Estela

Photos from my meal in New York, New York at Estela on May 25, 2015.

Note the exceptional beef tartare with crispy sunchokes. The beef was so lean and tender, you'd have difficulty discerning it from tuna. 

Celery negroni - Gin, celery-infused Cocchi Americano, Avèze

Mussels escabeche on toast ($15)

Cured fluke with asparagus ($18)

Beef tartare with sunchoke ($17)

Burrata with salsa verde and charred bread ($17)

Celery, raisins, pistachios, and Bayley Hazen blue ($14)

Endive, walnuts, anchovy, and ubriaco rosso ($16)

Fried arroz negro with squid and romesco ($23)

Sardines with preserved lemon, almonds, and beans ($19)

Cod with turnips and peas in shellfish butter ($29)

Ricotta dumplings with mushrooms and pecorino sardo ($25)

The spread

Strawberry sorbet, pickled strawberries, coconut and lovage