NY Restaurant Week @ The Anvil Rooms

The dish was visually stunning, with both red and yellows beets. It was simple yet powerful flavors, put together. If you like sweet and salty flavor profiles, this is what you want. Each of those flavors stood out yet mingled quite effortlessly together and I totally loved it. I can see why they brought it back.

I had a glass of the 2013 Chenin Blanc paired with my beets. A lovely sweet-ish wine with gentle tannins and a slight acidity. Really nice. And they've also added a few more wine selections to their list since the last time I was there over a month ago.

Both my husband and Miss Q&M got the salmon to start, and that was a picture so lovely, one would try to eat it as slow as possible just to lengthen the experience.

The asparagus velouté is poured over the salmon only when the dish is placed in front of you. I got to taste a forkful of salmon and it literally melted in my mouth. The asparagus velouté was seriously tasty as well and it worked wonders for the dish. My husband admitted to me later that he wanted to lick the plate clean. Well, there's a compliment any restaurant would want to hear.

Miss Q&M's hubby chose the chicken and vegetable terrine which he said was the best thing he ate all night. And that's saying a lot as the mains were pretty fantastic in their own right. It was a good looking dish, with chunky vegetables sitting pretty in their gelatinous mould of meat, herbs and spices.

Three of us with the exception of myself, got the beef cheek which came highly recommended. I'm pretty sure it was cooked in a sous-vide before being braised as the meat was so very tender, it melts as your fork plunges into it. The apple and beetroot coleslaw was quite an ingenious pairing. Crunchy, sweet and tangy, it gave body to the overall experience and added texture to the dish.

I chose the New York Striploin, done medium. I know that it's preferable to enjoy a good steak medium rare, but I like my meat a little more pink than red. 

House Fries, Wilted Spinach in Butter and a fresh House Salad

For dessert, the cheesecake was the more popular choice with three of us ordering it.

Beautifully prepared and sinfully good, it was well loved by every person who had it placed in front of them.
I already had my eye on the key lime pie since I snagged the menu a month ago. But unfortunately the pie crust that night was overdone and quite difficult to cut into.

The filling and meringue were gorgeous though and so was the ice cream. I refuse to give up on it and definitely want to go back before August 15 just for that pie. And to also give me another chance to sample other choices on menu.