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Eating by Numbers 2003 Top 5

Grand Sichuan Midtown 8 Visits
WD50 5 Visits
66 4 Visits
Wash Park 4 Visits
Minnow 3 Visits

- Skinny 5-02-2003 3:17 pm [link] [2 comments]

Usually I say only good things, but my lunch few days ago at Markt (great beer) was terrible and made me very pro flow.......last night at Mermaid Inn, couple yummy things, the rest very standard, will not give it a 2nd try......The Minnow in Brooklyn keeps me coming back, on Monday I did the $25 food and wine special, what a deal!!
- Skinny 5-02-2003 3:14 pm [link] [add a comment]

so far i have kept one of my New Years resolutions, I have not been to Lupa all year yet.....
- Skinny 5-02-2003 3:10 pm [link] [add a comment]

Did the "66 / WD50 Doubleheader" again last nite.....this time the Chefs from Kai were dining at WD50 so my 3 fav spots were covered.....also we were not the only one's whom went to 66 and WD50 last nite, we saw a lady eating at WD50 that was at 66 (ok she was only having drinks at 66).....p.s. best $80 wine buy in the city is at WD50 with the 1993 Mascarello Monprivato, please drink it and help support traditional Barolo!!, NO BARRIQUE!!....
- Skinny 5-01-2003 3:54 pm [link] [add a comment]

The new cold carrot (ginger, cucumber, pistachio) soup at Alias is possibly the best soup I've ever had.
- jim 4-30-2003 9:15 pm [link] [1 comment]

is that really wylie getting a little prickly on lockhart steeles site? can anyone confirm that email address? if so, i would like a gooseberry tart too.
- dave 4-30-2003 8:00 pm [link] [4 comments]

At Gabrielle, a small quiet spot in Mid-City NOLA, had smoked chicken gumbo, specifically to compare it with my own creation, which is not bad.

However it's clear I didn't know the meaning of smoked chicken. I tried making do with some wood chips in a propane grill at low heat. Theirs carried a strong, smokey, woody flavor that permeated the gumbo. Perhaps I should bring a proper smoker back to CA from LA on my next trip.

They also schooled me on roux. I've made roux only a few times, and go medium dark, being somewhat timid about ruining it. The deep, toasty flavor of their gumbo was the sign of a steady hand on the whisk.

Keeping with the local theme, I had redfish with a crawfish etouffe. The fish was fresh and cooked over a very hot grill after being coated with an excellent mixture of spices. It wasn't overly hot, just intense. The etouffe was light and flavorful. Perhaps the best I've had.

D had eggplant, lightly battered, fried, and served with a roasted red pepper sauce. It was inventive veggie fare with a French touch to the balance of flavors in the sauce.

Next time, I'm trying the rabbit. But the duck with wild mushrooms looked interesting too.
- mark 4-30-2003 9:04 am [link] [2 comments]

At Bacco in NOLA had swordfish, most tasty, tasted black truffle fettuccine, yum, and sampled shrimp and lobster ravioli, not my favorite, it seemed over-flavored and of questionable texture. Wine was Opus 1 (?) California (?), whatever, it was favorable to my senses. Room is nice, good ceilings, but noisy, wait staff is attentive but slightly android-ish.
- jimlouis 4-28-2003 4:10 am [link] [3 comments]

Le Bernardin was never on my radar, first I was too poor than too gruffey for stuffy, well a suprise lunch there the other day was quite nice, I will not go back but the food was while not challenging was very clean and flavorful...2*
- Skinny 4-27-2003 7:42 pm [link] [add a comment]

WD50 for the 4th and final time for April anyway:>), had a fantastic new fish main, Duraude (sp?).......
- Skinny 4-26-2003 1:52 am [link] [add a comment]

SF;
Slanted Door was amazing on most dish's, a few were just ok, the crab asparagus soup, the imperial rolls, spicy lemongrass tofu, grilled ahi, grapefruit jicama salad, oven roasted beets, etc etc but the #1 dish and I wish they were in NY cause I would eat it every week was stuffed monterey squid (pork, glass noodles, tree ears) which is like a spring roll with squid as the wrapper, with a orange colored sauce that is like what Wylie uses on his squid...WOW...3*

Zuni Cafe: Great brunch spot, but it does suck drinking amazing wine out of libby glass, oysters were so fresh, pizza's crisp, eggs very orange, sardines in cimmicuri sauce over bean crustini yummy, salads super.....2*

- Skinny 4-21-2003 6:45 pm [link] [4 comments]

Was is Cali for 42 hours so I missed my buddys crazy birthday Philly food fest:>)
- Skinny 4-21-2003 6:34 pm [
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The chef at google.com corporate headquarters is Charlie Ayers, former chef for the grateful dead. Here are the menus. Cyberdelic. (via fimoculous)
- jim 4-17-2003 9:06 pm [link] [1 ref] [add a comment]

Rare DoubleHeader Last nite.....

Party of 3

6:09pm @ 66....5 apps, 2 mains, 1 dessert....
8:14pm @ WD50....3 apps, 1main, 3 desserts...

We almost made it to Florent for a midnight Crabcake sandwich....

- Skinny 4-17-2003 5:18 pm [link] [3 comments]

Went to the Mermaid Inn last night (low 2nd avenue.) Good crowd for late Monday night. I really like the room. Service was excellent - extremely competent, but also relaxed. The much anticipated $10 mark up on all wine turns out to not be as great as I was (for no real reason) expecting. While the list is very nice, it's also very inexpensive. This is fine, but I had dreams of $50 bottles for $60. It's more like $16 bottles for $26.

Just me and MB so we didn't try everything. Had the fish cowder (hope you like bacon) and the fried oysters to start. Both good, although it's hard to eat fried oysters around the corner from Prune and not think of their most excellent version. And then a very nice fish sandwich (perfect bun) and a sardine app for mains, with a generous side of lobster mashed potatoes (big chunks, yum.)

I'll definitely go back, and won't be surprised if it finds a permanent spot in the rotation. Still, none of the things we ate were a best of kind experience. Great addition to the neighborhood though.
- jim 4-15-2003 7:48 pm [link] [add a comment]

Skinny is fat.. Skinny has rated 39 restaurants so far in 2003, many dozen have been eaten and didnt make the cut. The year is 104 days old. Skinny needs a diet.
- Skinny 4-15-2003 4:01 am [link] [2 comments]

The Minnow is tasty!! 1*
- Skinny 4-15-2003 3:59 am [link] [add a comment]

we are off soon to California for 42 hours to give support for 2 long time pals....it will include 2 meals out, both at Slanted Door , one of my favorite restaurants in the US:>):>)
- Skinny 4-12-2003 6:13 pm [
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day 2 @ WD50 with a pal from bizz world, we ate 4 apps, 4 desserts, 2 mains and i had only 3 repeats from the first nite (1 app/2 desserts), now I have worked thru all 8 (current) app's and 6 of 8 mains and most desserts.....to start the f gras anchovy thing is w/o and ?? the most beautiful dish I have ever seen PERIOD, it also confirms one major love in food (it tasted amazing, Monkfish is also insane yummy), that texture, flavor, color/presentation can all be = to make the "bang zoom deluxe"..... Kai, 66, WD50 are my three best of NYC 2003, these three provide this experience as best as possible, and Hangawi right there also.....
- Skinny 4-12-2003 7:58 am [link] [add a comment]