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The outside garden, immediately before the doors
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The outside garden, immediately before the doors
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The outside garden, immediately before the doors
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The outside garden, immediately before the doors
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The outside garden, immediately before the doors
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The outside garden, immediately before the doors
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The outside garden, immediately before the doors
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A sculpture nearby the entrance to Per Se
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Another view of the split levels
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A two-person table setting
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The general interior layout, with both "floors" shown
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Our initial table setting
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The beautiful green rose flower arrangement on each table
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The view from our table down onto Columbus Circle and Central Park
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A table setting
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Our bottled water, decanted
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Our bread selection for the evening
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Our first rose champagne of the evening, a Billecart-Salmon from Mareuil-sur-Ay, Champagne
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IMG_1Our first rose champagne of the evening, a Billecart-Salmon from Mareuil-sur-Ay, Champagne
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Our first rose champagne of the evening, a Billecart-Salmon from Mareuil-sur-Ay, Champagne
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Our first rose champagne of the evening, a Billecart-Salmon from Mareuil-sur-Ay, Champagne
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The off-the-menu but Thomas-Keller-signature salmon cornets, a thin crisp cone topped with fresh salmon and filled with creme fraiche
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The off-the-menu but Thomas-Keller-signature salmon cornets, a thin crisp cone topped with fresh salmon and filled with creme fraiche
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"Oysters and Pearls" - "sabayon" of pearl tapioca with Island Creek oysters and sterling white sturgeon caviar
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Chilled "veloute" of Hass avocado - honeydew melon and garden mint with Espelette pepper-scented mousse
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Sauteed Hudson Valley mouland duck foie gras - white wine poached Frog Hollow Farm's peaches with watercress and "sauce au poivre"
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Herb roasted fillet of atlantic halibut - cauliflower florettes with black trumpet mushrooms, and madras curry emulsion
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Herb roasted fillet of atlantic halibut - cauliflower florettes with black trumpet mushrooms, and madras curry emulsion
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Our server actually decanted our second champagne in order to get rid of some of the carbonation so that the taste would be more focused on the fruitiness of the grapes
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The table setting mid-meal
