I don't know if you noticed, I have sort of a theme going here, i.e. Asian food, but Perry St was too pretty to ignore.
First thing I must mention about brunch at Perry St is the amazing deal you get. $24 tasting menu, any 2 items off the menu plus 1 dessert. How awesome is that?
The amuse bouche was a celery root soup with cranberry foam (pretty in pink!) I'm not the biggest fan of celery root, but I enjoyed this soup. Btw did I mention it was pretty? See?
Their bread was pretty amazing. It was chewy on the inside with a wonderful elasticity, I only wish there was less of a crust to crumb ratio.
I ordered 2 appetizer courses (I know, I know but I had something earlier and was really craving soup and some sort of shrimp). And the shrimp came out first. It was dusted and grilled with lots of yummy spices. Served with toasted pumpkin seeds and buttenut squash puree. The butternut squash was a little on the sour side, but it's ok, the succulent and flavorful shrimp didn't need any accompaniments. Those pumpkin seeds were really addictive...
My friends ordered 1) Fresh Mozzarella (with pineapple), 2) Red Snapper Poached in Chili Oil (stunning colors), 3) Peekytoe Crab Salad. 1 & 2 were very subtly flavored and unfortunately tasted rather bland on my palate after the shrimp. However, the Peekytoe crab salad I loved. Not surprising since I'm bound to love anything fried...
My next course, tomato soup, was visually stunning. Bright orange soup with a crouton piled high with soft pillowy grated cheddar. But besides the drizzle of olive oil which I found delicious, I thought the soup was a bit too sour again. Maybe some people will find the tartness refreshing, but there was a lack of sweetness to balance the acidity. =( The other entrees 1) Pan Roasted Salmon, 2) Pancakes (it was brunch afterall), were alright... But pretty standard fare, so I won't go into detail (and the pics didn't turn out well, so no pics, sorry!).
Dessert was Chocolate Pudding and White Chocolate Mousse. I have to say I'm glad I got the mousse. The pudding was rather unexciting and uninspired. And the mousse would have suffered the same fate had it not been for the yuzu sorbet. If they only offered the sorbet as a dessert by itself, I'd be back in a heartbeat.
All in all, it was an enjoyable meal, pretty and elegant. Although food-wise I only loved 3 things: the shrimp, the peekytoe, and the sorbet. Maybe I'll go back when I'm on a diet and only eat those 2 appetizers... like that'll happen...
Perry St
176 Perry St
at West St
New York, NY, 10014
http://www.jean-georges.com/
3 comments:
so i uh, didn't notice the asian trend there, but i say post on all types of food! more for me to see then = P~
did you go with my sis....
I am planning to get have another girls' sunday brunch again, at perry st. this time...
You write very well.
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