Nougatine offers high-quality, hearty food. Unfortunately, at New York prices, which in the end does not give exceptional value for money.
It’s not easy in New York to find a table that is both good and relatively affordable, especially since we hadn’t made any reservations in advance. Fortunately, there weren’t many tourists, so it was easy to find tables, and Olivier, who had been there several times recently for work, had drawn up a short list in case we needed it.
We have therefore set our sights on Nougatine, which he has already introduced to you here.
You will find the summary of the articles on this trip to Boston, New York and New Orleans at the bottom of the page.
Concept
Nougatine is an international restaurant, a sort of “accessible” version of the two-starred restaurant located right next door.
But we must also mention chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten. He began his career in Europe, training with renowned chefs such as Paul Haeberlin at the Auberge de l’Ill in Alsace and Louis Outhier at L’Oasis. The latter sent him to Asia, where he worked in several Mandarin Oriental hotels in Bangkok, Hong Kong and Singapore. It was there that he discovered and incorporated Asian influences into his cooking.
Today he reigns over an empire of more than 60 restaurants.
The setting
Moderne, dans les tons gris beige, assez joli et sans faute de gout mais plutôt sombre le soir.
The menu
Faithful to the chef’s journey, it mixes European and Asian influences.
The meal
The welcome is pleasant and unpretentious and we are shown to our table.
For starters, I ordered the crispy calamari, basil salt, Siveet chili sauce.
The calamari is good, the breading light and not at all greasy, and the sauce is very good too.
Then I had the organic chicken in a parmesan crust with artichokes, lemon butter and basil.
Very, very well presented and generous.
The meat is as tender as can be, and the lemon sauce is a real treat. As for the fries, they are light and thin.
With wine by the glass and mineral water, it all comes to around 100 euros before tax and service, or 130 euros in total.
The service
Quite good, but not exceptionally fast or attentive.
Atmosphere
Fairly noisy room, not surprising in the USA.
Bottom line
Vraiment un bon repas et des prix “abordables” pour New York mais au vu de l’addition finale un repas similaire m’aurais couté au moins moitié moins à Paris.
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