Located in the upper west side, Nice Matin is situated in a beautiful neighborhood away from the hustle and bustle of New York City. Here you’ll see families pushing their babies in strollers and walking their dogs. I took advantage of the 30min wait and promptly proceeded to find two more restaurants to add to my list.
Once seated, our meal started with their complementary bread basket. This was no ordinary bread basket; it had moist mini-muffins, croissants and raisin bread among others. If this was the only thing Nice Matin served, I still could have written a full Yelp review and given it 5 stars.
The poached egg provencal was served with two eggs over a bed of ratatouille in a crisp pastry puff with tomato-cream sauce. If Thomas Keller of French Laundry was really the inspiration for the movie Ratatouille, this dish could spawn an epic 3-movie trilogy. Perfectly poached eggs poured its golden nectar over my ratatouille and the tomato sauce had the perfect amount of acid to pair with the yolk. No matter where I looked, the pasty puff was perfectly crisp and flaky.
My friend got the creamy parmesan polenta which was a beautifully presented plate. Unfortunately, I’m not a fan of polenta but my friend swore it was good. Per its namesake, this polenta was creamier than it usually is.
It’s hard to come back to the same restaurant in NY because there’s always the next one to try, but the food and unique brunch menu make this a tempting repeat. Bravo Nice Matin. Bravo.
Nice Matin
201 W 79th Street
New York, NY 10024
January 2nd, 2009 at 6:20 pm
These are some seriously delicious pictures.
January 4th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
awesome! looking forward to reading this. have you been to cafe cluny for brunch? love that place. we should go sometime.
January 4th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
i have not! always down for a new place.
January 5th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY. Take your poor sister who is stuck in california there please
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January 6th, 2009 at 12:29 am
“Your friend” remembers you eating the last of the yummy bread
We def have to do it again and this time it will be your turn to get home from partying at 5AM and meeting me at 10A keke
January 8th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
You’re just trolling for comments
Lovely photos, once again! Yummm. I’m such a food porn addict.
January 13th, 2009 at 10:24 pm
woah!! i’ve totally been here!! i LOVE this place. i seriously think you’re the only person i know who’s actually been here. you GOTTA try the french toast man…THE best french toast EVER. no joke. just order it.
January 24th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
Donna wrote at 4:31pm
“i really want the poached egg provencal pictured on your website. whenever im feeling hungry, i stare at the pictures. it’s a bad habit.”