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Definitely still doing stellar food. I had a wonderful meal at Oliveto during a stay in Berkeley last month. I thought it blew the eGullet darling Incanto out of the water overall. (Not that the pig trotter cake with heirloom tomatoes at Incanto wasn't outstanding; overall, though, I was quite disappointed by the place. But that's another thread!) In many ways, it reminded me of Babbo in NYC.

annisa aoc bedford babbo bellavitae blue hill blue ribbon bakery 'ino little owl numero 28 omen pink tea cup pearl oyster bar po tomoe sushi these are the places that come to mind off the top of my head, but i'm sure i'm missing some choices, choices

I stopped in tonight. I like the look of the space. I've enjoyed the downtown location, but eating at anyplace immediately after they open is not really my thing. I'll give them some time to make sure they've got the sh*t together.

After it had been on my never-ending list of restaurants to go to for far too long, I finally made it to Chinatown Brasserie for dim sum lunch yesterday? Should've gone sooner. A friend and I had: roast pork buns, crabmeat & pork soup dumplings, roast duck and shrimp dumplings, fish skin dumplings, sitcky rice with shrimp & pork in lotus leaf, crispy taro root shrimp, barbecued duck spring roll, and custard bao. Wonderful quality across the board. Everything impeccably fresh. The fried items were not the least bit greasy. The flavors were spot on. A pot of tea and all of that food for 2 people -- $75 with tax/tip. Certainly not Chinatown cheap. But when the food is this good, I'm not complaining.

Wild Edibles in the GC Market has them........ @$9.99 each! ← So does Dean & Deluca - $5

actually, this one's got both

dinner? here ya go

i thought they only had pretzel croissants, no?

What kind of strange person would've given you high expectations for Manresa? Sounds like one hell of a trip. Enjoy!

Good call. I agree with FabulousFoodBabe on this one.

Brilliant! Maybe that is what I'll do

I agree. I went in late Dec, 06 and was underwelmed by the farmers feast. After the meal, I thought it was the most overrated, overvalued tasting menu I've ever had. Uh oh. You guys are beginning to worry me. I'm going with two friends next Sunday evening, and we most definiely plan on the farmer's feast, as it will be the first visit to BH@SB for us all (we've each been to the one in the city previously). Fingers crossed...

Rather than trying to convince Doc, Sucio, and others that this place is as great as some of us think it is, I'm just going to sit back quietly, and be at least a little bit thankful that not everyone thinks this place is the shit. Hell, I'm going again this weekend, too. It's been a few weeks.

wow. nice work. can't wait to hear your impressions.

cheese? murray's. after midnight? momofuku ssam. dinner? lemme sleep on it.

just stumbled upon this thread and worked my way through the whole thing bravo, man hell of a spring break, i must say looking forward to your thoughts on the differences between American and European fine-dining

I've gotta agree that the eel at Yasuda is outstanding. I've not had better anywhere else. The crunch of the sea salt is the perfect enhancement for what is already a phenomal product to begin with.

Your description has made the engineer in me smile

proposing in monaco at louis xv? baller indeed. i like how you roll, Si. and your ny itenerary is great, by the way. i'd definitely recommend the tasting at Daniel. it's around 6-7 courses, with two choices for each course, so you and your fiance could do a tandem tasting menu format. hell, go all out and throw in a cheese course, too. they have a fantastic cheese program. i went in there my first time worrying about being rushed, but there were absolutely no issues with this. service was damn near perfect, in fact. enjoy!

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Good to hear! I've got dinner reservation on April 15th. I look forward to your report!

Hehe. Yeah, beyond the pretzel rolls at Per Se and the warm soft pretzels at Blaue Gans, I got nothin'...

Admittedly, the nickname was not my creation. Stole it from Eater.

Maybe 'cause you were wasting too much time over at Robuchon's. Hey man. I had some phenomenal meals at JRo. So back off! Heheh. Seriously, though, I feel like L'Atelier recently became a bit... boring and complacent. Is it possible for a restaurant this young to be complacent already? Guess part of that is due to it being a chain restaurant. High-end or not, a chain restaurant just operates on a formula. Nonetheless, EMP was already #1 on my never-ending NYC restaurant list, and your review has firmly cemented it there. It's only a matter of time until I make there. Hopefully sooner rather than later!

That sounds friggin' phenomenal. Thanks for the beautiful pics and detailed insight as always, U.E. Why have I not yet tried this place under Humm?! I need to get moving...