Reasons To Be Cheerful

[joethefoodie]

By the way, I started a topic about Coszcal...

But there was only one post following. Once again, proving YOUR point. (what, you couldn't have posted in that thread?)

[Sneakeater]

1 hour ago, Steve R. said:

And I also agree with just about everything else being said on this recent spurt of comments (probably a 1st for me).  Except one small part of Sneak's comment; that is, that tasting menus are over.  We've been keeping up with the procession of chefs at Fulgurances/Laundromat in Greenpoint & have enjoyed the tasting menus that some of them have come up with (don't bother hunting for my write-ups of any of them - I didn't bother).

Not meaning to be argumentative, but in the interest of having a conversation, don't you think that Fulgarances (and Fredai) now stand out as exceptions?  Contra has introduced an à la carte menu, for example.  Most of the rest of the places still doing all-tasting menu are Asian, so they're either actual Omakase/Kaiseki or can draw a parallel.  Or they're among the very few remaining Modern Cuisine places.  Or are lumbering dinosaurs like per se.

How many other recent openings can you think of that are tasting-menu-only?  As compared to a few years ago?

[Sneakeater]

I guess there's that purported New England place about to open in DUMBO.

ETA:  But even that's gotten commentary about how anomalous it is for a new place to open now as tasting-menu-only.

[Sneakeater]

6 minutes ago, joethefoodie said:

(what, you couldn't have posted in that thread?)

Then I'd have been disproving my point.

But also, how different from a thread with posts by only me is a thread with posts by only me and someone I went to the place with?

[joethefoodie]

12 minutes ago, Sneakeater said:

Not meaning to be argumentative, but in the interest of having a conversation

There's a Monty Python sketch in there somewhere.

Also a point - that a lot of people just simply bowed out of having those conversations, because they turned into arguments!

[Sneakeater]

No they didn't.

[joethefoodie]

1 minute ago, Sneakeater said:

No they didn't.

I'm not going there!

[Steve R.]

46 minutes ago, Sneakeater said:

Not meaning to be argumentative, but in the interest of having a conversation, don't you think that Fulgarances (and Fredai) now stand out as exceptions?  Contra has introduced an à la carte menu, for example.  Most of the rest of the places still doing all-tasting menu are Asian, so they're either actual Omakase/Kaiseki or can draw a parallel.  Or they're among the very few remaining Modern Cuisine places.  Or are lumbering dinosaurs like per se.

How many other recent openings can you think of that are tasting-menu-only?  As compared to a few years ago?

Yes.

[Steve R.]

(That was a joke.  You see, you said you wanted a conversation, so I jokingly gave a one word answer.  Funny, right?)

now, you and joe can get back to not being argumentative... or not

[Sneakeater]

No I won't.

[voyager]

1 hour ago, joethefoodie said:

There's a Monty Python sketch in there somewhere.

Also a point - that a lot of people just simply bowed out of having those conversations, because they turned into arguments!

Am reminded of a post by small h on another forum.   She said, "I'm not arguing with you.   I'm correcting you."    And,  50 years of marriage explained in two sentences.  

[Wilfrid]

3 hours ago, joethefoodie said:

I think this is quite true, in addition to my credit card bill being a bit less (though not when buying product from places like Regalis, DeBragga, et al.).

I notice that more on the drinks side. Cocktail in a bar? $14 and up. Cocktail at home, what, a dollar or two? The difference is stark. The only reason I go to bars now is for the ambience. (Of course I mainly drink classics that don’t need dozens of ingredients in the home bar.)

[StephanieL]

Getting back to Reasons to be Cheerful.....

 

N submitted her tenure file!!!!!

[small h]

17 minutes ago, StephanieL said:

N submitted her tenure file!!!!!

🤞Not that she needs it, I'm sure.

[StephanieL]

2 hours ago, small h said:

🤞Not that she needs it, I'm sure.

She does need it, because most of the people in her department who'll be judging that file are evil.