My fiancé wanted to treat me for my B-day, so I gave her two options, either The Tasting Room or Eleven Madison Park (EMP). Because of TimeOut NY's review she chose EMP, and although it set her back about $300, I'm sure she hasn't regretted it.
We had a 6+ course tasting menu. Everything was fabulous! We chose the Spring (veggie) tasting menu, but it also has a Winter and Summer. The dullest dish we had was gnocchi with some specialty mushrooms, and that was still great. The novelty of the tastes were beyond my ability to remember them. Many meals were delivered by two servers, besides having a waiter to oversea the process. On the way out, someone grabbed my girlfriend to give her a small complimentary cake.
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