FOOD!

[Faust]

From my Trader Joe's frozen shrimp package.

Ingridients: shrimp, salt
Contains: shrimp

[MoFiya]

Back home... I am in for some good cooking! Totally into desserts atm.

Chocolate cake (with fleur de sal) strawberries and vanilla ice cream.

Unspectacular but yet soooo good.

The British restaurant magazine just published their "Top 50 restaurants list". As always, Ferran Adria on top, an Heston on 2nd place...
Germany comes first at 23rd place or so (Harald Wohlfahrt) - totally underrepresented IMO.
The top 10 mostly represent the top of the avant-garde chefs around (except maybe Michel Bras - who I would really like to visit).

[Avantster]

Looks good MoFiya, love the chocolate/salt combo.

Yesterday I made some potato gnocchi using some dutch cream potatoes, then baked them in the oven sprinkled with herbs, parmesan and gruyère.

[morsto]

MoFiya, I think that top 50 from the british magazine looks highly biased towards, the british restaurants. You probably know it, but the highest regarded list among the chefs is the "The worlds 50 best" list, which apart from ranking the restaurants also has a "Chefs Choice" award, where all the top chefs vote on which they prefer.

http://www.theworlds50best.com/modul...ers?group_id=1

[maldoror]

the above list is at least as silly bordering on a total joke.

[morsto]

Tell that to every top chef in the world attending the award show for that specific list. :)
I've seen interviews with Rene from Noma, stating he had trouble sleeping the days before the new list was published. Whether you find it silly or not, when the chefs take it as THE list, so do I. :)

Also, not to be completely off topic, I can recommend dropping by Noma (or, well, order a table a month in advance to be sure), it's possibly the best food I've had ever.

[maldoror]

I refuse to believe that anyone who's eaten at both places could think nobu london is a better restaurant than l'arpege. likewise, ask david chang if he thinks ssam bar is cooking at a higher level than l'ambroisie (and be sure to note that neither l'arpege nor l'ambroisie even made it into the top 50).

do not confuse PR with reality.

chefs attend/care because rankings, no matter how arbitrary, mean money. not because they so greatly value the opinions of the nespresso academy (whatever the fuck that is)

btw the list you linked to = the same list mofiya was talking about.

EDIT: too late now, but came off way harsher than I intended. sorry...

and to stay on topic, I finally got around to satisfying my craving for bun bo hue this afternoon



cafe diem in south philly does an absolutely killer version. haven't been able to find a passable bowl in nyc. any help?

[Diego]

^ That would cure my hangover in an instant.

Yesterday I went with some friends to the new Nobu here in Mexico city and had a great time, the restaurant design is beautiful and the food was great as always (king crab tempura with ponzu sauce still my favorite) the man himself came to our table to say hello and gave us free sake for the rest of our stay, he's a class act .

[Faust]

Can't decide between mahi-mahi or a prosciutto sandwich. All signs point to mahi-mahi, laziness points to the sandwich.

[zamb]

my wife is in town,
had a special cooking of Dumplings, greenm banana and Yams, covered with steamed herrings and ockra.............Woi!! Woi!!!!!
dinner will be spectacular this evening, will be eating healthy TLC (tender loving cooking) for the next three weeks!!!!

[Faust]

oh, oh, watch out - wife will fatten you up nicely!

[zamb]

oh, oh, watch out - wife will fatten you up nicely!

well, i think i will eat healthier while she is here...
as she is a huge healthy eating fanatic!!!!!!
always get a balanced meal when she prepares it!

[reborn]

I made pesto friday and noshed on the leftover pine nuts over the weekend...now I am experiencing "pine mouth." Solid foods have a bitter metallic aftertaste and most liquids taste weird.

Damn Trader Joe's for having inexpensive tasty pinenuts near the register queue.

[Sombre]

my wife is in town,
had a special cooking of Dumplings, greenm banana and Yams, covered with steamed herrings and ockra.............Woi!! Woi!!!!!
dinner will be spectacular this evening, will be eating healthy TLC (tender loving cooking) for the next three weeks!!!!

Zamb, that is one very hearty meal right there. Where did your wife find green banana and ockra?

[Vanna]

Restaurant week in DC. Looking forward to eating at Ceiba and Bistro Bis.

I'm not really into the world of haute cuisine (Aside from watching Top Chef) so this should be interesting, and hopefully, memorable.