The following course gives us a smooth landing from cloud nine. Fresh and a little fatty hamachi with shredded radish and avocado gel is a small plate of joy. The third course is goat cheese gnocchi . The cheese is not too pungent and the crispy fried onion complements the cheese’s soft and creamy texture. Expecting gnocchi to be more chewy, this comes as a delightful surprise. Next comes the skate which could be difficult to cook right. I have sent some skate dishes back at other places before where it was so rubbery to the point of barely edible. I am pleased to report that Jean Georges didn’t let us down. The skate dish was perfectly executed. We fell in love with the garnish as well, especially artichoke and fiddlehead ferns. Definitely this dish is bursting with tastes of spring on plate.