We learned how to make hollandaise sauce from the restaurant that created eggs Benedict

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Just a few short blocks from the New York Stock Exchange, another Wall Street institution sits at its centuries-long perch at the triangular intersection of William and Beaver streets.

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Delmonico's is widely considered to be one of the very first sit down restaurants in America, born at a time when New York offered little more than taverns and oyster cellars. Culinary mainstays like Eggs Benedict and baked Alaska were invented in their kitchen.

We had Executive Chef Billy Oliva teach us how to make hollandaise sauce for their legendary Eggs Benedict.

Delmonico's is celebrating its 180th anniversary in September in style, offering a 180-day dry aged steak for a whopping $380.