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“European Union”

Occasion:	Cuisine:	Area:	Cost:	Rating:
Night Out	New American	East Village	Moderate	Great

lar. Served cold, they are marinated and sort of vinegary and bright and almost pickled and beg for nothing more than a crusty piece of grilled bread (which is provided). The scallops ($7) are almost a turn-on—a few succulent raw ones—cool, creamy and slippery—are dressed in Meyer lemon and a touch of pureed and raw shaved hearts of palm. It’s fresh and bright and just gorgeous. Alison, who had been sharing the latest hilarious blind date story with Kiri and me, was rendered speechless when she got a taste of the scallop. She was in the middle of a really funny part when she went quiet. “Hey. Alison! Alison! Hello, anybody home?” we asked. We had to sort of bring her back to life. While Alison had her moment with the scallops, Kiri and I got busy with the Steak Tartare ($7), a luscious ruby red mound of rough cut raw steak seasoned up just right and topped with a raw quail egg. There were three very happy ladies at our table, can you tell?

As we looked over the menu, trying to figure what to have next, the music caught my attention. Jason does his own mixing on his iPod and at EU plays a mean ‘80s mix that included, well, name this tune—“Standing in the rain, with his head hung low, couldn’t get a ticket, it was a sold out show.” Name it! Come on, you know the song. Yes, you got it—Foreigner’s Jukebox Hero, which would be followed by Squeeze (Pulling Mussels from a Shell), and a few classics from the Police (Roxanne), and Depeche Mode (I Just Can’t Get Enough). When our waiter Ben, a young chap with a thick head of hair brushed forward in a heavy layer onto his forehead, came over to take our order, we talked a bit about the music. “I may be young but I am a child of the ‘80s at heart,” he said, responding to our love of Depeche Mode. “Really?” I replied. “You were probably a fetus in the 80s.” “Yeah, but I love Depeche Mode,” he said with a huge smile. “I do too,” I said. “I hope they play some Yaz.” Ben looked confused. “Yaz? Hmm. Nope. Never heard of ‘em.” Oh dear. Sadly, Ben had then lost all credibility as a child of the ‘80s. But he did promise to do some homework—Upstairs at Eric’s—and let me know what he thought. Note to Ben: I’m still waiting.

Bopping in our seats to DM, we ordered a bottle of Beaujolais ($30) to star ... [more, click below]

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Posted: April 9, 2007

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