A Michelin-Starred Experience Full of Surprises and Creativity 🎉✨
The stunning Soogil during NYC Restaurant Week! 🍽️🌟 Summary 📖: Clever ingredient pairings with Korean-inspired flavors presented in a *super* fresh and exciting way 🥹 Every dish is packed with layers of flavor. Especially the Foie Gras Rice —so delicious it’ll make you spin, fly, and dance on the spot 💃 Already booked my next visit! Minor flaws, but they don’t overshadow the brilliance. 💫 Entree: 1️⃣ Complimentary Seafood Tartare 🦞 A savory, refreshing sauce mixed with scallions—no overpowering flavors! The tartare shell holds a mix of scallop and shrimp, sweet and fresh. The shell has a *Doritos*-like crunch, though it softened over time. 🍤😋 2️⃣ Scallop Salad SO. GOOD. Blows *The Modern* (a two-Michelin-starred spot) out of the water! The sauce is like a reinvented pumpkin soup—savory with a hint of sweet, drizzled with wasabi oil. Served with plump, sweet scallops atop a bed of shredded cucumber and radish, a modern twist on Korean banchan. 🥒🔥 3️⃣ Beef Tartare Chewy beef cubes mixed with king oyster mushrooms and pear, paired with a rich pine nut sauce. Comes with pear strips—a symphony of salty and sweet 🎵 Absolutely divine. 🍐🥩 💫 Main Course 1️⃣ Duck Juicy, tender roasted duck with crispy skin bursting with warm fat. Topped with Korean BBQ seasoning. The pasta (slightly soft) is packed with shredded duck—*fusion at its finest.* 🦆🍝 2️⃣ Halibut + Purple Rice Halibut topped with seared mushrooms and crispy roasted purple rice—unexpected but brilliant among the soft textures. 🍚🐟 3️⃣ 📣 FOIE GRAS RICE The best foie gras rice of my life! Silky, buttery foie gras that melts instantly. Surprisingly paired with roasted peaches instead of mango. The rice? Pure Korean magic—loaded with soft, flavorful onions. The *pièce de résistance*? The server pours hot oil tableside, filling the air with an intoxicating aroma. 🍑🔥 💫 Dessert 1️⃣ Molten Lava Brownie + Vanilla Ice Cream UNREAL! The ice cream has real vanilla beans, sprinkled with chocolate shards—double the flavor when paired! The dark chocolate lava cake is rich but not cloying. Perfect for slow indulgence. 🍫🍨 2️⃣ Rhubarb Sorbet First time trying rhubarb? My take: *"Starts bad, then weirdly addictive."* Hard to judge—love it or hate it! 🤷♀️🍧 #NYCEats #NYCGuide #HiddenGems #FrenchCuisine #KoreanFood #NYCKorean #NewYork #NYCRestaurants #NYCRestaurantWeek #NYCFoodDiary #NYCLife #NYCFoodie #NYCExplorer #NYCWeekend #NYCFoodGuide #Michelin #MichelinStar #MichelinDining