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flinflon28

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  1. Went tonight. The apps were great, but seemingly not unlimited any more?  When I inquired about additional oysters, our waiter suggested that we could purchase an order a la carte.  I guess times are tough all around.

    Still a good deal overall, though.

    That's too bad if that is the case going forward.

    What was the main skillet special last night?

  2. As Sneakeater posted the lobster issue has been mentioned previously but dropping the check with dessert seems 100% out of character with Per Se. I've never had that happen there and don't think I've heard it mentioned before.

    Also being in and out in 90 minutes is dissapointing.

  3. I've had two lunches at Perry Street in the past few weeks and must say that the $26 3 course lunch menu they are offering is still for the most part out of this world.

    I myself have had the ginger rice bowl (twice), the burger and the skate. All have been terrific. Friends have tried the tomato soup (excellent) and the hanger steak (just ok mostly because of a strange spice rub that may have been used on it) but no one has been dissapointed.

    Service has always been friendly and both times have been walk ins.

  4. i'm sorry but i can't stand letter writing people.  if you are having a bad time with your waiter or your wine, speak up.  people speak up all the time.  letter writers create real problems in the management chain and stress people out...if you had just said something during your dinner - all of your problems would have been fixed and you might have even got some free stuff out of it. (which is aparently what you want anyway...by writing this letter...to mr. bitali.)

    If YOU can't stand letter writing people that doesn't mean that it's a poor way to provide feedback and to assume that the person's sole reason for doing so is to get "free stuff" is the eptiome of smugness.

    If some people aren't comfortable asserting themselves in person then there is absolutely nothing wrong with them putting pen to paper.

    Having worked back and front of house I can say from my experience that letters do not create problems in the management chain or stress people out. If they do then this management chain isn't staffed with the right people.

    Granted some letters that will received might be illogical but to dismiss the method seems inappropriate.

  5. Lunch is three courses, inclusive of dessert.  It seems highly unlikely that they'll let you swap in another savory for a dessert.  Perhaps with a slight supplement this is possible, however.

    And Michael Laskonis's desserts are great...don't deprive yourself!

  6. Had a late lunch/early dinner at Noodle Bar today. The menu is now written on blackboards so they no longer have to hand out menus. Noticed a new starter of "Soy Sauce Egg". Basically a medium/hard boiled egg topped that seemed lightly infused with soy sauce and topped with chives and I think crispy garlic bits.

    The dish was a let down because the egg was served ice cold. Like it almost hurt your teeth to bite into it because it was so cold. At room temperature I think the flavors would have been more pronounced and enjoyable but as it was it just tasted like cold egg.

    Kimchee stew was as incredible as ever.

    Also noticed they're now serving a skate dish with brussel sprouts which I could have sworn I had as Ssam Bar about two months ago.

  7. The Apple Kimchi and the pork shoulder "steak" (If I'm remembering that correctly) were the big winners for us last week. Also believe it or not the very simple "bread and butter" was fantastic too. Just basically baguette with two types of butter. So delicious we needed a second order of bread.

  8. Most notably, the service last night was really questionable.  While we started off fairly well, we only saw our original waitress once or twice again after our initial ordering (we got the Farmer's Feast).

    The majority of the dishes were placed in front of us by runners, who then jetted off after quickly saying what they were (sometimes in heavily accented voices), giving us no opportunity to ask for elaboration or clarification (or even repetition!).  The joy and investment in the product that someone described above wasn't anywhere to be found.  No one was rude to us by any stretch of the imagi  I'm also pretty sure we were shorted at least one of our wine pairings, as both we and the staff were clearly confused during some of the gaps. 

    We had similar issues with the wait staff and wine service.

    Not enough to affect the meal significantly but still noticeable.

  9. The booths are MASSIVE in the dinig room.  I liked that alot.

    I do too (love their MASSIVENESS). But did you find service for the inner-booth people a tad stressful? Lots of ARMS.

    Still, I don't mind. I'd rather have the space and let THEM do the reaching.

    Actually we were a party of two sat in one of those Lincon Navigator sized booths so there was reaching but it wasn't as forced as it would be if there were four diners.

    Felt like sitting at you dad's desk at work when you're 6 years old but we loved the space.

    We were actually discussing that the two tops by the windows are chump change compared to the booths if you're a two top. I'm sure that might be different in daylight when the view out the windows is visible.

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