Marathon Dinner at MEGU

05/05/05

Marathon Dinner at MEGU 05/05/05 I had a friend visiting from Boston last night. He is one of my good friends who is very fortunate to have a job that he can travel all over the world.

It’s been four years since I have known him. After I moved to New York City, we did not have a chance to meet each other that much even though he came to the city quite often. To surprise me last night he called and invited me to have dinner with him at a very trendy and popular Japanese restaurant named MEGU in Tribecca area.

it was the first time in years that we saw each other.

We arrived at MEGU a little bit before our reservation so we hung out at the bar in the restaurant. I was so impressed with its interior design. The traditional Asian colors- red and gold drove this place to the edge of Asian contemporary art. On the wall, hundreds of rolls of all colorful fabrics are put together like wall papers. At the ceiling, those unfolded fabrics become part of the bar decoration.

Since I cannot handle too much of alcohol, my friend asked a beautiful bartender to create something special for me. It is still a mystery what kinds of fruity cocktails I had last night. It tasted so good and I still ended up a little drunk anyway.

At the bar, the live band was playing Jazz music. Personally, I love live music; in particular, at that moment when it beautifully went together with the magnificent atmosphere, good friend, and a glass of cocktail, what would I ask for more?

We hung out at the bar for a while, and then a host led us to the restaurant area downstairs.

The restaurant area design is even more impressive. At the heart of the restaurant, there was a gigantic Japanese bell floating over the ice-carved Buddha statue. We were seated at a four person table in the back. The menu was at least 12 pages long with all food glossaries in the back. There were too many choices for us to make; everything sounded good. Therefore, we decided to try everything by ordering two special sets.

The food presentation here was delightful. All dishes came with a small portion but beautifully decorated. Before we could taste each dish; our waiter explained us about the ingredients, how it was called and how special it was. The food was heavenly delicious. My friend almost reached an orgasmic pleasure when he tasted the egg with coconut, fresh oyster and Anamamei soup.

One by one, food was continuously brought to us. I believe we might have at least ten different dishes that night. My favorite dish was everything that was put in the egg shell. I could not help but think that how difficult it was to handle those delicate egg shells, particularly, when they had to stuff something in it.

Our full course dinner took us three hours. We started around 9.30 pm and it was over at 12.30 am. It was the longest dinner I’d ever had.

It was a great night, three hours passed by too fast. We enjoyed great food, great conversation, great friends and magnificent atmosphere.

We were the last table who left the restaurant.

Kriengsak Athikomvittaya