This could be the ultimate recession special. Just read a post titled ‘My Gift to You This Season’ on Jean-Georges’ personal blog. He writes, “I sincerely believe that great food lifts your spirits, that a beautiful restaurant serves as an escape. I’ve created my restaurants to be places that offer a gracious welcome, that pamper our guests with delicious food and friendly service. And now I want to extend more generosity to my fellow New Yorkers. I’m offering prix-fixe lunch for $24 and prix-fixe dinner for $35 at my restaurants in the city.” More on the JG recession specials after the jump…

Jean-Georges calls Matsugen “the best deal, by far.” It may just be that Matsugen, which opened in Tribeca in June directly into the economic headwinds of the recession, is hurting a bit. According to the blog, “In this mini-omakase dinner menu, you get six courses, including the black cod with miso and the Kamoseiro duck soup with soba noodles. It’s a deeply satisfying meal that gives you a true taste of Japan. I also love the bento box lunch because one of the four courses is the goma-dare soba, my favorite dish there.” 

N.B. — Nougatine, JoJo and Perry St. only offer the $35 dinner menus before 6:30pm and after 10pm (for Perry St. it’s after 9:30pm). Available at Matsugen and Vong all the time.

Interesting that the blog post mentions nothing about his NYC flagship restaurant. We’ll do some research and let you know what we find out.

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