Le Cirque - The Cutest Dessert Ever!

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One of the main tasks on our agenda when deciding to move to New York was to eat and when I say eat, I mean eat well.  We've use Gilt City (i really should be getting paid for all the promos i do for their company) a lot to help with this task as they do sometimes have great deals on restaurants.  One of the deals we to a place called Le Cirque.

Now I hadn't heard of the legacy of Le Cirque, until i when back to SF and spoke to one of my colleagues (resident foodie).  I learned that Le Cirque was an institution in NYC.  It had been around since the 70s and started the careers of many of famous chefs (include Daniel Boulud).    What they will do is take each of the signature dishes from the past chefs who started there and include them as their "classics".  Now i was more then excited about trying this out, until my colleague mentioned "don't waste a weekend evening at Le Cirque, go during the weekday"..

This immediately put me on guard and i wished we had not purchased the Gilt City deal (2 tasting menu dinners) for Le Cirque.

So one evening, as I was decompressing on the Train from a hard days work, I decided I wasn't interested in cooking, I know Raman doesn't cook, so let's use the Gilt City deal.    This was a Monday night - yes......

We put a last minute reservation and still showed up 45 minutes early.  As we walked in (me in a dress and Raman in a jeans and a button down plaid shirt) we quickly realized that we were out of our league.

Immediately, the host asked what Raman's jacket size was and swooshed off to find a blue blazer which Raman would have to wear for the remainder of the evening.  We were then swiftly taken to our seats.  We provided the waiter with the gilt deals and said we would try one of everything on the tasting menu (there were two options for each course, so why not).

From that moment forward, we were transformed by each dish that came to us.  First a beautifully silk green garlic soup amushe, followed by Foie Gar and scallops, Potato wrapped bass and lobster risotto, Lamb and steak, and to end the evening creme brûlée and a stove cake.  All delicious, all beautifully crafted, all devoured by us with excitement and intrigue!

We'll let the pictures tell the rest about the cutest dessert ever!!