Friday night Michael, Barbara, Paul and I attended the opening of Maurice Badler Fine Jewelry at 485 Park Avenue. (www.Badler.com). The store is lovely! The lighting shows the gems brilliantly. And they have a full line of Pandora. Champagne, finger sandwiches, cheeses, photos, mingling. Just what an opening should be!
Afterward, we went to dinner at Mon Petit Cafe (http://monpetitcafe.com/) at 801 Lexington Avenue. We called for a reservation while we were at the opening, and even though we called again to say we'd be a few minutes late, they held our table. The restaurant is small and cozy, nicely decorated for the season. They do not rush you and they were very accommodating. We had French onion soup (more about that later); Croque-Saumon Frais et Fumé avec Emmental -Hot sandwich with fresh and smoked salmon and emmental cheese with house salad; Steak Haché Rossini -Hamburger topped with foie gras mousse with French fries (minus the foie gras mousse and add sauteed onions); Ratatouille-Provincial mixed vegetable stew and Saucisses de Canard au Grand Marnier-Grilled duck and grand marnier sausages with sautéed onions, apples served with a basket of sweet potato fries. Everything was very good.
Conversation of the evening: Is the waitress really French? Is the accent real? Maybe she's French-Canadian?
Additional conversation: Are they gay? Are they a couple? Did she have plastic surgery? Did her husband leave her for a younger woman? No one escapes our...curiosity.
So, the onion soup didn't come before the meal, but with it, so Michael sent back the burger, yet when it did arrive, it was warm and flavorful and just as he ordered it. The bread was a HUGE disappointment-it was cold and spongy yet it looked deceivingly warm and crunchy-bummer. Also, I ordered a glass of Vin de Pays d’Oc Cabernet Sauvignon, Jean de Roze 2009 and it was very smooth with no tannins (I am not sure it really was a Cabernet). The profiteroles for dessert were yummy. And the company, once again, was what made the evening!
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She was French, they were a gay couple, she had plastic surgery after her husband left her and my duck sausage was excellent. Dinner after a grand opening...what a glamorous evening we had.
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