JoJo by Jean-Georges (1)

🌊🎢JoJo by Jean-Georges was a big disappointment and really hard to enjoy. Before going, I heard that JoJo had lost a star, and after dining there, I have to say, I’d rather just get a pancake from Ktown! We went for the 3-course menu. 1️⃣ For the appetizer, there were three choices: flake sashimi; watermelon goat cheese; quinoa salad. The first two looked exactly the same as the ones on Nougatine’s menu. 🌊🎢Since I had a bad experience with watermelon goat cheese before, I chose the sashimi today. First off, the fish was not fresh at all, not as good as Nougatine’s sashimi. Secondly, without the olive, the fish had no flavor at all. ❌ 2️⃣ For the main course, the crispy skin chicken: it was probably a piece of chicken breast and a piece of chicken thigh. The chicken breast was super dry, I’d say it was worse than the school cafeteria. The chicken thigh was just barely edible with the sauce, but I could still faintly detect a bit of gaminess in the meat. 🌊🎢 The accompanying vegetables were terrible, they tasted like airplane food. ❌❌ The other main course was salmon, also with crispy skin. It was mixed with corn mush and was just an average dish, nothing memorable. ⭕️ #UpperEastSide #RestaurantWeek2025 🌟