To celebrate Henry’s return from his world travels, we had a nice dinner out at Union Square Cafe. It was on a list of restaurants we always wanted to visit. What we usually find with these kinds of restaurants is that the appetizers are great, but then our meals are disappointing. Not the case this time! I never pass up on dessert, but everything was so good that I ate way too much and couldn’t fit in any dessert.
We started our meal with beef sirloin carpaccio with with crispy artichokes, rocket and parmigiano reggiano. As I’ve gotten older, I can tolerate eating carpaccio more and this one was really good. Our other appetizer was seared foie gras with toasted brioche, glazed belgian endive and tangerine salad. There is nothing better than seared foie gras. The pate version of foie gras is ok, but seared is the way to go and it did not disappoint. We loved every last bite of it.
For entrees, Henry got the pan - roasted Cod with chestnut puree, greenmarket turnips, wild mushrooms, bacon and brussels sprout leaves and I got the USC’s lobster “shepherd’s pie” with mushrooms, mashed potatoes, spinach, carrots and lobster sauce. Henry’s cod was very good. It was nice and flaky and not overcooked. My shepherd’s pie was to die for. The lobster was not overcooked, but it was probably mostly claw meat and not the actual body, but it was still delicious. The mashed potato was so delicious, but I think it was all the butter.
I still wish I could have gotten dessert, but I was too stuffed.
I would definitely recommend Union Square Cafe. We had a great meal. The only problem we had was the service was a little slow initially. It took awhile before someone came to get our order, but once we placed our order, the food came out very quickly. It also tended to get kind of loud.
