Pacific East
415 Main Street
Amagansett
267-7770
Hours: Dinner seven days: bar open until 4 a.m.
Appetizers: $7 to $18
Entrees: $23 to $42
Wines by the glass: $4
Reservations recommended on weekends.
When Pacific East opended, it was sublime. I'ts still very, very bood. The open second story with its palm trees. floating white draperies, and ceiling fans looks like a set in 1940's Singapore. The serving dishes and presentatation a particularly attractive.
The food, adaptations of dishes from a number of Asian cusines, is always stimulating. $20 will get you a lively selection of sushi
recommended are the lobster, cavier, and sushi prawn, asparagus, and creamy ponzu. Otherwise Pacific East is expensive but the combination of the delicate food, unusual flavors, and beautiful presentation makes up for it.
Best Picks
Appetizers: Lobster and shitake pancake. Tempora soft-shell crab. Miso-rubbed chicken salad with spinage, sugar snaps and wontonsdelectable.
Entrees: The winner: Roasted Japanese black cod over celery root and parsnip puree. Duck breasty coated in pepper with stuffed pancakies and huckleberry sauce. Yellowfin tuna rolls.
Desserts: The winner: Chocolate pudding with a liquis center served with whie chocolat ice cream in a little wafer basket. Baked Alaska. Banana bread pudding with an undertone of ginger and dark rum sauce. |