Dang, Frank, what's left?

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SEPTEMBER 09, 2009

From Frank Bruni's swan song resto critic story in the NYTimes:

IS THERE ANY BEST, SAFEST WAY TO NAVIGATE A MENU? Scratch off the appetizers and entrees that are most like dishes you’ve seen in many other restaurants, because they represent this one at its most dutiful, conservative and profit-minded. The chef’s heart isn’t in them. Scratch off the dishes that look the most aggressively fanciful. The chef’s vanity — possibly too much of it — spawned these. Then scratch off anything that mentions truffle oil. Choose among the remaining dishes.

OK, so not the usual suspects. But not the UNusual suspects. And nothing with truffle oil. Check. Uh, could I just get some more bread and butter, please?

Posted by Laura Reiley at 1:27:18 pm on September 09, 2009 in

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