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Aquavit

65 E. 55th St. (Park & Madison Aves.) Send to Phone
New YorkNY 10022
212-307-7311 | Make Restaurant Reservations
Talented chef Marcus Samuelsson culls inspiration from traditional Swedish products and creates a smorgasbord of Scandinavian specialties. Aquavit Restaurant is one of our | Top 10 New York ChefsTable Restaurants | Along with the First Lady, chef Marcus Samuelsson and White House executive chef Cristeta Comerford designed the first Obamas's state dinner held on November 24th 2009 "to showcase the best of American cooking." Read more about it and see the menu in GAYOT's blog.

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Dining room at Aquavit, New York, NYTalented chef Marcus Samuelsson culls inspiration from traditional Swedish products and runs with it. On the three-course dinner menu, you might start off with such Scandinavian standards as pickled herring, gravlax, smoked salmon and a lobster roll; or creations from his vivid culinary imagination like foie gras ganache with ocean trout, grilled octopus, blood oranges and goat cheese. The second course gives a greater sense of his talent with dishes like hot smoked arctic char; lobster and scallops paired with fennel sauerkraut; and tender rib-eye paired with bacon. What to drink with all of this? To start, a shot of one of the eight varieties of flavored aquavits; to finish, a Finnish liqueur.

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