Le Relais de Venise is a new restaurant in NYC's Midtown located at 590 Lexington Avenue.
This outpost from the original Parisienne restaurant does not have a dinner menu. Each person is served the exact same thing: salad with walnuts and mustard vinagrette dressing, sliced steak and frites for $24. There are no other appetizers, salads or main entrees. The also served french bread, but do not ask for butter because they don't have any. They suggest you use the bread to soak up the house sauce served on the steak. And don't ask for ketchup because they don't have any. They serve you half of your entree and keep the other half warm. Once you finish your first half they serve you the balance and will also give second helpings on the steak and frites if you are still hungry.
You can only order your steak four ways: blue, rare, medium or well done.
The salad was good. The steak was cooked perfectly and was tender. The fries were excellent.
You do have your choice of several desserts. There is actually a dessert and wine menu. "J" had the apricot and peach melba in a cookie cup and I had the house special Venise which is meringue with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, topped with another meringue, a scoop of hazelnut ice cream, topped with another meringue, covered in whipped cream and chocolate syrup. Both were $6.50.
The food was very good and our waitress had a wickedly sarcastic sense of humor. All of the waitresses were the same black dress and white apron uniform as their Parisienne counterparts.
It was an interesting experience. And the couple seated next to us said it was an exact duplicate of the original Paris restaurant.
Bon Apetit!
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