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Megu Midtown: review

When I wrote about a one day itinerary for New York City that included lunch at Megu, the UN, some shopping, and dinner at Michael Jordan's steakhouse, Rhonda commented that $60 was a lot for lunch.

That's certainly true, but lunch at Megu is a pretty neat experience. There are 2 in New York City and I've only been to the one on 47th street by the UN. My wife had a Megu sampler (sushi, sashimi, and a few other things like fried asparagus) and I had a Kobe beef burger. Both meals were on the $24 lunch menu so they came with salad and desert. The salads were interesting, the meals were excellent, and desert was pretty creative: 24 layers of thin cake and green tea filling.

We liked it so much that we decided to get my parents a gift certificate. They just went and although they didn't see Kobe beef burgers on the lunch menu, they did see Kobe steaks on the $35 lunch menu. These were small (2-3 ounces) but unlike on the cruise, my father wasn't complaining about these portions because the food was so good and the experience was so good.

Since I can't remember everything I wanted to say in my review (except that I was amazed by how good the french fries were - my wife was talking about them for days and this is a sushi place...), let me share my parent's thoughts.

Impeccable service, uniquely elegant décor, and artistic presentation of food, especially the kobe steak served flambé on a bed of hot rocks

Appetizers, main courses, and deserts were all outstanding. Each dish had something out of the ordinary, like yuzu dressing on the caesar salad.

Green tea was poured for us right away. Three of us ordered from the fixed price menu. There were a number of choices for $24, but we picked a $35 option. We had the ceasar salad, the small (2-3 oz) kobe steak which came with rice and miso soup, and for dessert we got to try several things since ladies got 2 desserts! What a great idea. So we had tiramisu, creme brulee, chocolate cake and homemade ice cream. The fourth person in our group ordered from the House Special Rolls section of the menu.

It was a little pricy but what do you expect across from the UN? The 2-3 oz kobe steak (sampler), salad, soup, desert that we had for $35.00 on fixed price lunch menu was much higher on the dinner menu. Regular Coffee was $5.00.

So Megu is expensive, but it's a great experience and everyone in my family thinks it's well worth the money.

Posted by James Trotta at October 4, 2009 8:35 PM