A 45 minute commute doesn't leave me a lot of time to make it in time for the early set dinners many restaurants offer here. After taking shuttle bus, train, subway and escalator into Soho, I walked into La Terrasse just in time. The restaurant has a tiny bar up front, an upright piano in the corridor and a partially open kitchen. It projects a cozy atmosphere, but the air conditioning didn't seem to be working very well.
The maitre d' was very pleasant and suggested a Viognier from Pays d'Oc to go with my meal. From the set dinner menu, I chose the salmon, which had neither citrus nor capers but the slices were very thin, without any fishiness, and the basil olive oil was excellent. And bread, the first dinner rolls I've eaten in weeks! Too bad about the heavily salted butter though.
I chose the sirloin for my main, which came with some nicely done vegetables, including an oven roasted tomato and a small pile of scalloped potatoes. I've eaten better cuts of meat but it wasn't too chewy.
The only choice for dessert was chocolate moelleux, a word I didn't know, but when the plate came, it dawned on me: molten! The cake was very nice, with a tiny scoop of vanilla ice cream and some kind of almond wafer.For the price, the dinner was just average, but the total bill was inflated by the glass of wine and cup of tea I had. It's nice to have the choice of a French restaurant when you want it.
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