Jeanty at Jacks

Friday night, a small group of friends (3) and i gathered at Jeanty at Jacks - a classic french restaurant in the financial district to celebrate our little friend's birthday.
starting out with the extensive wine list, we decided to get a bottle of french red from bordeaux since we were in a french restaurant... but of course!
the starters were yummy! we ordered the salmon carpacio, the pork belly and lentil stew, the pike dumplings in lobster sauce and... the lobster bisque with dungeness crab. YUM! we shared all the appetizers, i didn't try the salmon and the bisque since salmon is not my favorite and i just feel weird about sharing soup... i don't know.... but the pork belly was ummmm... good! it was well caramelized and stewed with lentil, very tender and sweet... the pike dumpling was delish, i wished i ordered one more of that for the entree.
then came the entrees, oh my... the portion was large, enough for 2 hungry hogs... i ordered the rib eye with bernaise sauce and fries and i got (i think) a pound of meat! i need to go on a diet after this. i completely forgot what my friends ordered, i remember the giant pork chop... and that's it. anyway i finished my steak with the wine, i only had a few fries so i didn't feel too guilty. if i dine here next time, i'd just order 2 starters or 1 starter and spit the entree.
and we weren't done yet, oh no. no birthday dinner is complete without desert. i think we were all in a food coma at that point so we decided to order the lemon sorbet and the creme caramel to share. what a delightful surprise, i love the sorbet - so light and fresh that it took me out of my rib eye coma. the creme caramel came with a thin palmier and i think i ate most of it...


http://www.jeantyatjacks.com/