Mrs. Ammirati is also a vegetarian, which perhaps explains the deep purple radicchio leaves and bright, fresh greens that are in the salads and that accompany select entrees.
At breakfast on the Lower East Side, he eschewed a menu to order extemporaneously, chatted with the waitress in her native Italian, and gallantly selected an entree for his dining companion.
The choices are limited; one can select from seven entrees.
Most of the entrees arrive with a small bottle of selected olive oil that diners can apply as desired, and it's a great idea to allow customers control over the amount that's used.
The menu, with entrees averaging 20 renminbi, was in Chinese only, so I selected my order by pointing at dishes on other people's tables with a waitress in tow.
No entree reaches $30, and pastas are $15 to $17. On Sundays, a three-course meal, selected from the whole menu, is $29.95.
For an appetizer, there are two soups and two salads to choose from; the four entree choices include a 1 1/4-pound stuffed lobster; and a dessert can be selected from the regular menu.
The wine list offers 100 choices selected by Brad Nugent; there are cocktails by James Moreland and a menu featuring small plates (charcuterie, oysters, stuffed piquillo peppers) and a few entrees, including giant prawns and slow-cooked halibut.
Frankly, she has been selecting more than one entree and leaving scraps for legislators".
For eight consecutive weeks beginning this week, contestants will compete in a weekly category like appetizers or entrees, with the brand selecting two finalists for each theme.
