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    in In the kitchen

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    This was a "use everything you can in the fridge already" dinner. So that can turn into carbo laden stodge. Of the best kind:

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    Soup. Ham, potatoes, mushrooms, carrots, celery, leeks, onions, shallots, tomatoes, green chili.

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    Salad. Little gems, cucumbers, almost decent winter tiny tomatoes.. House-made blue cheese dressing.

    Jamón serrano (Formaggio Essex) on focaccia (Pain d'Avignon).  Happy spouse.

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    Borgo

    in New York

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    1 hour ago, Wilfrid said:

    It ended up disappointing. It had all started so well. Lovely room, great service. First course, sweetbread spiedini, absolutely glorious. Sweetbreads charred on the outside, soft inside, charred leeks and a delicious sauce.  A glass of Tortuga Libertango orange wine with that.

    Pastas served either side of me looked and smelled great; but I try to avoid pasta. I ordered the only red meat on the menu, roast leg of lamb. How difficult can it be to get that right? The plate was garnished with fiercely vinegary green leaves in a vinegary sauce. The lamb, garnished with prune pieces, had just not been cooked long and slow enough. There were a couple of big, inedible pieces of gristle; generally it was just chewy. Not as chewy as NYC duck breasts, but chewy. A glass of red wine, Occhipinti.

    Sigh. No dessert, a grappa and espresso.

    Check for two courses with drinks? $200 before tip.

    I am not going to blame the glasses of wine this time. The lamb (clearly portioned for one person not for sharing) was priced ludicrously at $64. That would be too expensive even if it was good.

    Appetizer and a pasta is clearly the way to go, although the pasta portions are modest.

    Wow - maybe I can wait until mid-June.

    1 hour ago, Simon said:

    Even Torrisi charges less for a much more substantial portion of lamb!

    We ate at Torrisi recently; I was kind of surprised at the somewhat reasonableness of the check; the food mind you, not the drinks.  And the food was very good.

    Gigs

    in Music

    Posted · Edited by MitchW

    Show last night, at 503 Social Club, James Mastro's art/music collective in Hoboken.

    Partial Mekons, partial Waco Brothers, partial Men of Gwent, et al. Terrible pix all, but it's what I got...

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    Jon Langford

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    Sally Timms

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    Jon Langford. Jean Cook.

    Penny

    in New York

    Posted

    I've managed to spend a decent amount at Fore Street, Scales, Twelve (where our meal this year was $306, before tip), but probably 25% cheaper than a similar meal might be here.

    Ubers are one thing; weed is amazingly cheap (but then again, it's pretty cheap in California now too).

    Penny

    in New York

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    2 hours ago, Anthony Bonner said:

    yes - truly wild. tho I gotta tell you paying the same price for a massive pile of sysco chicken/beef/pasta in the burbs isn't actually better.

    True that - we recently spent some time in Richmond and Greensboro.  While certainly less expansive for meals than we pay in NYC, it wasn't exactly cheap.

    Gigs

    in Music

    Posted · Edited by MitchW

    Saw the incomparable Steve Earle last night, at Jesse Malin's tiny Berlin, under 2A. He was the special "unannounced guest" at a show headlined by Florence Dore, who was also pretty great. A bit about Florence:

    Florence Dore with her band of Bona Fide gentlemen - Will Rigby and Gene Holder of the dBs and Mark Spencer of Son Volt. Florence is a Nashville-born, Chapel Hill, NC-based artist, who by day is a professor of English and Comparative Literature at UNC Chapel Hill. Her most recent record, Highways and Rocketships, recorded with REM producers Mitch Easter and Don Dixon, won Best Americana Album of 2022 at Lonesome Highway Magazine.

    Will Rigby, in addition to playing drums in the band, is also Florence's husband.

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    Cervo's

    in New York

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    Friday night, went to Cervo's Feast of the Seven Fishes (there were more), held at Platform by James Beard Foundation, which is at Pier 57 (which is ginormous).

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    One picture, too busy schmoozing.

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    The fried shrimp heads with the peel and eat shrimp in the background.   Everything was very nicely done - good choices on the wines.  My favorites were the skate fritters, the stuffed crab, shrimp heads and bodies, and the bacalao with clams.  Nice choices on the wines.

    On 10/3/2023 at 7:58 AM, MitchW said:

    if they're ever really going to open the place on Broome St.

    Of course, they've opened the place on Broome St.: Eel Bar, and I find more to my liking at this point. Because I find it more comfortable, and the food leans slightly more Basque-ish.

    Penny

    in New York

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    36 minutes ago, Wilfrid said:

    Penny is less of a raw bar than Acquagrill was

    I kinda miss Aquagrill; they always had a fine selection of oysters, and a good shucker or two.

    the pete wells thread

    in New York

    Posted

    48 minutes ago, backyardchef said:

    "And I’m going to need some really cold ice… this may be asking too much." 

    A really great line, as one of the keys to a great martini is making sure it, and the glass, are properly cold.

     

    Eater

    in New York

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    "All affected employees have been notified and are receiving transition support.”

    What does this mean, cab fare?

    Now I really don't feel bad about not reading any of this crap.

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