Jacqui and I had intended to walk the Brooklyn Bridge this morning, but with today being a sweltering 32 degrees out and very humid, we amended our plans and decided to attack 5th Avenue instead. We ventured to Greenwich first off for a late brunch at Le Pain - our favourite organic French cafe. After the first proper latte I've had all trip, we took the subway up to Times Square and walked across to 5th Avenue. We walked towards the park stopping off at a few stores here and there until we got to the Saks 5th Ave department store. We were only going in for a browse, however, once inside found that Saks were having a pre-memorial day weekend sale! A pre-sale to the real sale.... only in America. So, before we knew it a few more hours had passed and loaded up with packages we had to head back to the hotel to get ready for dinner.
Dinner tonight was at a restaurant in Nolita called Public. Friends of Jacqui's had dined there recently and recommended it. It's an Australian influenced restaurant and appropriately our waiter was also Australian! And just to prove that there's no place like home, this restaurant was actually the best food we've had all week. Jacqui and I shared a green bean, lentil and avocado salad to start with, and I could have just eaten a few more plates of this and been satisfied it was so good. For mains Jacqui had lamb and I had duck - both simple meals bursting with flavour and a nice bottle of Australian Shiraz that complimented the food well. I would definitely recommend this restaurant to anyone visiting New York - and I'll be back again!
Public: 210 Elizabeth Street, Nolita, NY; (212) 343-7011;
http://www.public-nyc.com/
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