“A good meal is not only about good food and good wine. Above all it should be an emotional experience”. After the success of his California restaurant (The French Laundry), Thomas Keller decided to get pulses racing in New York. In his elegant den with a view of Central Park, chef Jonathan Benno gives the most modern American recipes a touch of French class. The evocatively named “Oysters and Pearls” dish - pearl tapioca and a porched oyster garnished with caviar, the Calotte of grilled Idaho beef with Potato Mille Feuille, Forest Mushrooms, Crispy Bone Marrow and Sauce Bordelaise, the Butter-poached Lobster with a Saffron and Vanilla sauce… A festival of culinary delights that will convince you that perfection does indeed exist.