Restaurant X recently opened its doors in Port Washington, debuting both its new location and menu. This unique fine dining experience has been long anticipated, as it brings a refined and fresh menu platform that highlights a new and changing tasting menu, every two weeks.
Restaurant X features a pre-fixed multi-course tasting concept in the evening, with a brunch on the weekend and a curated lunch menu during the week. The hand-selected guest chef will create a mixture of both savory and sweet tasting options, paired with curated cocktails. Guests who dine frequently will have the ability to experience the new menus created and developed by guest chefs, perhaps one of their favorites or a TV personality.
The executive team includes Gabriel Moroianu, Buck Canon, Calvin Lau, and Juan De La Cruz. As a collective, the team has utilized all resources to refine the optimal dining space, carefully selecting each finish, flatware, and color which serves as the canvas for each tasting menu. Executive Chef Tomo Kobayashi and Chef de Cuisine Cesar Aguilar will lead the culinary team, both of whom will execute the tastings alongside the selected guest chefs. The initial menu included items like a Yellow Fin Tuna Tartare with spiced avocado mouse, Snake River Farms Wagyu with truffled kabocha squash and a Rohan Duckling with a mango foie-gras dumpling while the current Spanish themed menu features a Razor Clams dish with sherry broth, chorizo foam and crumble, piquillo pepper, lime cavia and Pulpitos with charred Spanish octopus, smoked potato puree, kombu lace, black garlic emulsion. Each course also comes with a suggested wine paired for the ultimate experience.
As one of the most important missions, the Restaurant X team has always set out to inspire others not only through food, but with a greater sense of generosity. Restaurant X has pledged to donate profits from every dining experience to St. Mary’s Hospital for Children, which provides long-term and rehabilitative care to critically ill and injured children. This charitable partnership was brought forward by Robert Heicklen, the liaison between St Mary’s and Restaurant X. This is part of the ongoing mission that Restaurant X and its team hopes that they can do their part to help better the lives of thousands of pediatric patients per day.
For more information about Restaurant X, visit restaurantxli.com. For more information about St. Mary’s Hospital for Children, visit stmaryskids.org.