$39 Delicious Italian Lunch at Del Posto: 4.5 jujus
Restaurant Buddy's and my stay were overlapping in NYC so we HAD to go eat something good together.
I walked the High Line which basically ends at Del Posto, a fancy one Michelin starred restaurant. The inside a little bit stiff, it looks like an old French brasserie, but modern, or, erm, American. Service was very good, but not very relaxed.
Overall, I was a big fan of all the pre and post courses, but I felt the actual courses could have been a little bit better.
Before we even ordered, we were brought these beautiful and delicious amuse bouches. There was a cauliflower soup, and yes, the Margarita style rim was truffle! There also some funny little fingers with also a ton of truffle and a sweet and velvety crab brioche. 5 jujus.
The bread service was also quite awesome, in particular with the lardo butter on the right! So good!
Our starter was the Vitello Tonnato. I'm neither a fan of veal nor tuna, but the other options were a salad (duh) and some stuff with $10 or $15 supplements. So I figured I would try at least once in my life that dish. It was pretty big and pretty good! The veal was very thin, there were some funny crunchy black things. 4 jujus.
For the main, I chose the two style lamb. On top of the lemon, there was delicious slow cooked lamb belly. the other one was a more traditional lamb chop. I was disappointed with the veggies with garbanzo. 4.5 for the lamb and 3 for the side.
Very cute how towel infused with lemon and thyme so I could clean my hand after pressing the caramelized lemon. Yes. Seriously.
Restaurant buddy got the salmon with cauliflower and squid. I was surprised that the squid were served cold. I wasn't so impressed by the dish, though I only had a small bite.
We shared the carrot cake. That had actual carrots in it! It was quite good interesting, but the parsley ice cream was a little too green for me. 4 jujus.
With the butterscotch semifreddo. Quite good but did not leave huge memories. 4 jujus.
Time for mignardises! So good! There were some truffles (well more like shavings from a truffle!) and some candied grapefruit that was super sweet and tart at the same time.
With vanilla ice-cream lollipops in crispy chocolate and mini donuts.
The presentation was super cute, and very theatrical.
Overall, the food was quite solid but the pre and post lunch courses were my favorite. Service was impeccable and Del Posto for lunch is a great deal. I will definitely come back to try the pasta.