What we thought of our dinner at Per Se

Last night we went to Per Se.  Our overall experience was good, but both of us walked away not being thoroughly blown away.  We’re not sure if it was too built up for us, we both felt that it was very good meal, but we’ve been more impressed at other restaurants we’ve been too.

We had a 9:00 reservation, and seeing as it was a long day for Mark, he was yawning 10 minutes after we sat down.  We opted to have the five course menu.  I ordered a French Martini to start off with, but the waiter came back & said that they wouldn’t be able to make that, as they didn’t have Chambourd, so I ordered a Cosmopolitan.  When the waiter returned with our drinks, he poured Mark’s drink into my glass & didn’t notice until he was almost done.  He apologized & took his tray back to the bar to get us another set of drinks.  We had a lovely bottle of Pinot Noir from Burgundy with our meal.  Mark’s main course was Cobia & mine was Halibut.  That was followed up by each of us having our “cheese course”, which was ricotta & pecorino ravioli – we both thought this was the best course.  Mark had a chocolate dessert & I had a cherry, chocolate & pistachio Tartufo.  That was following by a tray of Petite Fours & they also sent us home with macaroons. The food was very good, but I guess it lacked the wow factor of unique combinations…….

The maid arrived around 10:30 this morning, so we packed up to kill about 5 hours.  We went to Starbuck’s first, so Mark had an internet connection, while I read IBD.  We then went down to the Lower Eastside, so I could show Mark a few of the fabrics I found.  We walked around a bit & found Guss’ Pickles.  I got two of their sour pickles for $1 – what a bargain – and they were really good to boot. 

Lower Eastside

We then headed up to Midtown, near our first apartment to go to Bridge Kitchenware – a store that someone had told Mark about.  They had a lot of neat stuff, but we decided at this point, it’s best to contact them once we get home & have them ship directly.  We then went to Serendipity 3 for lunch & to try their famous Frozen Hot Chocolate.  Mark & I shared one – I really liked it, he thought the whipped cream on the top was the best part. 

We met Beau, one of Mark’s classmates for a drink at Merc, which is in the SoHo area.  He told us about a good restaurant not far from where we were called Dos Caminos, which serves Mexican food.  We walked over there, Broadway/Houston, but it was a really long wait.  We then wandered over to Greenwich Village & wound up having seafood at Fish.  The weather today was perfect, so it was very pleasant walking around.