Restaurant Week - Country

COUNTRY (90 Madison Ave, NYC) : "No"

Walking into the candle lit cafe, you are greeted with friendly faces. With a limited menu to start with at the cafe, the restaurant week menu did not veer far from the normal menu. I started with a few appetizers, a celery and cauliflower panna cotta, sauteed shrimp with white beans and chorizo, and a mixed green salad. I was intrigued at first by the panna cotta's smooth consistency and subtle taste, but I was soon turned away by the odd aftertaste of cauliflower. The shrimp swam in the chorizo grease, leaving you to wonder if it should have been called shrimp-chorizo soup. Unfortunately, the mixed green salad was the highlight of the apps. I then was presented with the wild mushroom risotto. After eyeing the butternut squash risotto on the full menu, I thought they couldn't mess this one up. However the "soupiness" of the risotto left me very disappointed and thinking that I could have cooked a better one at home for half the price. In fact, the layer of oil that sat on the risotto had the unpleasant effect of recalling the chorizo-dominated shrimp. The meal ended with trying the luke warm chocolate lava cake with a side of coffee ice cream and the unchilled creme brulee. The highlights of the meal were the mixed green salad and the coffee ice cream, which leads me to suggest either don't do the restaurant week menu or don't go at all.....