It is Restaurant Week in New York! When we learned this, Pat dropped everything and immediately made three reservations. The first was Monday, at Mr. Chow, in Tribeca. The decor is cool (although WHAT is with the odd series of huge close-ups of what appears to be Tarzan on one wall?), but it was a little loud - really the opposite of intimate. Also I felt a little too waited on. Lots of different guys coming around all the time, then scurrying ever so fleetly away.
Our 2 appetizers (we had a choice among four) were okay - a chicken satay with an unexpectedly rich sauce, and Mr. Chow's noodles, which were a little bland. Then we got one entree of Beijing chicken and one of green shrimp (again out of a choice of four), both of which were delicious, and accompanied by great fried rice. Both the entrees were slightly spicy. We did not get a choice on vegetables, but were happy with the green beans that showed up. Dessert was kind of a bust though - we had assumed we'd get a choice among ice cream and sorbet, but instead one (one!!) plate with a scoop of each and two spoons was deposited like lightning on our table by a waiter who then zoomed away, literally before I had even gotten my mouth open to question him. That was not cool. The flavors were nothing interesting, either.
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