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ABC Kitchen, Restaurant Week NYC 2017


I was happy to score a reservation at ABC Kitchen during the Restaurant Week (more on Restaurant Week in the previous post). 

ABC Kitchen is one of a few Jean-Georges Vongerichten's restaurants in New York City and it is located inside the ABC Carpet & Home store. 








This visually stunning restaurant has been built and decorated using found, salvaged, reclaimed and recycled building materials. 




The menu is very creative and they pride themselves on using fresh, organic and local, when possible, produce, fish and meat.  


 The Restaurant Week menu offered some really great choices.


 I loved the simplicity of the table setting, it was clean, modest but very modern and inviting.
The mixed and matched china gave it a home like feeling.


 This delicious bread which comes from the wonderful Sullivan Street Bakery came with olive oil and salt.


I started with the farro, chickpea and white bean soup.   There were croutons in the soup that released such an array of flavors when bitten, it was marvelous. That was a very nice touch and showed a great effort and attention to detail. 


 My mom's choice for the main course was the grilled portobello sandwich with arugula, parmesan, lemon mayo and jalapeno.  It was accompanied by a mixed salad with a lemon dressing.


 I enjoyed the seared chicken salad with quinoa, mixed greens, cucumbers and sweet ginger vinaigrette.  The chicken was perfectly cooked and the quinoa and greens were nicely seasoned.  It was a lot of food but the ingredients were so fresh and wholesome; I didn't feel stuffed after finishing it.


The dessert included in the special menu was this wonderful almond cake with poached pear and green apple sorbet.  The cake was very dense and lovely.


 I went with the salted caramel ice cream sundae with candied peanuts and popcorn, whipped cream and hot fudge.  This was so indulgent and delicious.  It has been a while since I had an ice cream sundae and especially one with caramel popcorn but this was worth every single calorie.


A fantastic lunch in a beautiful setting, ABC Kitchen is officially on my list of repeats.

(The summer Restaurant Week post is up)

ABC Kitchen,
35 East 18th Street
212-475-5829


Joanna

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