The menu runs the gamut, from pistachio-crusted tuna and grilled octopus to a pan-seared duck or braised veal shank.

BBC: Business trip: Quito

The pan-fried duck schnitzel is grease-free perfection, crunchy on the outside and fragrantly moist when the knife meets the cutlet.

NEWYORKER: The Marrow

Best bets: heirloom squash and chestnut soup, coriander-seared duck breast with roasted parsnip and sweet potato sauce, pan-seared trout with sweet pea and corn pancakes.

FORBES: Fact And Comment

Try the borscht (tangy and tasty), the pan-roasted sea scallops on a crab cake crust, the pan-roasted chicken with a morel flan and the spice-rubbed Long Island duck.

FORBES: Fact and Comment