March 18th 2019: French Cuisine in Manhattan

We were back in Manhattan NY today,

100 United Nations Plaza

The Beekman Tower

St. Bartholomew's Church

Dinoceras,
345 Park Avenue

Mutual of America Building,
320 Park Avenue

Water Trilogy Sculpture,
41 East 51st Street

Banco Santander Building,
45 East 53rd Street

DuMont Building

Zeckendorf Towers

10 Sullivan

St. Patrick's Old Cathedral

The Puck Building

The Sutton Collection

Grand Beekman Condominium,
400 East 51st Street

Metlife Building

starting with lunch at Le Relais de Venise, a famous French restaurant specializing in steak frites at 641 Lexington Avenue,

getting the Trimmed Entrecote Steak with Famous Sauce and French Fries

and the Green Salad with Walnuts.

Next, we went to Maison Kayser nearby at 1377 6th Avenue, getting the Raspberry Financier

and the French Apple Tart.

We also stopped by Minamoto Kitchoan and got the Sakura Mochi (Mochi filled with sweet red bean paste, wrapped with a salted cherry blossom leaf and a cherry blossom flower on top ), Oribenishiki (sweet smooth red bean and chestnuts paste wrapped in Japanese cake), Momowakahime (baby peaches and white bean paste wrapped in soft rice cake),  Hanaouto (Japanese cherry covered with lightly sweetened jelly)

and a Usayakisenbei (crisp rice cracker made with a hint of tomato and basil).

We even went to the Dominique Ansel Bakery,

getting the Grapefruit Panna Cotta (bamboo honey gelee and honey thyme poached grapefruit)

and the Matcha Passion Fruit Mousse Cake.

Another French dessert stop was at Laduree in Soho,

getting the Fleur d'Oranger (Orange Blossom Macaron),

the Rose Croissant,

The Mori Tart (chocolate pastry, almond and hazelnut praline, Matcha Ganache, Sakura Mousse)

and the Ispahan (Rose flavoured macaron filled with rose petal and lychee cream, embellished with fresh raspberries.) 

With that, we headed back to our hotel for the next few nights, The Public Hotel,

then headed back out for more sightseeing in the area,

Cooper Triangle

The Cooper Union

Alamo / Astor Place Cube

841 Broadway

Abe Lebewohl Park

St. Mark's Church in the Bowery

St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church

Middle Collegiate Church

St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Church

250 East Houston

Sara D. Roosevelt Park

Elizabeth Street Garden

New Museum of Contemporary Art

Mahayana Buddhist Temple

Confucius Plaza,
Bowery and Division Street

Kimlau Square

Church of the Transfiguration

checking out Grace Church

before heading to Hwa Yuan, a high end Chinese restaurant in Chinatown.

We got the Foie Gras and Fruit,

the Beijing Duck (half, served with homemade crepes, sliced crispy pear, fresh cucumber and scallion with Hoisin sauce),

the Cold Noodles with Sesame Sauce,

and the Crispy Red Bean Rolls.

Pretty good meal to end the day, topping it off with a 24K Gold with Matcha and Vanilla Ice Cream

from Matcha N' More nearby at 177 Hester Street.

More to come tomorrow, although I have a conference to attend.