Nestled in the quiet little Hamlet known as East Quogue is a lovely elegant home with a superb french style dining experience serving dinner six nights a week.
With a large bar, two dining rooms- one with old world charm that seats approx 45, and the other, a bit more contemporary with large long tables, tall windows and outstanding service, this restaurant is a not to be missed for any special occasion, a romantic dinner for two, or a wonderful dinner with good friends.
Last night, one of the many unique appetizer specials were a chilled heirloom tomato gazpacho with fresh jumbo lump crabmeat, Hudson valley duck fois gras with grilled peaches, lightly tempura fried style large zucchini blossoms, served with melted straciatella cheese & mini roasted peppers, a watermelon salad with feta cheese and sungold tomatoes pistachios, basil and olives , duck meatballs, a yellow fin tuna tartare topped with tobiko (wasabi) caviar, and a risotto dish with sweet corn, shrimp & lobster . YUM!!!
Entrees included a beyond fresh moist Halibut served with summer succotash and lobster mashed potatoes, and roasted cherry tomatoes and grilled berkshire pork loin, a grilled Hills Farm skirt steak an Irish Organic Salmon with asparagus, exotic spring mushrooms and fingerling potatoes with truffles, and Grilled Yellowfin Tuna served with sweet white peppers and a smoked paprika confit and an olive tapenade, among many others.
Desserts are equally excellent- a caramel and fleur de sel Ice cream, a molten chocolate cake with Tahitian vanilla ice cream, a tasting of french chocolates, a cheese plate (choice of 3 or 5) with fig jam, and a banana sundae with marscapone mousse, and a Dulche De leche meringue.
A fabulous dining experience & reservations are a mUST!
Monday, August 6, 2012
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Trattoria L'inconctro
Located on 21-76 31st st in ASTORIA, Queens is a fabulous Italian restaurant. I love this place. A large venue with two rooms- one very large & one off to the side usually used for families with small children & private parties as well.
The decor is ITALY- high ceilings, great paintings tile & terracotta. While the menu is huge with so many choices, I always prefer to go with the nightly specials. What always amazes me is when they can recite all the specials without notes as there are many!
Chef Rocco offers many items- Appetizers on this particular evening were about 15- including burrata- a soft creamy buttery home made mozzarella, grilled octopus, stuffed zucchini blossoms (one of my favorites & a short season) a special salad with large black mission figs, chards of (large wide strips) of parmesean reggiano (the king of cheeses) thin large slices of mortadella and a balsamic drizzle, and so much more! Pastas- incredible. These offer so many, including paparadelle with rabbit, tubetini, black linguine and so much more- We chose the homemade fettuccini with sundried zucchini and a sausage ragu- outstanding. Among the many specials for entrees were a berkshire pork chop, a grilled on the bone veal chop with cremeni mushrooms,, veal or chicken paillard, short ribs, osso bucco, rack of veal, whole branzino and dover sole. To my MANY comments over the years, I did NOT have the Branzino! I had the dover sole, which was served magnificently, with the spine (bones) standing up like a fan on top of the beautiful filets of fish- accompanied by broccoli rabe wonderful!
My husband has the rack of veal- 4 large thick perfectly medium rare chops, served with haricot verts and roasted potatoes.
Too full for dessert- but they sent over as a lovely gesture their homemade "semi freddo" a chilled panna cotta with a warm rich lush zabiolione - OMG!
They are closed on Mondays and I do recommend a reservation on the weekends , although they are busy all the time!
A must go!
The decor is ITALY- high ceilings, great paintings tile & terracotta. While the menu is huge with so many choices, I always prefer to go with the nightly specials. What always amazes me is when they can recite all the specials without notes as there are many!
Chef Rocco offers many items- Appetizers on this particular evening were about 15- including burrata- a soft creamy buttery home made mozzarella, grilled octopus, stuffed zucchini blossoms (one of my favorites & a short season) a special salad with large black mission figs, chards of (large wide strips) of parmesean reggiano (the king of cheeses) thin large slices of mortadella and a balsamic drizzle, and so much more! Pastas- incredible. These offer so many, including paparadelle with rabbit, tubetini, black linguine and so much more- We chose the homemade fettuccini with sundried zucchini and a sausage ragu- outstanding. Among the many specials for entrees were a berkshire pork chop, a grilled on the bone veal chop with cremeni mushrooms,, veal or chicken paillard, short ribs, osso bucco, rack of veal, whole branzino and dover sole. To my MANY comments over the years, I did NOT have the Branzino! I had the dover sole, which was served magnificently, with the spine (bones) standing up like a fan on top of the beautiful filets of fish- accompanied by broccoli rabe wonderful!
My husband has the rack of veal- 4 large thick perfectly medium rare chops, served with haricot verts and roasted potatoes.
Too full for dessert- but they sent over as a lovely gesture their homemade "semi freddo" a chilled panna cotta with a warm rich lush zabiolione - OMG!
They are closed on Mondays and I do recommend a reservation on the weekends , although they are busy all the time!
A must go!
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