NYC Restaurant Week - July 12th - 25th

One of our girls tried hot spot Shang for restaurant week, she wrote this kick ass review. We hope you enjoy!

A little snip-it about BK - She's a nut about restaurant week and usually goes to 3 or 4 restaurants per season and make this nasty (in a good way) Excel spreadsheet that evaluates the menu, regular price of the restaurant, whether they usually have prefix menu, and if it's generally worth it. For example, $35 for a menu full of pasta = not worth it.

Being a huge Top Chef fan, honestly who isn't a Top Chef fan, she was hoping Shang was on there and it was! Susur Lee was a finalist on Top Chef Master. She went with her fabulous roommate & foodie friend. The menu was the following:

Starters:

Salt & Pepper Calamari w/habanero chili dip

Vegetable Spring Roll

Singapore Slaw w/salted plum dressing

Entree:

Top Chef Chicken

Marinated Skirt Steak

Cantonese Wok Fried Pearl Noodles

Sushi Plate (5pcs)

Dessert:

Mango Panna Cotta w/double dark chocolate mousee

Asian Pear

BK's opinion:

The Venue: Very chic. They have beautiful, huge golden lanterns when you walk in. It's a great place to grab a drink by the bar and then order food, which is served family style. There is a terrace outside which is an awesome feature and a great place to catch some fresh air.

The Food: To start, my roommate and I both ordered the slaw, our friend, J, ordered the spring rolls. I know this sounds kind of unimpressive, but I do have to rave about the slaw. The slaw had 19 different ingredients in it and was such an interesting combination of flavors - especially the ginger and some sort of flower petals that complimented the plum sauce nicely. The presentation of it was also beautiful, as it almost looked like a bird's nest full of different ingredients.

For the second course, I ordered the Top Chef chicken (I remember when he made it, it looked so good), while the other 2 ordered the skirt steak. Both had a kick to them and were great, but I think I made the better choice with the chicken. The chicken was complimented by a mint puree (and I usually hate mint, but it was oddly sweet) and curry, and had candied cashews over it with a light sauce. This was definitely the right choice. The flavors went so well together and it was a totally different take on chicken than you normally see. Susur did not disappoint.

Last was dessert. It was tasty, but it is everything you would expect from the description. I have a huge sweet tooth and I found it to be too sweet for my liking, so take what you will from that.

Shang - great food, great atmosphere

-S&B

p.s. thanks BK for the fabulous review!