restaurant crawl - part 2

in continuation of the restaurant crawl... after we left the City Bistro, we took a walk around the corner to Lua, my next restaurant review. This is an interesting place, settled along the northern corner of Sinatra Drive and 14th Street with beautiful views of the Manhattan skyline. The decor, while hip and chic for the millennium bar and restaurant scene, will certainly be dated and out of fashion 10-years from now the same way that 1980's style came and went. There is lots of frosted glass and colorful, yet dim lighting to which the pretentious clientele sip expensive martinis and lounge about.

Lua has an extensive wine list with lots to choose from in all price ranges so I ordered a Voigner. It had a nice aroma of grapefruit (again, similar to the City Bistro wine), and a mild acidity. It was a nice accompaniment to our appetizer. The menu is a hodge-podge of southwestern, with lots of Asian influence in some of the dishes as well as a Spanish influence in the Tapas section. I'm not really sure what they are trying to be in terms of their food. We ordered the vegetable quesadilla, which was filled with corn, mushrooms, pico de gallo and jalapeno jack cheese. It was good, but I probably wouldn't order it if I was going to order an entree as well, as it was a little heavy (ha! quesadillas usually are, we knew what we were getting into).

So, after Lua we walked sideways to the next restaurant. Stay tuned :)