Perse
Perse - Highly Recommended ($$$$) 10 Columbus Circle (4th Floor Time Warner Building) New York, NY To be honest, I have been trying to avoid this place because the thought of dishing out close to 4 hundred dollars a head on a meal was just out of the question. But a good friend flew in from Japan on business and wanted to see us the other night. He had contacted J around 5pm asking her if we could all have dinner that night. In addition, he's quite the gourmand and asked if anyone was serving White Truffles yet. Now (global) recession or not, places that serve fresh white truffles aren't really hurting for business. They actually are doing quite well. But these are only a handful of restaurants frequented by the wealthy. (The rest of us proletarians must save up a few months to literally taste the rich life) So after calling Daniel, Le Cirque, Four Seasons, Le Bernardin, Jean Georges, I got the same reply, "I'm sorry sir, we are fully booked tonight." It was now 5...