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post #1 of 26
1/31/10 at 12:09am
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http://www.winespectator.com/webfeature/show/id/41638

Two year sabbatical and if/when it re-opens, it sounds like it will be a radically different place.
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post #2 of 26
1/31/10 at 12:11am
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http://www.winespectator.com/webfeature/show/id/41638

Two year sabbatical and if/when it re-opens, it sounds like it will be a radically different place.

2012? Coincidence? I think not!

We're all going to die.
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post #3 of 26
1/31/10 at 12:17am
This is very interesting. I read an article about it a few days ago, or maybe yesterday.
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post #4 of 26
1/31/10 at 12:20am
Yay!

Fwocking foam.


- B
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post #5 of 26
1/31/10 at 12:27am
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Yay!

Fwocking foam.


- B

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post #6 of 26
1/31/10 at 12:54am
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Who cares what you think? You're fat, and don't really like food.
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post #7 of 26
1/31/10 at 12:54am
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Who cares what you think? You're fat, and don't really like food.

True. I only like butter and cream. That's not food. I gargle with duck fat.
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post #8 of 26
1/31/10 at 12:55am
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True. I only like butter and cream. That's not food. I gargle with duck fat.

Hmm, fatty, ergo, not simple flavors.
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post #9 of 26
1/31/10 at 12:56am
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Cool filename.


- B

Note: PPâ„¢
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post #10 of 26
1/31/10 at 1:09am
Culinary world . . .

Adrià said, "Our idea is to do things that we couldn't [because of El Bulli]. For example, we'd love to spend three months in China studying its cuisine."

Sartorial world . . .

Jefferyd said regarding hand made buttonholes [private message], "Just wait till the Chinese catch up- they have even better, smaller hands and several thousand more years of embroidery experience.

Financial world . . .

Warren Buffet and Dalian.

'nough said.

- M
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post #11 of 26
1/31/10 at 2:10am
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Culinary world . . .

Adrià said, "Our idea is to do things that we couldn't [because of El Bulli]. For example, we'd love to spend three months in China studying its cuisine."

...

'nough said.

- M

In other words: "I want to cash in."
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post #12 of 26
1/31/10 at 2:22am
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In other words: "I want to cash in."

Buffet for sure. I don't think so about Adrià, probably for inspiration. Jefferyd just commenting about takin' it to the next level and the masses.

- M
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post #13 of 26
2/2/10 at 7:03pm
It's my understanding that El Bulli always operated at a loss. I can't remember where I first read this, but the quote I seem to find now says the restaurant “is nothing more than an R&D laboratory which they don’t expect to be profitable by itself. The restaurant generates the knowledge that is needed for the profitable areas in the El Bulli business model.” I guess the fame of the restaurant is basically a marketing tool to bring in income from other related Adria interests.
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post #14 of 26
2/3/10 at 12:25am
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It's my understanding that El Bulli always operated at a loss. I can't remember where I first read this, but the quote I seem to find now says the restaurant "is nothing more than an R&D laboratory which they don't expect to be profitable by itself. I guess the fame of the restaurant is basically a marketing tool to bring in income from other related Adria interests.

Sounds like Adria could benefit from a benefactor.

- M
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post #15 of 26
2/3/10 at 1:11am
Heston Blumenthal just got a hard on.
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