RQS mentioned that a restaurant in the Flatiron district had extended its restaurant week offerings, so that they end on the last day of the month. Although this place (Sagaponack) had a $1/Oyster special for happy hour on Fridays, I suggested that we take advantage of the $45/pp Prix Fixe restaurant week offering on a Thursday. This would be the second week in a row that I'd take the train into NYC to have a nice dinner. But this week, I didn't feel bloated after dinner.
The restaurant week menu at Sagaponack isn't much different than its usual menu. However, with Gambas de Ajillo (Shrimp cooled in a garlic and pimento sauce), Wagyu beef burgers and Peekytoe Crab Rolls on the menu, we just had to try the place out. Although most of the diners simply dropped in for a table, we had made reservations for 7:30 pm. Upon entering the place, RQS noticed that there were almost no males in the place. (This would not be the case for long.) And we were shown our way to the back to enjoy our meal.
Service was good, albeit a tad slow. But we weren't rushed either. Both of us ordered the shrimp for an appetizer, while RQS ordered the crab roll for a main course and I ordered the Burger. If I say the shrimp were the best part of the meal, it's not because the other offerings weren't top notch. It's because the shrimp had a wonderful flavor well above and beyond what we had a right to expect for an appetizer. Next came our main courses. If I knew how good the crab roll would taste, I would have ordered that instead of the Wagyu beef burger. Yet, the burger was cooked to perfection. Dessert was either of two varieties of Panna Cotta. It was a wonderful way to end a good meal. We will certainly go to this place again.
RQS and I walked to Union Square holding hands all the way. It's nice for two women to be able to openly show public signs of affection in NYC. I don't think I'd ever want to leave the NYC region if I didn't have to - it's one of the rare places that allow people to be themselves if they don't harm others. It's much better than any place below the Mason-Dixon line these days.
All too soon, I was on my way home. It was nice to finally strip and get comfortable.
