There’s a brand new spot within the Hamptons. On the jap finish of the cluster of prosperous seaside cities lies the year-round resort Gurney’s Montauk, and inside it, the brand new eating vacation spot Gigi’s.
WIth 180-degree oceanfront views, the New American coastal restaurant gives an upscale culinary expertise that highlights native choices — seafood from Montauk fishermen and produce from close by farmers corresponding to Stone’s Throw in Sagaponack — and stays true to Montauk’s heritage.
“We believed Gurney’s wanted a extra real eating expertise that highlighted the most effective merchandise from each land and sea. Whereas Montauk is legendary for fishing, it additionally performed a big function in cattle farming throughout the 1800s,” says Michael Nenner, president and chief working officer of Gurney’s Resorts.
Govt chef Jason Lee leads the kitchen and hails from chef Michael Mina’s crew on the Mina Group.
Among the many highlights Lee has concocted for Gigi’s is a pepper-crusted tuna au poivre, which in accordance with Lee is impressed by the traditional French dish “steak au poivre,” utilizing yellow fin tuna that’s dried for twenty-four hours, crusted with a trio of peppercorns and a sauce that features only a trace of Birba cheese from Murray’s Cheese Farm in New York. One other is the agnolotti pasta, house-made utilizing Gran Mugnaio 00 wheat flour from Italy with a filling fabricated from camembert goat milk cheese crafted by grasp cheesemaker Sean O’Connor from Cohoes, N.Y. There are many steak choices, too, from prime porterhouse to bone in ribeye with a decadent choice of bone marrow butter to high it off.
Spanning the west aspect of the restaurant is a bar providing a number of ingenious cocktails and coastal wines.
Along with Gigi’s, Dune Café & Lounge debuts this summer season together with the Dolce & Gabbana Seashore Membership Takeover.
