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Unless... Zenial is the young Edie-Falco-esque woman? If so, I am the biggest jackass! Oh, SNAP!

Steve KLC: Actually, I fully recognize my own silliness. Mea maxima culpa. But I'm glad you find it entertaining.

Hey, GotChianti. Thanks for responding! Many interesting scoops in your post. I will respond to them in kind. You were the rent guy! Ah, I remember you now. And yes, Fiddler on the Roof is a great, great show. That tune is very catchy. Heh. I could tell that Perry's angst was very real. Sorry to hear you were subject to the same frequent shellings. That Asian-American guy seemed like a real piece of work. I can't STAND senior chefs who pointlessly berate their underlings by aping drill sergeant behavior from Army movies. It's SO old-school and SO unnecessary. In virtually every modern workplace except the kitchen, it's commonly understood that by getting up in somebody's grill (literally AND figuratively!) you're only going to frazzle them and make them LESS productive. Well, it probably isn't much better at Bouley. Or is it? I'm shocked/pleased to hear about Laurent's effort to help you out. He comes off worse than Nixon. What was your interest in working at Rocco's? Did you have a hankering to do old-school Southern Italian cooking, work with Rocco, both or something else?

Zenial, can you weigh in on my earlier post (p. 35)?

Hi, eGullet people. First time poster. Yup, got here through The Restaurant. Hey. Former FOH & catering alumna in NYC, but my dad ran a culinary school since my birth until last year, so I know from BOH. Thus my interest in "The Restaurant". Since I'm sure everyone on this thread has had more than their share of reality-show-vs.-reality haggling and Rocco-sucks-vs.-Rocco's-all-right issues... please allow me to merely cackle with glee at the hilariously over the top love poem that the young Edie-Falco-esque waitress (can't remember her name right now) slipped to Perry, the hot young cook guy. I thought the note was so cuddly and corny -- nay, bordering on psycho -- that virtually any guy who received such a note would recoil in horror. Why not send him a teddy bearthat said "I Wuv U"? Woulda been a bit more subtle. Their interaction was cute as hell, though. I was actually surprised that the TV people didn't make a bigger deal about it. Answer me this, though: was there any actual chemistry between him and the woman, or was she working the cameras? What was the level of contrivance? Zenial or Bothameaboutasteak or GotChianti, or anybody else who was there, do you wanna weigh in? Enquiring minds, etc. That guy is not so hot on the grill yet, but he is so hot it's almost insane. The camera likes him a lot better than Rocco, I think. I live in the city. Would I eat at The Restaurant? Maybe now that they've gotten their act together. Sure, I'm curious. But I'm a bit more curious about all the hype re: Schiller's Liquor Bar, the new Keith McNally joint opening up a few blocks away from my apartment on the Lower East Side. It's supposed to be Jewish, or Czech, or German, or something. People are talking about Welsh rarebit on the menu though, so I'm assuming they're going to do a Cafe Lebowitz meets Ratner's type thing. Anyway, thanks for reading. Hope this wasn't too outrageously off-topic for all you serious folks.