Dinner at the extraordinary Eleven Madison Park
Last week, I went to dinner at the extraordinary Eleven Madison Park, located at 11 Madison Avenue in downtown New York City. Eleven Madison Park, which opened in 1998, is a Danny Meyer restaurant, the famous restaurateur known for his impeccable hospitality. A few years ago, Mr. Meyer brought Chef Daniel Humm on board and together they transformed this already distinguished restaurant into what restaurant critic, Frank Bruni, of the New York Times, recently has deemed New York City's newest four-star restaurant.
My dinner companions were Laura Slatkin - founder of Candela Fragrance and Candles, her SVP of Marketing and Sales - Seungah Jeong, and Hannah Milman - my Executive Editorial Director. While enjoying our fabulous meal, we discussed fragrances at great length. Please enjoy these photos taken at the restaurant and try not to get too hungry. Also, be sure to watch the new season of my television show beginning on Monday, September 14th. The fabulous Chef Daniel Humm will be appearing on that day!
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- The cutlery, plates, and linens are simple, elegant, and appropriate for the fine food.
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- The restaurant has an extensive and very interesting wine list, including an aperitif service of champagnes that are excellent and unusually good.
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- Here is a page of the wine menu highlighting the sparkling wines.
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- The glassware is simply elegant and we all enjoyed having the sommelier pour us different wines for each course.
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- The amuse bouches – little appetizer tastes – were exquisite small bites – lovely hors d’oeuvres.
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- A small carrot shaped fried cornucopia filled with sweetbreads.
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- Light as air gougères – cheese puffs
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- A very good appetizer wine was poured.
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- A corn soup as a starter – It was a pure essence of sweet summer corn kernels.
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- Magical ambrosial tastes that popped in the mouth
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- Another wonderful wine for one of the first courses
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- A mousse of egg topped with gold leaf – exquisite!
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- A more detailed view
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- A most unusual wine that none of us had ever drunk
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- An avocado-wrapped roulade of prawns appetizer – so beautiful!
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- Gnocchi like I have never, ever tasted before
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- Perfectly ripe tomatoes and slivers of cured ham
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- Another wine being poured – Laura Slatkin loved the food as much as I did.
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- Laura’s SVP of Marketing and Sales, Seungah Jeong, is also a foodie and totally into fine dining.
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- Hannah Milman talked scents and candles and flowers all through dinner.
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- This was an incredible lavender-scented roast duck.
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- Chef Daniel Humm – New York City’s new four star chef of Eleven Madison Park
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- My wonderful plate of perfectly cooked black bass
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- The carved breast of roasted duck
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- Poached cod with corn, radish, pea shoots, and purslane
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- A fun young couple celebrating an anniversary – The restaurant is full of patrons, intrigued by good food, beautiful presentation, and elegant surroundings.
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