The Harrison

...is located in NYC's Tribeca at 355 Greenwich Street.

"E", "K" and I had a lovely dinner there.

We all started with glasses of white wine. "E" had the baked gorgonzola stuffed pear ($7). "K" had the marinated olives ($4) and I had the Gnocchi with oxtail, horseradish, kale and pecorino ($12).

"E" had the Atlantic Salmon with cauliflower salad, leek puree and lemon confit ($24). "K" and I both had the Potato Wrapped Trout with sunchokes, french beans, almonds and grainy mustard ($24). And we shared a side order of Sauteed Spinach ($8).

For dessert "E" and "K" both had french press coffee ($5) and we shared the brownie ice cream sandwich ($8).

Everything was wonderful.

DOB 11.1

...is located at 115 St. Mark's Place in NYC's East Village.

"M" and I had a great dinner and saw the chef/owner overseeing the front of the house.

We shared the following dishes:

Seared Sea Scallops with warm cauliflower almond coulis, xo, chinese bacon, green curry ($11)

Duck fried rice side - duck confit, foie gras, duck bacon and egg ($11)

Curry Shrimp with ear mushrooms, chinese celery, spicy coconut sauce ($13)

Spicy Oxtail Stew with curry parsnip puree, lotus root vegetable, horseradish cream ($16)
Crispy Pork Belly, taro sausage mash, pickled vegetables, caramel sauce ($17)

The restaurant is BYOB and doesn't offer any other beverages (even non-alcholic) so unless you do take along something you have to settle for plain old tap water!

But the wonderful food more than makes up for their lack of beverage options. All of the dishes we tried were wonderful, flavorful and delicious.

We want to return to try other dishes on the menu, but are afraid we will end up ordering the same foods because everything was so good during this visit.

Kampuchea

M and I visited this Lower East side Cambodian fusion restaurant at 78 Rivington Street.

We each had a cocktail: ($12 each)

M - The Bamboo Train - gran Centanario tequila, cucumber-lime zest puree, lime juice, maraschino cherry liquer, kaffir leaves infused with agave nectar and a splash of absinthe

Me - Coconut Monsoon: flor de cana rum, young coconut pureer, lemongrass syrup, lime juice and white tea spice

For small plates we shared:

- Crisp pork belly with honey, cider glazed, scallions and toasted lemongrass $11

- Fried chicken with basil, spiced fleur del sel and lemon $10

Large plates we shared:

- Numpang Cambodian sandwich - oxtails with tamarind and honey with sweet potato chips $13

- Braised beef brisket soup with green papaya, okra, pickled baby carrots and herbs $19

and sides:

- Jasmine rice $3

- Brussel Sprouts with chinese sausage $7

Everything was very good and flavorful. The brisket was very tender. We were disappointed that the dessert menu was not as interesting as the rest of the menu so we skipped dessert.

Soul Fixins

Located in the shadow of The Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC's Chelsea is a small restaurant, Soul Fixins.

Although I really wanted to try the fried chicken I was curious about the Oxtails. All entrees are served with 2 sides so I ordered it with Rice N Beans and Mac N Cheese. It also came with a piece of cornbread for $11.95. The oxtails were tender and flavorful, but a little oily. The rice and mac n cheese were mediocre and the cornbread didn't have enough corn flavor.

They were out of sweet potato pie so I was disappointed. I may return to try the fried chicken and red velvet cake.