It’s been a while since we have been to Bryant Park Grill and so, we decided to go for dinner on a Friday evening. The weather was nice but not enough for us to sit outside, so we ended up in the dining room, enjoying the noise level that I would love to see more often in restaurants.

I started the meal with a cocktail, The Wiseman, made with Kentucky Owl Wiseman bourbon, Campari and grapefruit juice. I admit that it tasted more like grapefruit than anything else…

The Wiseman cocktail at Bryant Park Grill in NYC

As an appetizer, we shared the basket of grilled bread and veggies with vegan spreads. The first spread was crushed vine ripened tomato with sea salt. This was my least favorite, the spread strangely having kind of a fishy taste. However, I loved the black bean hummus (my favorite from all the spreads), the fire roasted caviar and the baba ganoush. The veggies that accompanied all of this were grilled artichokes and long hot chili. I admit that I was surprised by the choice of veggies, not that it was bad, to the contrary, but these are not really the kind that are meant for dipping.

For her main, Jodi got a salad made with chopped avocado, tomato, cucumber, tabbouleh, greek feta and pita.

On my side, I tried their crab cake that was good but I was expecting jumbo lump crab meat and thought that it was not worth the $24 they charge for, as well as the Australian rack of lamb, marinated with lemon zest and herbs, served with whipped mashed potatoes and sitting on a faro and lentil ragout. The presentation was fantastic and very appetizing, although I thought that there was too much of the whipped smashed potatoes. In fact, they did not need it, the faro and lentils ragout that had pieces of lamb sausage was amazing. The lamb was superb: well cooked medium, with a nice crust on the outside and juicy. I was in heaven!

For dessert, we opted for their coconut angel food cake as Jodi loves coconut. It was served with a cheesecake ice cream and a passionfruit caramel coulis. Overall, it was quite good, even for me who is not a big fan of coconut.

This was a delicious meal, in a nice atmosphere, and I would go back to The Bryant Park Grill to try some other dishes, their menu being mouth watering.
Enjoy (I did)!
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Bryant Park Grill -25 W 40th St, New York, NY 10018

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