Restaurants:
 
 

 
PACIFIC ECHO
242 West 56th St.
(Bet. 5th & 6th)

 
212-265-8988
www.pacificecho.net

 

APPETIZERS

STEAMED EDAMAME lightly salted steamed soy beans

THAI SPRING ROLLS with chicken and Shiitake mushrooms

MALAYSIAN LACY CREPE with spicy curry dipping sauce

SOUPS

TOM YUM INFUSED PARSNIP SOUP with blackened scallop

THAI CURRY SOUP with chicken, Enoki mushrooms
and eggplant

MAIN COURSE

CURRY CHICKEN with potatoes and fresh cilantro

GRILLED CHICKEN BREAST with spicy mango sauce

LYCHEE DUCK with green beans, carrots and
baby bok choy mild lychee sauce


CHEF SPECIAL ROLLS

HAMACHI LOVER yellowtail, avocado, cucumber and caviar

THE BOMB lobster tail tempura and crab, rolled
cucumber and topped with spicy sauce

WHITE MOUNTAIN spicy tuna, avocado, wasabi tobiko
rolled up with soy bean paper


CAMELOT shrimp tempura, scallop, cucumber, avocado

 
 
Cuisine: Neo-Style Sushi, French-Asian Influence
Avg. Check: $25-$30
Attire: Casual Neat
 
The chic decor and romantic atmosphere perfect for an anniversary or birthday dinner.
Truly remarkable food that makes you want to try out all their menu selections! Try the pacific echo bonito crusted salmon, it's superb! Flakey and fresh salmon! Chilean sea bass and the Trio angus beef, are all great, can't go wrong with any of these dishes, prices were moderately, service was good and we will definitely be going back in the near future. High quality seafood that is fresh and tasty. If you order the shrimp main course expect to see jumbo size 20s when it arrives at the table.
Great originals, like tuna pizza, that can’t be found in any of those countries. Don’t dismiss this unusual appetizer as a silly stretch that’s on the menu for its shock value. It’s a terrific, thin-crusted creation covered with tomato salsa and pepper aioli that will appeal to both tuna lovers and haters. Indeed, most of the creative dishes at Pacific Echo will resonate with those who adore Asian food and those who don’t.

Although Japanese is the menu’s most dominant nationality (there’s a sushi bar upstairs) there are diverse, interesting, one-country selections and multinational blends galore. Dishes like summer rolls and satay are available in Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesian, China, and Japan and all over the Orient. Corn and edamame (soybean) soup, flecked with snow crab, prepared cappuccino style, it’s a must-order. This fluffy, foamy brew is ambrosial and will especially appeal to lovers of corn chowder.
Sushi combinations and special rolls are also available as appetizers. The long, circular crab meat and cucumber rainbow roll with seven pieces of multi-colored fish is especially recommended.
Pacific Echo’s sprawling, four-page menu is quite formidable but there are a few choices worth remembering: a fine, flaky Chilean sea bass marinated in a saikyo miso mix with wilted baby spinach and white asparagus and meaty caramelized jumbo prawns with sautéed soba noodles and Kenya beans given a kick by garlic chili sauce. There’s also some welcome snap in the lemongrass shrimp from its tom yum infusion.
Desserts, nearly all of which are made on the premises, are works of art. An airy mango mousse comes in a brandy snifter with mango sorbet and fruit fanned out on a picture perfect plate. There’s not one crème brulee but a duo, lychee-vanilla and peanut butter and strawberry chocolate mousse is escorted by raspberry chocolate ice cream.

RESERVATIONS
Reservations are recommended

CREDIT CARDS
American Express, Carte Blanche, Diners Club
Discover, MasterCard, Visa

HOURS
Mon-Thu 11:30am-10:30pm; Fri 11:30am-11:30pm; Sat 4pm-11:30pm; Sun 12:30pm-10pm

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