Orik Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Three shrimp, 40 Euros, not even from far away!!! Horned Idiot Potato has to get here right now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinghiale Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 (edited) On 1/8/2024 at 4:32 PM, backyardchef said: never heard of it. Interesting career: The New York Times restaurant critic Bryan Miller named Mr. Fortuna best new maître d’hôtel on the scene in 1986. Two years later Mr. Miller awarded Lafayette — with Mr. Vongerichten in the kitchen and Mr. Fortuna at the door — four stars. Mr. Fortuna subsequently worked the doors and dining rooms at a succession of Manhattan restaurants, including Tavern on the Green, Lespinasse (in the St. Regis hotel), Mad. 61 and the refurbished Monkey Bar. In 1995, he finally had a restaurant of his own, the Lenox Room, on Third Avenue and East 73rd Street, in partnership with the chef and restaurateur Charlie Palmer. Edited January 10 by cinghiale 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 16 hours ago, Orik said: Three shrimp, 40 Euros, not even from far away!!! Horned Idiot Potato has to get here right now. Gamba roja 38 Euros per 100g at Estimar in Barcelona (I see there's an Estimar in Madrid too). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backyardchef Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 (edited) 17 hours ago, Orik said: Three shrimp, 40 Euros, not even from far away!!! Horned Idiot Potato has to get here right now. Locally sourced Horned Idiot Potato would push the dish above $50, I bet. Edited January 11 by backyardchef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted January 16 Author Share Posted January 16 This is incredibly picky, but don't you think the fact that Chez Ma Tante is "known for its pancakes" might have clued the Eater writer in that isn't a "French bistro". (I wouldn't have expected the writer to know that Chez Ma Tante is named after a place in Montreal that also isn't a French bistro.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 I wonder if the writer could translate the name of the place into English. At least they got that it’s French. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 One is puzzled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 One is puzzled that he survived a six course meal while spending less than $14 on "beverage." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 @Sneakeater It must have been at Aska that we had those dreadful near-raw Brussels sprouts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 Don't get me wrong: I've not nothing against Nordic cooking, and I'm not gonna hold Mads Refslund responsible for what Fredrik Berselius does anyway. I do worry about things I've heard about Ilis, though. But really it's that I can't reconcile what's set forth in this review, both regarding food quality and value, with that other review. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilfrid Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 I haven’t read it yet, but it may be instructive to compare Rosner’s Ilis review (although of course she ate in the dining room not the bar). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 Now that I've read Rosner, I see where you were coming from with the brussells sprouts. But I STILL can't reconcile Sietsema's Ilis review with the Foxface one. (I have one theory, but it's so personal and damning that I wouldn't say it out loud without some form of proof.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Bonner Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 I think he reads Illis as a high end place he can catagorize but he reads foxface as some kind of appropriation of East Village culture. I honestly don't think his intentions are anymore malign than that. tho I'm just guessing at what you are implying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 I'm sure you're right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 You HAVE to be right, because Paul Grieco. Scarily, I'm turning into my mother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diancecht Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 i liked him better when he was doing cheap eats in the village voice. can we have that version of sietsema back? pretty please, with a cherry on top? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backyardchef Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 The vitriol of this thread is spectacular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 For me this is personal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 (edited) The murder of Pitchfork is also personal. Edited January 23 by Sneakeater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backyardchef Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 40 minutes ago, Sneakeater said: For me this is personal. You definitely hide it well, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backyardchef Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 34 minutes ago, Sneakeater said: The killing of Pitchfork is also personal. When they talked about "Call Me Maybe" as one of the greatest pop songs of all time, it was already dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orik Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Right, more of a euthanasia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneakeater Posted January 24 Author Share Posted January 24 See, I thought the expansion in Pitchfork's coverage only made it better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronS Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 the metal coverage went from ok to bad over the last few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Bonner Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 23 hours ago, backyardchef said: When they talked about "Call Me Maybe" as one of the greatest pop songs of all time, it was already dead. I mean. It is a pretty damn good pop song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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