Gothamist: Food Good Enough To Copy

city of angels

Fri, 01 Aug 2003 02:54:01 -0500

I have to agree with omit's posting. New Yorkers laying claim to fresh tableside whackamole really takes testiculos.

warren beety

Fri, 01 Aug 2003 02:44:01 -0500

Thank-you amh! I never knew that about beet salade in fog city, but you're right.

amh

Thu, 31 Jul 2003 22:11:47 -0500

as my mentor told me: everything has been done before...embrace it. i add to that: make it look better and taste better than anyone else. that is all we can strive for in cooking. another thing, when it comes to reviewers/critics: it is known in san francisco that the critic michael bauer loves beet salads with goat cheese, so that is on almost every menu in the city in order to please him. if this is what chefs are forced to do in order to gain a following, that is too bad.

ubill

Thu, 31 Jul 2003 20:47:25 -0500

this post reminds me of my first date in nyc with my then future wife in 1989. (sounds so long ago) it was christmas time then, and we went into the gotham bar & grill from the cold wet street. it was a glow of bright light and warmth. we had the seafood salad - it was stacked up so high and so beautiful to look at - the whole experience was wonderful. they may be able to copy alfred portale's high architecture, but nobody can duplicate gotham bar & grill's supberb ambience and experience.

Jen

Thu, 31 Jul 2003 20:09:15 -0500

That's not annoying - that's called a gimmick made for me. Wait, I guess that would be called annoying.

omit

Thu, 31 Jul 2003 18:09:46 -0500

Oh, sorry, just read the article. Making guac at the table? That's annoying.

omit

Thu, 31 Jul 2003 18:08:30 -0500

Guacamole was stolen from one place? It seems to me like it's been around forever in Tex-Mex restaurants.

LIRC

Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:33:25 -0500

Tableside guac is incredible, but i agree there is not enough of it.. much like good mexican in NY. Any suggestions for tasty and authentic Mex?

sophie

Thu, 31 Jul 2003 15:44:21 -0500

thomas keller's poached lobster at the french laundry has been copied everywhere too. hopefully i'll get to eat the real deal when french laundry comes to nyc.

DodgeThis

Thu, 31 Jul 2003 15:14:26 -0500

Good guacamole is the best!! I LOVE guacamole.

Karru

Thu, 31 Jul 2003 15:06:08 -0500

Truly good guac is majestic wonder worthy of all the trials and tribulations it takes to find it in this city.