — dark wood, dim lights,
antique wallpaper — a style that has long been the mark of Portland, Oregon,
the fashionably quaint home town of the Beagle’s owner, Matt Piacentini.”
Pairing boards are the best way to enjoy the “produce-driven” appetizers. For
entrees, the dry-aged duck is “most superb,” and “it was nearly impossible to
keep from ravenously attacking the crispy half chicken, served with hearty
chestnut spaetzle and a questionably named but unquestionably delicious ‘liver
sauce.’” [NYer]
“If you want a restaurant where an earlier definition of …
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