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Great meal at WD-50 last night. First time I've been in about a year I think. The place was packed! Apparently that thrid star really helps fill the house. Thanks to the Big D for squeezing us in.
We did the tasting menu. Highlights for me were the "Eggs Benedict," the Busted Foie, and the Duck, along with several of the desserts (especially the yogurt stick thingie.)
What an amazing strange great place it is.
dining establishments visited during New Orleans visit:
Jazz Fest food vendors (too many to remember)
Cafe Du Monde (3x)
Mother's (2x for breakfast)
Magnolia Cafe
Betsy's
Fellini's (2x)
Dick & Jenny's (2x)
Juan's Flying Burrito (nice food, great margarita)
Lil' Dizzy's
Two Sisters
Tomatillo's (adequate)
Sukho Thai (mostly mediocre, but spectacular presentation of whole fish)
Cafe Rose Nicaud (4x for breakfast)
Flora's (3x for lunch -- coffee house with salads, falafel, gyros, etc.)
Redfish Grill (3x -- bar is great for solo dining)
Port of Call (2x -- outstanding burgers served with baked potato)
Acme Oyster House
Bayona (very nice meal, courtyard is a pleasant setting)
Restaurant August (each and every dish was outstanding, including ... mudbugs with pasta, bacon and truffle foam)
cow shit
Great meal at Locanda Vini Olii the other nite but they allways rock IMHO and spring is a great time to eat there.......
I feel like I have become stale and hitting the same old spots....
Momofuku Ssam Bar last month rocked too for the Bo Ssam and the chef picked us out some other dishes to make it on the tops for 08
Gotta find something new......
Nizza? Kefi?? try something old like Annisa??
oh but i love the pate at Bar Boulud!!
wd50 tonight!!
Having a meat wave
If it's in the Post it's it's trendy.
recycle your wine corks for cork tiles
prob. posted here before.....
new Grand Sichuan 15 7th Ave South opening in May, they think best yet!!
Had a not so exciting meal at Sugiyama:<(
Bar Masa is still on FIRE, amazing meal!!
saxelby cheesemonger blog (essex st market)
Just in case: How to butcherachicken.blogspot.com. I had to use a few of these steps recently (just getting the neck off really.) All 11 steps linked in the right hand column. Great guide.
the xxx extremely hot! warning on the label is no joke. i guess it's good if you like your mouth to burn. i add a tiny amount of this stuff to a (mild) salsa i really like and it's still fiery.
how to grow tomatoes. scroll down for growing in pots, city people. i am going to try it out this year along with strawberries and basil.
another tough decision about the proper department to post this. but since its been awhile since ive made a bacon post..... heres meatscapes.
http://decanter.free.fr/7.xhtml
florent, the beloved Meatpacking District hangout set to close this summer after almost twenty three years in business, will at least be going out in style, according to Frank Bruni, who spoke with owner Florent Morellet yesterday. The bistro's long goodbye will last five weeks, with each week dedicated to one of the Kubler-Ross stages of grief. Week One, starting Monday, May 26, will be Denial, with the remaining four weeks themed as Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance.
Each theme week will have special dishes, decor and performances by familiar faces like burlesque star Dirty Martini, all leading up to a big sad send-off on June 29th, Gay Pride Day. The Post also mentions a writing contest in which entrants would share their favorite Florent memory, with the winner getting a free dinner on the last night. Morellet tells Bruni:
So many of our customers are either at the stage of Anger or Denial. Some are just in a state of shock. We’re going to gather together to go through those stages and celebrate those stages, and end with a bang, and with irony, which we’ve always done.
The quirky French bistro – housed in an old diner that was a speakeasy in the ‘20s and a favorite greasy spoon for longshoremen and meatpackers in the ‘50s – has become even more cherished in recent years as a corrective to the fratastic Bridge and Tunnel scene dominating the neighborhood. The closure is caused by the increasingly repetitive groove in New York’s broken record: obscene real estate prices. Once Morellet vacates, the lease will jump from $6,000 to $50,000 per month; odds are the new tenant won’t be operating an idiosyncratic bistro.
Grant Achatz and Heston Blumenth interviewed about their new cookbooks:
As chefs of two of the world’s most influential, risk-taking restaurants, Grant Achatz and Heston Blumenthal are often compared to one another. Now, it turns out, Achatz’s Alinea Book and Blumenthal’s Big Fat Duck Cookbook are scheduled for release within a week of each other this fall—and they have taken very similar approaches to translating their cuisines into print. Gourmet’s Christy Harrison spoke with the chefs about the writing process, the audiences they hope to reach with their books, and their feelings about the term “molecular gastronomy.”
eat drink man woman on indipplex now
I'll have one of each and a Pecan Catfish Meuniere and a Alligator Pie and a Crawfish Stuffed Puff and a Cajun Duck Po-Boy and a Pheasant, Quail & Andouille Gumbo and some Grilled Chicken Livers w/ Pepper Jelly to go.
i've tried a lot of boxed and premade foods, because when skinny is out i am not fussy about what i eat, if i make anything at all. these are really the only ones i've found that don't taste like something from a box. they are very yummy and we always have them in the cupboard. even skinny eats them. i recommend the agra peas & greens and the punjab eggplant. make a side of rice and dump it on top and dinner is ready. i finally got a rice cooker after wanting one for years, so this even becomes easier.