Comments on: I’m too sexy for your fork http://guiltycarnivore.com/2006/06/09/im-too-sexy-for-your-fork/ Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over Wed, 09 May 2012 06:42:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: mczlaw http://guiltycarnivore.com/2006/06/09/im-too-sexy-for-your-fork/comment-page-1/#comment-9 mczlaw Wed, 14 Jun 2006 04:18:51 +0000 http://guiltycarnivore.com/?p=12#comment-9 No self-flagellation necessary. I'm sure there are those who try it and don't like it. One of the things I really liked about the place--besides being treated like a VIP like everybody there and having a lot of fun even eating 18 courses by myself--is that the artistry of the food in no way detracts from the taste of it. Most everything tastes great. I had one dish I wasn't crazy about (a matsutake cake that was a bit dry). The visual jokes are abundant, too--like the bacon on the flying trapeze Oh yeah, Aschatz is a nice guy besides. I got to check out the kitchen and chatted with him briefly. --mcz No self-flagellation necessary. I’m sure there are those who try it and don’t like it.

One of the things I really liked about the place–besides being treated like a VIP like everybody there and having a lot of fun even eating 18 courses by myself–is that the artistry of the food in no way detracts from the taste of it. Most everything tastes great. I had one dish I wasn’t crazy about (a matsutake cake that was a bit dry). The visual jokes are abundant, too–like the bacon on the flying trapeze

Oh yeah, Aschatz is a nice guy besides. I got to check out the kitchen and chatted with him briefly.

–mcz

]]> By: The Guilty Carnivore http://guiltycarnivore.com/2006/06/09/im-too-sexy-for-your-fork/comment-page-1/#comment-4 The Guilty Carnivore Tue, 13 Jun 2006 16:14:56 +0000 http://guiltycarnivore.com/?p=12#comment-4 Hi mczlaw, you're right to call me out on my petulance - much of it can be traced (in addition to petty jealously) to the fact that I'm not the target demographic and I'm simply taking shots from the peanut gallery. I have no doubts the food is amazing, I think where I fall off the bus is the arcane presentations that smack me of art for art's sake. I'll take you at your word that it doesn't detract from the experience. I do stand by my tepid conviction that I would try Alinea if the opportunity ever presented itself - at the end of my post I lamely admit, yeah, well, sure, I'd go. My proletariat sensibilities are not averse to a star treament every now and then. Last fall I had a 7 course chef's tasting menu at the Montage resort in Laguna Beach that ran something like $200 a head, and by the end of the night my head was spinning in wonder and bemusement. Glad to hear you left your model girlfriend and stash of blow at home - together, they don't play well with food :). Hi mczlaw, you’re right to call me out on my petulance – much of it can be traced (in addition to petty jealously) to the fact that I’m not the target demographic and I’m simply taking shots from the peanut gallery. I have no doubts the food is amazing, I think where I fall off the bus is the arcane presentations that smack me of art for art’s sake. I’ll take you at your word that it doesn’t detract from the experience.

I do stand by my tepid conviction that I would try Alinea if the opportunity ever presented itself – at the end of my post I lamely admit, yeah, well, sure, I’d go. My proletariat sensibilities are not averse to a star treament every now and then. Last fall I had a 7 course chef’s tasting menu at the Montage resort in Laguna Beach that ran something like $200 a head, and by the end of the night my head was spinning in wonder and bemusement.

Glad to hear you left your model girlfriend and stash of blow at home – together, they don’t play well with food :).

]]> By: mczlaw http://guiltycarnivore.com/2006/06/09/im-too-sexy-for-your-fork/comment-page-1/#comment-2 mczlaw Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:23:25 +0000 http://guiltycarnivore.com/?p=12#comment-2 We wouldn't mere sustenance to be great fun, now would we? That would be wrong, right? And we hate people who write about food using words any more complicated than "good" or "bad" because that's pretentious. Who needs all those silly adjectives anyway? Same advice I like to give my 8 y/o: you can criticize after you've tried it. Prejudgment is ignorance. I was at Alinea last year (w/o model girlfriend or cocaine) and was blown away by the food and the friendly, unpretentious service. Sounds like you are off the bus, though. Too bad. --mcz We wouldn’t mere sustenance to be great fun, now would we? That would be wrong, right? And we hate people who write about food using words any more complicated than “good” or “bad” because that’s pretentious. Who needs all those silly adjectives anyway?

Same advice I like to give my 8 y/o: you can criticize after you’ve tried it. Prejudgment is ignorance. I was at Alinea last year (w/o model girlfriend or cocaine) and was blown away by the food and the friendly, unpretentious service. Sounds like you are off the bus, though. Too bad.

–mcz

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