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“At Vermilion by guest reviewer Elaine Weiner”

Occasion:	Cuisine:	Area:	Cost:	Rating:
Night Out	Indian	Midtown	Moderate	Good

the Vermilion Hedonism: dark chocolate flourless cake with chili, masala orange, and blueberry sorbet. It was deeply rich in chocolate, but average in the molten chocolate cake arena, and the sorbet tasted more of Masala than blueberry, and, personally I don’t mix fruit with my chocolate.  Our other dessert was a winner named Shahi Turk—regal Indian passion. It’s made from a rabri (a sweet thick sauce made from condensed milk and heavy cream seasoned with green cardamom powder and saffron), poured over an even richer pistaccio and almond cake, and rich (and wonderful) it was. Except for an overwhelming amount of rabri (again, less is more), it was a sweet and lovely way to end this meal of many flavors.

Overall, At Vermilion could use a few nips and tucks in the menu department. The choices need to be pared down and the per plate ingredient overload trimmed back as well. The owners certainly have their work cut out for them, but with a little tweak here and there it could become the restaurant sleeper of the year, like that movie recently, which went on to win a tandoor full of Oscars.  

At Vermilion is located at 480 Lexington Avenue (at 46th Street) in New York City, 212-871-6600.

—Elaine Weiner

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Posted: May 24, 2009

Other restaurants in Midtown :
+ Lever House   + Aquavit   + RM   + Joseph's (formerly Citarella The Restaurant)   + Town   + Artisanal   + The Oyster Bar   + Geisha   + David Burke and Donatella Restaurant   + Riingo   + Amma   + Cafe Sabarsky   + The Stone Rose Lounge   + BLT Steak   + V, The Steakhouse-- Closed   + Bar Masa   + Cafe Gray   + The Bar Room at The Modern   + The Cafe at Aquavit   + The Cafe at Aquavit   + Bistro du Vent-- Closed   + Shaburi   + Xing   + The Modern   + Bar Americain   + Alto   + Park Blue   + Mainland-- Closed   + Nobu 57   + Quality Meats   + Dona-- CLOSED   + Daisy May's   + 7Square-- CLOSED   + Amalia   + Fireside   + Anthos   + Patroon   + BLT Market   + Toloache   + Mia Dona   + Park Avenue Summer   + Convivio   + The Oak Room by guest reviewer Julie Besonen   + At Vermilion by guest reviewer Elaine Weiner   + Lunching at Inakaya, by guest reviewer Kathleen Squires   + Marea, by Guest Reviewer Susan Kane Walkush   + Le Bernardin   + New York Central -- A Reason To Eat at the Grand Hyatt Again   + Pampano Botaneria by Dara Pollak   

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