Delicate, chilled summer fruit soups follow. A melon soup based in shrimp stock is scented with lemon grass, purple basil and mint, topped with a dollop of heavy cream. The lobster bisque is rich with cr me fra che and abundant chunks of lobster. The house wine is a rich, full-bodied Chardonnay. Daniel Boulud s signature roasted black sea bass is wrapped in crisp, wafer-thin slices of potato.
Desserts are as frivolous as an afternoon love tryst.
Pierre Saint Denis has created a small Normandy farmhouse setting right in the middle of the Upper East Side. He imported the perfect chairs and the small round tables. He added beams on the ceiling and covered storage units with wood. Both the back room and garden are delightfully romantic. Perfectly crisped duck.