Or try the Caesar salad. The salad, fresher and lighter than usual, with well-seasoned, homemade croutons, a good dose of lemon, and one anchovy, tastes sunny and clean. Desserts were superb. An almost flan-like texture in the bowl, it melted into a wonderful pudding consistency in the mouth. A friend had the peach melba parfait, for its nostalgia-inducing sundae feel, but try the warm chocolate torte, baked just until it's set, so that the middle section remains a pudding while all around is a subtly bitter sponge cake.
Service is solicitous, but perhaps a little too quick.
Each course arrived very nearly on the heels of the previous one, giving the impression that our table was wanted. But that all goes with the very New York crowd and scene.