I have to begin this by saying "Despite being a restaurant in a hotel ..." despite it being one of the better restaurants in one of the best hotels in town, The St. Regis.
Well, I don't absolutely have to, but for many people, being a hotel restaurant would weigh heavily against Ame.
But if you're in the mood for a date night, and Mrs Page was, this is one of the best places to conduct the required assignation.
Cocktails in the bar of the St. Regis, followed by dinner at Ame, go well with valet parking and the whole service thing going on there. It's good to be pampered every now and then.
Dinner was suitably excellent too.
I had the crudo - sashimi - with extra virgin olive oil, lemon and sea salt. Perhaps a little too simple, but inoffensive. Mrs Page had the raviolo of pheasant with petit ragout of sweetbreads, chanterelles and umbrian summer truffles, which was absolutely gorgeous. Then she had the broiled sake marinated alaskan black cod and shrimp dumplings in shiso broth which she described as "excellent". I tried the grilled NY strip steak with goat cheese and eggplant lasagna, basil scented squash puree and romesco sauce, which was very good if unnecessarily pre-sliced. Why do they do that?
A wonderful way to spend a Saturday evening.
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