Bean soup with black pudding and bacon, beignets oozing warm chocolate truffle across the plate.

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Highlights: truffle surprise (a nugget of pt de foie gras, wrapped in a glistening skin of shredded black truffle, nested in a ball of gele), and one of the most mouth-wateringly delicious chocolate souffls ever served in a New York restaurant.

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