I’ve been threatening to start this thread for a while. Here’s where to report on the not so hot, the decent but flawed, the might improve with time.
From the folks who brought you Dame, one of my favorite restaurants, Crevette, a seafood place with a really, really nice menu. And uneven food. I went with five others, so we got to try a lot. Prices are on the high side, and portions are on the skimpy side, never a good sign. It’s also one of those places where the server will tell you to order five appetizers and two entrees per person. (I am exaggerating - but only slightly - for effect.)
Red shrimp carpaccio. I think in my head this was ceviche. I wasn’t crazy about the ground-up-ness of it, but that’s carpaccio for you.
Sicilian sashimi was fine. I question the use of oil, but I guess that’s the Sicilian part.
Bluefin tuna with crispy potato. I resisted getting this, and it was easily one of the two best things we ate.
The other was this delicious seafood rice, with all kinds of things, prepared perfectly.
Foie gras, mushrooms, egg yolk. I ate the mushrooms, which were very intense, in a good way.
Peekytoe crab agnolotti, which I somehow failed to photograph, because because I was stunned by its majesty. Someone else stepped up.
Tortilla with morels. It’s an omelette. Even with the morels.
Deviled crab, which I absolutely insisted on getting, and which was mediocre. Just tasted like fry.
And three desserts: ice cream, rum (sorry - rhum) cake, and cheesecake. The rhum cake was very good, thie other two were fine.
The whole thing seemed a little cynical, somehow. But maybe it’s just not the right place for a large group, since nothing was really big enough to split properly.
