Before Samuel and I headed to the glorious performance of Turandot at the
Met, we had dinner across the street at The Smith.
Sam wasn't so hungry so he settled for the Corn Chowder and a coulple of
mini-loaves of their crunchy bread(the butter wins no prizes). I started with 2
each of 4 different oysters and the Cotuit Bay & Peter's Point from Mass
were my faves. The Pemaquid from Maine was nice, but the Island Creek from Mass
was a bore and way too salty. I tried the Saturday night special of Paella and
was truly impressed with this tasty combo of saffron rice, spicy chorizo,
mussels, large tasty clams, and a lobster claw (see FB foto) with red peppers,
chilis, onion, scallions and peas. The glass of refreshing Rose of Merlot from
Charming Daughters vineyard on Long Island was perfect for the spice.
Samuel loved his Hot Fudge Sundae with flourless chocolate cake for
dessert, but passed the crunchy almond bark to me. YAY!
We ate outside as it was glorious weather in NYC and sitting on Broadway
across from the Met was great and actually quieter than sitting in the way too
noisy interior!
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