I visited this restaurant/lounge for a enjoyable occasion. It’s a place extra identified for night time life, with stomach dancers and good drinks. It was embellished inside and outside for the Vacation season, very festive!
Our occasion was upstairs, so I didn’t get to see the principle ground. There was a small middle-level ground with a handful of seating, which was odd however fascinating. It had a extra of a quiet ambiance, in comparison with the font foyer space and the upstairs. Not a lot colours or lights, just some portray. I preferred the paintings on the finish of the wall.
The upper stage was all fancy and enjoyable. I preferred the sunshine fixtures that had been extra like glass lanterns, lit in crimson and inexperienced. This restaurant is Moroccan and Mediterranean theme, and I completely obtained that vibe. The colour, decor, lanterns, they usually even had hookah! I didn’t get to attempt to hookah, possibly subsequent time…
Beneath the cool ceiling full of lovely lanterns, they’d a full bar. The bartenders weren’t probably the most pleasant sorts, however they had been environment friendly, they usually know pour an excellent dink!
We had their specialty cocktails, Platinum Paloma and Platinum Pina. The Paloma is made with Deleon Platinum Tequila, grapefruit juice, lime, and got here syrup. It had a fairly colour crimson grapefruit colour, and a very nice taste to it. It was good and powerful, not candy like I assumed it might be, however a tasty drink. The Pina is made with Deleon Platinum Tequila, Lime, Pineapple, and jalapeño syrup. This one was extra clear, and had good however delicate pineapple taste. It additionally had that scorching spicy-ness that got here up from the again of the throat after every sip from the jalapeño syrup. Each fairly good drinks, sturdy and top quality.
Then the blissful parade of yummy meals started to circulation. I don’t know if I’ve ever tried meals which might be Moroccan, so I used to be excited to strive all of them. The very first thing they introduced out was a tray stuffed with fried balls, it’s known as Croquette aux Epinards, mainly a spinach croquette. It’s made with spinach, walnuts, bechamel, and romesco. It was fairly darn tasty. In addition they had seafood crammed puff pastry, which was a complete delight.
Then there was this merchandise that was completely intriguing. It’s known as Pastilla au Poulet, and is made with braised hen, raisins, almonds, pepper, yogurt, stuffed in fillo, and dressed with powdered sugar. I used to be instructed it’s a typical Moroccan snack, and it was actually good! It was mixture of savory and candy on the identical time, I by no means fairly actually had something like this.
One other tremendous yummy deal with was mini crab desserts known as cake de Crab. It’s made with cornflakes crust, crab, saffron discount, and sea beans . It was stuffed with numerous crab meat, not like some form of combine with tiny quantity of crab meat, however heaps and plenty of crab meat! It was actually scrumptious! They know do good, high quality meals!
One other merchandise was known as Pissaladiere a la Truffle, made with flatbread, champignons de Paris, shitaki, truffle goat cheese, caramelized onions, and arugula. It had a pleasant taste, good goat cheese style and all the pieces labored actually good collectively.
In the direction of the tip, they introduced out Tartare au Thon, which was tuna on cucumber, with espelette aioli, seaweed, ginger, and soy. It was a really refreshing merchandise, good merchandise in spite of everything the opposite wealthy meals.
Across the identical time the cucumbers, in addition they gave us a pleasant crimson wine. They had been giving out crimson and white wines, however we obtained the crimson. I requested the waiter for the bottle simply to take the photograph, and he was good sufficient to let me take a photograph. It was Lacrimus Rioja, Crianza 2011 from Spain. It was wealthy and velvety, with flavors of cherry, oak, and a few spice. The waiters crammed it virtually to the highest, and even gave us a refill. What a beneficiant service!
Talking of the service, the supervisor on obligation, Arial was actually superior. He was watching everybody (staffs) like a hawk. He made positive all of the meals made it to everybody, which was not straightforward to do in an extended, slim area. He even took some trays of meals himself to ensure it was reaching everybody. When there was some mess on the ground, a employees got here instantly to scrub it up. The meals and drinks had been checked all through to make sure all the pieces on the occasion was blissful.
In addition they had spectacular leisure for us, a stomach dancer! This was a complete shock, I didn’t anticipate them to be giving us a present on high of all the good meals and drinks! The “stage” was extra in direction of the tip of the room, and sine we had been sitting a bit removed from there, we didn’t get to have an excellent view, however I might see everybody round there have been completely entertained.
Total, it was an important occasion. The meals was wonderful, staffs had been all environment friendly and good, drinks had been sturdy, and the supervisor had actual expertise to maintain all the pieces operating easily. I might wish to return once more for extra of their nice meals and possibly get to see extra of the stomach dancer motion as properly. Thanks for the good night time!
Le Souk – 510 LaGuardia Pl, New York, NY 10012
