Our last trunk show meal for 2005.
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It surely is better to jot down a few notes rather than revisitng the Thanksgiving leftovers one more time, fork in hand.
I will just jot down some notes from 2 weeks in New York this month. The best take-out and/or take home items: the takeout double capuccino from San Ambroeus and their bargain $2. ice cream or sherbert scoop (pistachio or lampone) — one at breakfast, the other after dinner elsewhere. E.A.T. chopped liver and ratatouille pizza (again on separate occasions). Eli’s Grocery for their candied pecans (crisp and shiny), and Le Pain Quotidien’s capers, sundried tomatoes and cherry preserves. Marc’s favorite olive oil is Monini Fruttato from Grace’s Market, so I carried home a big bottle cushioned by the special orders from our trunk show.
As for restaurants, i was reminded once again that Grand Central Oyster Bar is the place for serious oysters. I inadvertently ate twelve at a friend’s expense. They were enormous and tasty. The Harrison was cozy, delicious and relatively quiet. My friend Mel Dwork and I could actually have a conversation, while eating delicious food. One night Kate and I went to Mary’s Fish Camp, and were directed across the street to Fedora’s for a drink while we waited for a table. Fedora’s was like a Hopper painting. The drinks were huge, the place with an amusing cast of 4 characters (plus the two of us), we all watched the news on PBS before the phone rang summoning us back to Mary’s. Dinner there was delicious and friendly as always. Cynde and I also went to the famous Burger Joint behind the curtain in the lobby of the Parker-Meridien Hotel. For $12. each we had hamburgers with the works, fries in a brown paper bag and a beer. Delicious! Just look for the neon burger next to the curtain. Bistro du Vent, a French Mario Battali restaurant, was delicious! Though the place is not particularly charming, the food was exceptional and tasty. But his Casa Mono was really great! Razor clams, duck egg on potatoes with truffle oil, pork on cubes of sweet squash and pomegranates, grilled mushrooms and a bottle of Lopez Rose 1995.
That was our last trunk show meal for 2005!