Those that know me well know that I can be characterized as one of the world’s most picky eaters.  If something contains more than two or three ingredients I hesitate to try it.  Which leads me to today.

My wife Corrinne, made a reservation for her sister and I to go to L’Ecole the restaurant of the French Culinary Institute where she is currently attending.  The restaurant has a
prix fixe & a la carte lunch menu which consists of one appetizer,
entrée, and dessert.  Their dinner menus are 4 course and 5 course prix fixe.  Now I am a meat and potatoes type of guy, so I was really nervous about doing this today and making sure I do nothing to embarrass her.

I ordered the Grilled Rib-Eye Steak as my entrée and I ordered it medium-well as per my instructions done Corrinne, my wife to not order anything well done.  They started us out with some appetizers of which I do not remember any of the names.  I did not dive into any of them, but I did give some of them a taste and they were really good.  They then brought us our entrée and my steak was so good .  I was so impressed with the taste.  The first part of the steak was medium and I ate it anyway.  As I got further along it became more medium well, and I have to admit, the medium was a lot tastier.  I sure hope Corrinne does not read this because , that will mean the end of my days of getting well done steaks!

We then ordered our desserts and I got the chocolate pudding.  Much to my surprise the pudding was more like cake and it too was really good.  So in a nut shell, today I expanded my eating horizons slightly today.  I learned that medium steaks are really good, and desserts are not always what they seem on the menu.

I could not write this whole thing and not mention Jenny.  She is my sister-in-law and she is the one that went with me.  She tried everything they brought out to us and enjoyed it all.  I am sure she would give the restaurant a great review.

After lunch Corrinne gave us a tour of the kitchen, and we meet her classmates.  It always amazes me to see what goes into running a kitchen in a restaurant.  Even though the restaurant was not very full at the time we were done, it just seemed so busy back in the kitchen.  I have to say that this lunch was a great experience and I have a better appreciation for what Corrinne is doing everyday at school.

L’Ecole is located at 462 Broadyway, on the corner of Broadway and Grand in Manhattan.