| New York City is awash with restaurants providing an amazing range of ethnic offerings and a broad span of restaurant locations, décors and atmospheres. The best restaurants in New York City not only showcase masterpiece cuisines, carefully crafted by celebrity chefs showcased in some of the most spectacular surroundings and situations.
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New York is a hugely diverse cosmopolitan city, and has enticed many multinational, multicultural nationalities including some 170 foreign countries speaking over 130 languages and now call this their home they are often found working amongst the some 20,000 restaurants populate the city.
New York or the 'Big Apple' as it is sometimes called showcases absolutely every type of food available, every cuisine is represented through tastes of the world, ranging from cheap slice of pizza to $500 a plate prix fixe sushi at 'Masa'.
The city is famous for its own brands of food and these include 'The New York Bagel' derived from the old Jewish world, of course the 'New York Hot Dog' sometimes known as the 'Dirty water Dog' by the locals served on pushcarts on-sidewalks, get a paper napkin and stroll along the streets. Another Jewish delicacy is the New York Delhi sandwich filled with corned beef or pastrami, not forgetting the 'New York Cheesecake' relying upon heavy cream, cream cheese, egg and egg yolks to add a richness and smooth consistency.
Many of the finest New York City restaurants demand a two-month booking in advance, the most raved about places in the city include Danielle, Nobu, Jean Georges, Le Bernadin and Chanterelle. Alain Ducasse's restaurant in the Essex House hotel and has set menus at $160, it is a grand impressive restaurant championed by the trendy and the chic.
'March Restaurant 'produces ultra-gourmet, uniquely ambitious cuisines with a set price menu that allows a wide choice of unusually interesting options. 'Chanterelle' whose decor is simple, remains one of the city most popular French restaurants grilled seafood is the perennial favourite on the ever-changing menu that features the likes of 'steamed leek salmon wrapped with saffron', squab and pea ravioli' or a rack of Lamb with cumin salt crust.
Another top French restaurant is 'Danielle's' named after the renowned chef owner 'Daniel Boloud,', an extremely opulent venue for French fare with an accent on seasonal ingredients the colourful masterpieces include: Louisiana crayfish, butter poached Maine lobster, red wine braised short ribs and peppered shallot confit with the rib-eye and sautéed Porcinis.
'Gramercy Tavern' is a contemporary American restaurant that never seems to go out of fashion and suits diners perfectly if they are looking for an uncomplicated meal, the formal dining room presents extraordinarily skilful fare such as smoked lobster and grilled halibut. 'Le Cirque' a very well known destination where designer Adam Tihany has created a whimsical circus statement depicted through soaring ceilings, a giant abstract 'big top' and monkey statuettes, the cuisines are just as dramatic featuring roasted duck with rhubarb marmalade and enormous Venetian glass fantasies display delicious desserts like crème brûlée.
'The Russian Tea Room' being featured in many movies, is as magnificent as the days when 'Nureyev' held Court, it is a beautiful old dining room, presenting gilded eagles, plush leather banquets and walls lined with oil paintings, the menu is still as provocatively sumptuous, presenting glazed duck and succulent caviar.
'21 club' is an absolute must for the business traveller and has included every president since Teddy Roosevelt as its patron, a former speakeasy which has a history very few New York venues can match, proudly presents a string of intimate dining rooms. The '21st burger' is a classic choice but chef John Greeley has updated the menu of classic American fare to include dishes such as grilled swordfish and polenta cake and cedar plank roasted Arctic char.
'Gotham bar and Grill2, another must to visit, whose tables are tightly spaced, at various levels of flooring, the soaring ceilings hung with lighting fixtures resembling parachutes gives the illusion of space. Chef Alfred Portale pioneered the gravity defying main dishes that everyone now emulates and now includes into his fabulous bouquet of cuisines, decadent seafood salad and Muscovy duck with foie gras.
'Jean Georges' is so fortunate in that it is situated in the Trump Hotel Towers and allows diners to sit on the terrace overlooking Central Park or enjoy the same view from the art deco influenced dining room, the decor is subdued and provides a subtle backdrop for the spectacular French fare to shine.
'The Palm', a New York City classic still looks much like it did in the 1920s when cartoonists from the then nearby 'King publications', plied their craft on the restaurant walls for a meal. The cartooned walls, simple wood settings and tile floors still make it a popular venue providing succulent steaks, giant lobsters, homemade chips, creamed spinach and delicious homemade cheesecake, reservations definitely suggested.
'Tavern on the Green', set in Central Park amongst twinkling lights and providing a live string band playing in the background is a favourite, housing a maze of dining rooms each one more extravagant than the last, magnificent Tiffany style chandeliers drip from the ceilings and reflected in the mirrored hallway, favourites such as sirloin steak, rack of lamb, salmon and prime rib are served.
Moving away from the classic restaurants take another avenue down towards the more trendy, chic hangouts which included 'Bombay Talkie' which seamlessly blend Indian haute cuisine with street food, the walls are lined with pictures of 'Mumbai film stars', Bollywood movies play overhead, intoxicating cocktails such as the 'Umrao Jaan', made out of Gin, lime juice and saffron syrup add to the allure. Or visit 'Nobu' the hip choice for providing trendy Japanese cuisine under the guidance of Master chef 'Nobu', the menu serves over 40 different hot and cold dishes.
'Prune', which sounds extremely old-fashioned is a creative East Village Bistro competently competes amongst the city's best restaurants, some of the most exciting main dishes include grilled quail with braised escarole and whole grilled fish with fennel, beautiful and simple vegetable side orders are expertly prepared under the guidance of chef Gabrielle Hamilton whose childhood nickname 'Prune' gives the restaurant its unique name.
There are just so many restaurants in New York' needless to say the best city restaurants New York provide their guests with exceptional dining experiences as a result of the fabulous locations, sometimes rooftops of buildings overlooking the city's skyline, alfresco dining at street-level, private banks of a river or overlooking the beach, every taste imaginable, every cultural highlight and delicacy provided, you cannot come away from this fabulous destination without being supremely impressed by the culinary masterpieces available from this great city.
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