Prince of Darkness Wrote:
I'll be directing a couple rock camps this summer, and I'm going to take myself out on a hot date or two during orientation before the kids get there. I'm definitely thinking of eating at Prune after reading Gabrielle Hamilton's memoir (stellar read, bourdain called it the best memoir by a chef ever, and i can't argue as i've read no other chef's memoirs, but damn is it well written) and looking at the menu online, but i'm also open to different suggestions in NYC, and DC as well where the other camp is.
The End.
I just read an article in his collected works book - pretty interesting read - the first article could be the best thing about running any business I've ever read.
The Nasty Bits' Systeme DPlace sounds quality, but of course in NYC there's a thousand places you can drop toots' monthly mortgage payment nightly on dinner.
How long you gonna be there? We had a pretty good culinary tour of Manhattan, including dinner at Babbo and brunch at Bourdain's own Les Halles. We got into this uber hip "speakeasy" joint called Please Dont Tell which features hotdogs by Wylie Dufresne and one with Momofuku kimchi on top - as well as bacon infused bourbon.
A good friend claims Jean-George for lunch is the best deal in town, and another friend spends a ton of time there and wrote me up a bit of a restaurant guide if you want me to forward to you.
DC is interesting, as it was traditionally a place that basically had only one type of high end restaurant - the steakhouse.
I recommend Brasserie Beck to everyone. I had duck with couscous and cherries and about 14 Belgian beers there one night. Its in the downtown area of NW, so it kind of depends on where you are. My business partner said they had an amazing meal at Jose Andres' Oyamel, and he apparently has like 6 or 7 joints in the DC area, with several styles to choose from. They raved about some kind of salt meringue that came on top of the margs, and of course Andres is sort of a more accessible version of his boy Ferran Adria.
I can definitely drum you up a 'foodie' guide to DC as the guys I rent from are rich and are there a lot and like food and wine.
There's always The Russia House which has straight up Russian cuisine caviar, over 200 vodkas, and is almost definitely some kind of prostie/smack smuggler front.
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harry Wrote:
I understand that you, of all people, know this crisis and, in your own way, are working to address it. You, the madras-pantsed julip-sipping Southern cracker and me, the oldman hippie California fruit cake are brothers in the struggle to save our country.
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