One of life’s greatest gifts is menu tasting. it is the opportunity to taste the very best dishes on a restaurant’s menu. We had the grand opportunity to attend such an event just one short week ago. My favorite dinner companion and I along with journalists from various media outlets gathered at Midtown Manhattan’s Empire Steak House to sample an assortment of tasty treats.
Guests of the event were treated to a delicious Buffet, divided into courses. The first round of dishes was from the appetizer selection and included crispy calamari, a kale goat cheese salad, and savory stuffed mushroom caps. While enjoying these morsels waiters passed around the tables with piping hot prime rib and NY Strip steak. As we enjoyed the sizzling cuts of beef the buffet was reset with entree offerings. Some of the standouts were the lobster ravioli and the truffle mac and cheese. Once we were seated with our plates waiters once again passed with trays of seared meat. For the entree course, the servers presented lamb chops and thick juicy cuts of rib-eye. The last course of the evening was the dessert. The dessert buffet consisted of New York Cheesecake with a raspberry drizzle and a decadent chocolate cake.
Though a tasting is a one-time event, you can find these delicious dishes and many more every night at the Empire Steak House.