Where We’re Eating: New York, Czech Republic

Why should you care? Because we don’t want you to eat badly on the road. Based on recent visits, I heartily recommend:

• Seäsonal (New York, NY): The umlaut says it all: haute Austrian fare with—wait for it—seasonal ingredients. Curiously enough, for a cuisine that comes from a landlocked country, the best dishes on the menu are seafood, particularly the pumpkin seed-encrusted sea bass. Superb Austrian wine list.
• Reflections (Lake Placid, NY): Stupid name, but the meaty Adirondack-inspired dishes make up for it: poached wild salmon, tender lamb chops, steak.  One of the better restaurants in a town largely devoid of good eating.
• Penzion Pod Zamkem (Jindrichuv Hradec, Czech Republic): If you find yourself in south Bohemia and starving for something other than beef goulash or 52 different kinds of pork dishes, this small hotel restaurant in the over-looked, castle town of Jindrichuv Hradec will hit the spot. Avoid the Meet (sic) Snails and go right for the steak cooked in a cognac and foie gras reduction.

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