Last night we ventured into Soho for a night out. Being excited about the impending Zeppolis we would be enjoying (and inevitably covered in powdered sugar) on the train ride from New Brunswick, we were debating on where to eat. After deciding that a massive sausage and pepper sandwich would just be too difficult to eat on a crowded street, I came up with Carmines, almost drooling thinking of the HUGE Antipast appetizer, Zezhi said the most fantastic word ever..."L'ecoles", The French Culinary Institutes restaurant. A place of sentimental value for me, it was the perfect place to go. Frankie had never been and I was more than excited to have my best friend share the experience I had almost a year ago. After making our way to Soho we found out that L'ecoles was completely booked, with 3 remaining seats at the bar, we jumped at the chance. "L'ecole", french for "school", had the perfect simple ambiance, soft music and the beautiful surroundings of sophisticated, trendy Soho apartments. We dove into ordering our 5 course meals of appetizers, fish, meal, digestive salad, and dessert. Artic Char Tartar with a yorkshire pudding, Scallops with a curried cauliflower puree and green apple buerre blanc, Papardelle with mushrooms and pancetta, Salmon with pureed sweet potato, Venison with red wine sauce and cheddar polenta, goat cheese sorbet with pickled plums and arugula, then a german chocolate cake with cherries, a passion fruit baked alaska, and a fig tart all that was absolutely to die for. It was an experience that was summed up in "Wow...".
We made our way down to Mulbury St. where the Italians met for their yearly meeting of Zeppolis, sausage and peppers, and "Ah Yo!"'s echoing through multiple wine and powdered sugar covered streets of New York. The streets were adorned with the symbolic Italian colors of red, white and green with sparkling lights just to literally cap off the atmosphere of the night.
Very, very good weekend.
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