The ultimate 2 reasons why I love New York are (1) it has many great exhibitions and (2) also many great restaurants. One of my favorite museums, MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) offers both. USHG (Union Square Hospital Group) by Danny Meyer operates many of my favorite restaurants in the city such as Gramercy Tavern, Maialino, Daily Provision, etc. The Modern at MoMA and Untitled at Whitney Museum are also managed by USHG. When you go to any of restaurant run by USHG, it is often guaranteed that both food and service are excellent.
Main Dining Area
The Modern is divided into Bar and Main Dining areas.
I highly recommend to have a lunch at the main dining area which is right next to MoMA’s Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden
Hering Berlin Dinner Plates (on my wish list…)
Menu
The Modern BI
This view though…
Starter - Pea Soup with Carrot Sabayon
Can’t skip a glass of champagne with an amazing meal
My appetizer - Rare mushroom with green almonds and white polenta
Another Appetizer - Scallops with corn sauce and toasted rice
Main - Crispy Long Island Duck
Another Main - Pistachio Stuffed Chicken with baby leeks
Drizzling Foie Gras Gravy Sauce
So delicious! Highly recommended this Chicken
Black Forrest
with Kirschwasser Gateau and cherry blossom ice cream
Chevre Cheese Mousse
with peach sorbet and orange curls of apricot tuile
Green Pea Cremeux
with pistachio cake and ginger ice cream
Milk Chocolate Caramel Mousse
with candided hazelnuts and butterbeer ice cream
As I said earlier, you can’t go wrong with UHSG. The food was exquisite and the service was excellent. The Modern is unique since it is located in my beloved MoMA overlooking the sculpture garden. I love coming here for lunch since you get extra sun light from floor to ceiling windows. The Modern currently holds two Michelin stars and change its menu seasonally. Those photos were taken from this summer. Three courses are $138 and six courses are $178 (gratuity included)
The Modern
- Address : 9 W 53rd St, New York, NY 10019 (at MoMA)
- Telephone : +1 212-333-1220
- Website : https://www.themodernnyc.com
- Hours : Lunch Mon -Sat 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM / Dinner Mon– Thur: 5PM – 10:00PM, Fri – Sat 5PM – 10:30PM
I have interest in this, thanks.