308. NYC Part 3 | Raines Law Room, MoMA, The Palace

Here is another random mix of photos from my trip to NYC. I'm really trying hard to get them all posted before I go there again..& looking back on these photos makes me wish I could be there again RIGHT NOW.


My New Yorker friend & I spent most of our New Year's Eve at Raines Law Room. It's a prohibition style speakeasy lounge; very dark and intimate. There's couches all around with a bell beside each to press when you want a server to come over. I liked it a lot there..will definitely return!
So for new year's eve they had a special tasting menu of cocktails and hors d'oeuvres. Caviar, smoked salmon, lobster rolls, burrata cheese, foie gras, spiced duck and vodka pearls!
It was so dark in there most of my photos didn't come out that well:




The cocktails. My favourite (& probably the only one I was able to handle) was the champagne cobbler.




Some photos from the MoMA...






Les Demoiselles d'Avignon by Pablo Picasso

Garden of Eden by Henri Rousseau. Pleasantly surprised to find this here..I remember researching about this for an essay back in high school. I recognized a lot of famous paintings at the MoMA..will post the rest in my next post.

After the first nights at The Standard I then spent my final night at The New York Palace, which I first heard of thanks to Gossip Girl (the home of Chuck Bass and the Van der Woodsens). They are currently doing a lot of renovations to the exterior so unfortunately I wasn't able to see much of the entrance and courtyard.


For the first meal I had to spend alone on this trip, I went to the hotel's restaurant called Madison Room.

I wasn't even aware when I was eating but afterwards my friend told me this restaurant apparently has 2 Michelin Stars?!
I had my laptop with me attempting to do some work. Probably a bit out of place there hahah. I had a soup, chicken salad as a main and a LOT of ice cream for dessert. The overall meal did not taste 2-Michelin-Starry though. The service here was a bit too good - the servers kept coming up to me like every five minutes asking if everything was fine.




FACEBOOK | TWITTER | BLOGLOVIN'
This post archived in: Travel + Reviews