Sauvage: venison tartare with oysters, sour turnips, and
rye.
Colonie: carrot with smoked ricotta, pumpkin seeds, radish, and carrot-top salsa.
Sen Sakana: torched wild king salmon, choclo, yuzu, and leche de tigre.
Tuome: noodles with snow crab and dashi butter.
Blue Smoke: seven-pepper rubbed brisket.
O Ya: hamachi sashimi with Vietnamese mignonette, fried shallots, Thai basil.
Rotisserie Georgette: house-made Thai chicken sausage, espelette pepper aioli.
Aureole: Pacific hamachi crudo with kohlrabi, passion fruit,
kiwi, and shiso.
The Meatball Shop: beef meatballs with tomato sauce and
grated grana padano.
Momosan Ramen: momosan laksa tantan ramen.
Perry St: charred foie gras and duck ravioli, dried sour
cherries, sweet potatoes, and rosemary chili vinaigrette.
Zuma: saikyo miso brioche with wagyu tartare and salsify
chips.
Bar Primi: rigatoni with mushroom masala ragu.
Paowalla: kerala-style banana leaft rock salmon.
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que: mini half-brisket sliders.
Casa Lever: braised beef ossobuco, seared saffron risotto, bone-marrow sauce.
Schilling: pot au feu terrine with shaved crudité and
pumpkin seed vinaigrette.
L’Amico: autumn squash risotto, sage brown butter, aged
balsamic.
Note the giant wheel of Parmigiano-Reggiano!
Le Coq Rico: poached egg with bacon and mushrooms in a
red-wine reduction.
Vaucluse: grilled leeks with toasted almonds, anchovy, egg
bottarga, and mustard vinaigrette.
Bodega Negra at Dream Downtown: pork belly carnitas tacos with salsa verde and chicharrón.
Pig-o’lantern!
Ribalta: gnocchi al tartufo.
Crave Fishbar: Faroe Island salmon crudo, Chinese longbeans,
shallots, fresno chili ginger.
Seamore’s: tuna poke with avocado, peanuts, and ponzu sauce.
Cookshop: house-made bresaola, bayley hazan blue cheese
pears, and spiced walnuts.
Amada: soft-scrambled egg, uni, and piperade.
2nd City: tuna poke with miso, pickled onion, and coconut
rice.
Oiji: saam with spicy pork, leek salad with cilantro and
sesame dressing.
Massoni: cacio e pepe cannoli.
Bouchon Bakery: grilled cheese and tomato soup.
Some dessert offerings were:
La Sirena: torta nocciola, milk chocolate, hazelnut, and
passion fruit.
Betony: apple tart with lacto-fermented cinnamon apples,
vanilla cremeux, and celery.
Gotham Bar & Grill: vanilla semifreddo with mango, passion fruit, and coconut sorbet.
Gramercy Tavern: peanut butter and concord grape doughnuts.
The Clocktower: Mont-blanc of chestnut, whiskey, cassis, and
Chantilly.
Maialino: rum-soaked cake, poached pears, and crema.
Marta: negroni freeze pops—campari, gin, carpano antica,
grapefruit juice, and orange juice.
Some personal faves were Tuome’s noodles, Blue Smoke’s
seven-pepper rubbed brisket, Bar Primi’s rigatoni, Le Coq Rico’s poached egg,
Massoni’s cacio e pepe cannoli, and 2nd City’s tuna poké. The most unique
dessert offering was The Clocktower’s.
The event was held at The Waterfront on Eleventh Avenue.
Wine bar featured Bridge Lane wines.
Toward the end of the evening, went to famed chef (of Le
Bernardin) Eric Ripert’s book signing at the VIP lounge.
Resting at the VIP lounge with an Original Moscow Mule (made
of Smirnoff No. 21, fresh lime juice, and ginger beer).
