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  Night Out New American Soho Moderate Great

sing infants, crying for more.

We did have more. Next came what I call the sea urchin for dummies dish. Sometimes sea urchin can be too intense, too urchiny for some who don’t quite like the brassy brine of the sea on their tongue. It is an acquired taste. So Brad takes the urchin down a notch by turning it into a creamy luscious custard topped with chunks of lobster tossed with lime so you get the gentle essence of the urchin but without getting hit over the head with it. This course was paired a terrific white Burgundy—Pernand-Vergelesses from Domaine Rollin (2001).

In between courses, we toasted to Sanjit and Deepa’s newest play, the American Family Project, an original work that explores the transformation of the family ideal. They interviewed hundreds of families across the country and distilled the play down to the experiences of five unique familial situations. [If you’re interested in seeing the play, they will present it from March 1st to March 11th at Teatro La TEA @ Clemente Soto Velez Community Center, 107 Suffolk Street, Suite 200 (btwn Delancey & Rivington). Tickets ($18) can be purchased at www.smarttix.com, or call 212-868-4444, or at the door.] There was more good news to share that night—a play of Craig’s had just been selected for a festival that will run in late April at the American Globe Theatre, and Sanjit’s first really big role on Law & Order had just been aired. (It was called Melting Pot.) He played a murder suspect and had three huge scenes. (You can download it on iTunes and see if he did it.) Luckily we were not short on wine for the multiple toasts that were made. We were, however, soon short on coherence. Oh well.

Just as we were draining the last of our Burgundy (since Deepa is pregnant, we all shared hers), our next and final course arrived—a smoked New Zealand venison carpaccio sliced so it was as sheer as a stocking and peppered with licorice pickled onions. To drink, Reuben served us the Ata Rangi Pinot Noir from Martinborough (2003), a wine that made my toes curl with pleasure. (I’m going to run out today and buy it to keep it at home, just in case of an emergency fix.)

The end of the night came with a round of cheeses (all made by American farms) and a killer coconut crème brulee. We leaned back and sacked out in our giant banquette and marveled over the food, the w ... [more, click below]

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