Back in June, most of the Trump girls attended the PAVE gala. (PAVE stands for Promoting Awareness Victim Empowerment and works with victims of sexual assault.) One of the silent auction items was a gift certificate for dinner for eight at Girl and the Goat. At that point, the restaurant hadn't opened yet but there was still a lot of buzz, given the Top Chef Stephanie Izard getting a lot of press. We got into a bidding war -- including a "take that" on the bid list -- with what turned out to be an amazon of a woman. Ultimately, Melissa won the gift certificate. BUT someone else picked it up! After a couple of months, the issue was resolved and she was the proud owner of dinner for eight. The only problem was trying to find a day that eight people's schedules coincided along with the restaurant -- which, now open, books up weeks in advance -- having the availability to accomodate such a group. That day turned out to be last night.
And what a night. Our table was rustic looking with super comfortable chairs right in front of the kitchen. It smelled incredible. Chef was working right in front of us.
Because we had the gift certificate, the restaurant chose our meal for us. Which was awesome as we were all sort of overwhelmed by the idea of coming up with a food plan for eight people (as its small plates, with two or three per person recommended). Plus, we had more important things to do, like catching up with everyone as the food deluge began. We tried all of their special breads, oysters, green beans, cauliflower, chickpea fritters (yum!), mussels, squash ravoli (my fav), barramundi, lamb shank, and goat. Yes, goat. It tastes like mutton vaguely. That was probably the only one I wouldn't order again -- much too strong for me.
I think all of us were slightly incredulous that the restaurant could live up to huge amount of hype but it absolutely did.
(Chef Izard in the center, the Girls, and well, I guess the Goat, being the random guy photobombing us.)
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