Eleven Madison Park

[Wilfrid]

Will read this on the train later. Pity he's not awarding stars right now.

[Anthony Bonner]

the vegans in the comments are not pleased

[Wilfrid]

Whether it gets the restaurant right or not, it’s a terrific piece of writing.

The best insult? 
- “tastes like Lemon Pledge and smells like a burning joint”

- “like tomatoes run through a wah-wah pedal”

- “certain dishes are as subtle as a dirty martini”

And then after all the slapstick there are some shrewd comments about the point of it all at the end. Four stars.
 

[Orik]

To summarize:

You don't know how to do this, nobody believes you care, and this time around I'm not giving you the benefit of the doubt. 

[small h]

2 hours ago, Orik said:

Better or worse than Guy Fieri? 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/28/dining/eleven-madison-park-restaurant-review-plant-based.html

Worse, because no one expected Guy Fieri’s restaurant to be any good. Although I’m sure plenty of people had their doubts about this new EMP menu.

[joethefoodie]

1 hour ago, Anthony Bonner said:

the vegans in the comments are not pleased

Are they ever?

[small h]

The vegan commenters at the NYT are surly bunch. As are the "why do you only review $$$$ places?" commenters.

[Anthony Bonner]

2 hours ago, Wilfrid said:

Whether it gets the restaurant right or not, it’s a terrific piece of writing.

The best insult? 
- “tastes like Lemon Pledge and smells like a burning joint”

- “like tomatoes run through a wah-wah pedal”

- “certain dishes are as subtle as a dirty martini”

And then after all the slapstick there are some shrewd comments about the point of it all at the end. Four stars.
 

::gold star::

[Neocon maudit]

Am curious how cruel or censorious the final paragraph was intended to be. To my mind, it read like: You bloody hypocrite. But perhaps that was my own rage.

My imagination is not what it was in my youth, but why would you inflict a prohibition v eggs and butter on a pastry chef? Yet that was one area Wells did not feel was crippled by the new vegan regime. 

Is Humm still seeing Laurene Powell Jobs? I presume so if he was able to afford a $14 million penthouse this summer?

Was there any mention of wine, outside of beetjuice? 

[joethefoodie]

I can also see how the review, in its entirety, might just be Wells taking on all the hypocrisy of high priced exclusivity in these, how shall we say, more contagiously sensitive times; that is, not just vis-à-vis restaurants.  

[taion]

So it’s the review he would have written of Noma Tulum had he been able to find bad things to say about the food.

[Orik]

Not really. Iirc he correctly identified Noma Tulum as not a legitimate target for his review, and also disgusting, whereas EMP gets treated as a legitimate target but also as a clumsy cynical ploy. 

[LiquidNY]

22 hours ago, Wilfrid said:

The best insult? 
- “tastes like Lemon Pledge and smells like a burning joint”

And such a small portion!

[LiquidNY]

On 9/28/2021 at 3:59 PM, Wilfrid said:

Will read this on the train later. Pity he's not awarding stars right now.

But Michelin is.

[Wilfrid]

12 hours ago, joethefoodie said:

I can also see how the review, in its entirety, might just be Wells taking on all the hypocrisy of high priced exclusivity in these, how shall we say, more contagiously sensitive times; that is, not just vis-à-vis restaurants.  

Yes, and the secret beef room for those in the know really twists the blade.