Broad Street and Exchange Place

After reading the reviews (such as this entertaining one in New York Magazine a while back), I expected SHO Shaun Hergatt to be stuffy and rich (in food and people). But the vibe was kind of low-key and beautiful (red lights, Asian accents). And the food was delicious: summery crab and corn soup, a tail of lobster in butter and ginger cream, chocolate disk with dried apricot and thyme ice cream: that sort of thing. (Plus, the most perfect oblong of foie gras with strawberry and pistachios. And truffle butter for spreading on your bread.)
      Here’s the chef’s recipe for slow-poached egg with caulilower puree, which I was really hoping was on the menu when I was there. Even so, I still kind of wanted to move in to this place (the restaurant is on the second floor of a new condo building, the Setai).