The Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare

I was so looking forward to Friday night and I'd managed to miraculously get a booking at The Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare. Let me give you a little background as to why this is such a big deal. First off the Chef's table is the only 3 Michelin star restaurant in Brooklyn. It's a small outpost linked to a supermarket and notoriously difficult to get into.

Booking is hit and miss in itself. They open bookings exactly six weeks in advance at 10am on the Monday morning. They close off at 2pm. You've basically got to sit and call and hope for the best. I called in a favor of a friend over there who did the dialing for me. Lucky as 10am NYC time is some ridiculous hour of the morning in Sydney. The reason it's so hard to get into is they only seat 17 people per sitting.

So let me set the scene for the night. I was heading there with a friend from work. In my excitement I got the booking time mixed up and we got there a little early, 6pm instead of 6.45pm. We ended up round the corner at this cool little bar called Bijan's. It was a real find as the open fire place and delicious cocktails made it the perfect spot for a pre-dinner drink on this chilly night.

After wetting the palette we headed back around to the restaurant. The Chef's table is a small space with a U shaped stainless steel table around a kitchen. The chef and his assistants prepare the food in front of you and bring it out in many little courses. Paired with wine it's a real culinary treat. The food itself contains a lot of japanese style seafood such as sashimi and the mains become more French orientated. 

Our seats were right next to the kitchen and we had quite a few chats with the chef. Chef Cesar Ramirez is notorious for his dislike of people of taking photos. I wouldn't have said he was the friendliest person in the world but he wasn't as bad as some of the people had commented on various blogs out there.

Not my picture but gives you an idea of the dining room. I sat on the far right seat by the kitchen

The food was amazing and there were some 20 odd courses of the stuff. I'd love to describe it or show pictures but my sieve memory has served me again and taking photos was a real no no. It was a really amazing experience.

Once dinner finished we headed back into Manhattan to Midtown and went to catch the last set of Matt's gig at Somethin Jazz Club. A solid NYC night.