Can't talk s@#$ about Mario Batali anymore!!!

We have been meaning to go to one of Mario Batali's restaurants for a long time. We have been to Bar Jamon many times, which is still my favorite Tapas bar, but this time we wanted to go to a proper restaurant for Chris's birthday. I was trying to make a reservation at Babbo, but was full. I was told that it's hard to make a reservation there, but I guess being a Mother's Day weekend really didn't help.

So, I was able to make a reservation at Del Posto. Walking inside, we didn't know what to expect, because it looked very uptight to us. But as soon as bread started coming out we knew we were in a right place. Del Posto has an in-house bakery and bread was served with butter and pork fat. When pork fat is served with bread, you know it's serious. Sorry... picture didn't come out perfect, because I couldn't use flash...so no pictures of food... but the below is the picture of pork fat and butter:

We ordered two tasting menu. Every dish was amazing. That's right, Mario Batali is serious about food. Now I can't wait to try his other restaurants. Especially abalone with asparagus was great. Chris doesn't even like abalone, but he loved it.



The restaurant's wine list was phenomenal. Of course, we couldn't afford a $5000 bottle of wine, but we were given two free glasses of great dessert wine for Chris's birthday. Chris wrote down the name... I just have to find it...

That's right, now we can't talk s@#$ about Mario Batali anymore...


Del Posto
85 Tenth Avenue
212-497-8090
http://www.delposto.com/home.htm


Bar Jamon
125 East 17th Street at Irving Place
212-253-5318
http://www.casamononyc.com/aboutus_barjamon.cfm