Since Cliff and I had an extra night of dining, I made reservations for L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon in the Four Seasons Hotel, one of my last restaurants to cross off the New York Michelin list. The restaurant is one large room with an open kitchen as its centerpiece; I requested seats at the kitchen […]
To take a break from Michelin dining, I went to Blue Smoke on a Sunday night for a quick bite to eat. I hadn’t really eaten much throughout the day and definitely ordered way too much food and alcohol. We started with Toasted Pork Ravioli “St. Louis Style” smoked tomato sauce: The toasted pork ravioli […]
Last week, Cliff flew in from California to attend a conference at the Time Warner Center. Since he was visiting, we decided to make a reservation at wd-50, a molecular gastronomy restaurant run by Wylie Dufresne. I saved the restaurant for Cliff because we visited another molecular gastronomy restaurant together (we went to Alinea for […]
On Wednesday, Cliff and I went to L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon for dinner – here is a video of our dessert, the sphere: A full review before the end of the year – it was quite an enjoyable meal!
A couple weeks ago, I went on a date to Franciscos Centro Vasco because we were in the mood for lobster: The lobster meat was surprisingly tender for being so large (I’ve heard that the larger the lobster, the tougher the meat). We ordered a five pound broiled lobster with tons of clarified butter, baked […]
