Krug and New York :)

[TheEngineer]

Took off for the weekend in New York. (just got back). We live so close yet take so very little advantage of this.

So SO and I drove down Saturday morning. We stayed at the Intercontinental on 48th and Park but had totally forgotten that this was baseball's all star weekend. We stayed in the same place as MANY of the legends and players. It was great to see Lasorda at what...71..smoking outside and mouthing off to the kids that were trying to sneak into line..... it was funny!!

We took advantage of the corkage and took in tow with us an NV Krug Brut which was fantastic. I wish I could afford more of these wines. I tasted their 96 as it was incredible.

The restaurant was Eleven Madison Park near 24th and Madison. We had the 11 course tasting menu which was simply incredible. The first course was a potato ice cream and caviar.... The match of the night though was the Krug with the Butter pouched lobster with bacon infused cream and many other things I could not remember. Absolutely incredible with the Champagne. After the champagne was finished, we had a 1/2 bottle of the 2006 Alain Graillot Croze Hermitage....definitely on the young side but worked great with the lamb.

What I liked about the wine list in this place (take a look at it yourself on line) was that even though the youhad your typical deep three and four digit winess, there were plenty of $40 to $100 bottles that were great drinking. Ken Wright 1/2 bottles for $50, JJ Prum 06 WS kabinetts for $60, Reserve du Vatican for $70, etc, etc,.. Good values all over the place and then enough trophy bottles for those wall street tycoons that were all around us at dinner time... Really nice place, great service and I would go back again any time. BTW, the taster's menu is not for the faint of heart. The services are almost full size appetizer services. I had EXTREME difficulty trying to finish. This was well worth the entry price and many places that charge more (i.e. Susur's) would have difficulty justifying the premium when you consider the entire package. Very nice!

Great weekend, spent some time with the SOHO street artists (and some who were more..umm...concept borrowers...). Went on an extended walk of central park this time, and the second floor of Tiffany's....you might need to bring the deed to your house....and a few neighbours as well....