What did you eat last night for dinner?

[mordecai]



Also, Urasawa.

Matt told me I should spend some of my student loans on Urasawa.

 

[ehkay]

Yes

 

[mgm9128]



Matt told me I should spend some of my student loans on Urasawa.

We should go next month. I'd totally go again.

Yes

We should go next month. I'd totally go again.

 

[ehkay]

Only if you make the Frederic Anton cupcakes in my toaster oven.

 

[mgm9128]

I like the way he says cupcake.

 

[lawyerdad]

Ate at Red Medicine last night.
Seriously underwhelming.

Decent cocktail: their "#15" - sour, herbal, lemon (rye)

"Biodynamic leeks" with yuzu and buttermilk. Reasonably tasty, but the texture of the leeks wasn't great. Too stringy and gummy.

Sweet potatoes with smoked tofu and tamarind. This was good -- probably the best thing we had -- even though my dinner companion thought the potatoes looked like "little orange turds".

Wild yellowfin tuna with quince and roasted kale oil. I enjoyed this, but it was kind of a jumble. It didn't help that it was served kind of layered into a deep plate that was black or dark charcoal. The restaurant's not that bright, and it was sometimes hard to figure out just what you were getting in a particular forkful.

Santa Barbara uni with almond milk and unripe melon. Not bad, but I think I'd rather just do uni as sushi without so many distractions.

Young turnips with banana vinegar and creme fraiche. The turnips were really good. The banana vinegar was an odd note, at least in this dish.

 

[erictheobscure]

Why would you give your money to those assholes?

 

[mgm9128]

Purple artichoke and arugula ravioloni

 

[foodguy]



Why would you give your money to those assholes?

+1000

 

[lawyerdad]



+1000

I hear you, guys. It's sort of a funny story. (Not that funny, but it's the only one I've got.)
I had recently declined two different suggestions by friends (different groups of friends) that we eat there, for that very reason. In fact, my date last night had been in one of those conversations with me and heard me explain that I'd rather not give those assholes my money. (In one of the prior instances, it wouldn't even have been my money.)
But she was handling dinner arrangements with some other friends last night, and when they suggested it as a restaurant near where the rest of our evening plans were, she had a brain cramp and failed to make the connection that this was the restaurant I'd been bitching about. So she agreed on our behalf, and I didn't realize that was where we were eating until we were all en route to the restaurant in separate cars . . .

 

[foodguy]



I hear you, guys. It's sort of a funny story. (Not that funny, but it's the only one I've got.)
I had recently declined two different suggestions by friends (different groups of friends) that we eat there, for that very reason. In fact, my date last night had been in one of those conversations with me and heard me explain that I'd rather not give those assholes my money. (In one of the prior instances, it wouldn't even have been my money.)
But she was handling dinner arrangements with some other friends last night, and when they suggested it as a restaurant near where the rest of our evening plans were, she had a brain cramp and failed to make the connection that this was the restaurant I'd been bitching about. So she agreed on our behalf, and I didn't realize that was where we were eating until we were all en route to the restaurant in separate cars . . .

tl;dr
but at least you didn't enjoy it.

 

[lawyerdad]



tl;dr
but at least you didn't enjoy it.

Yeah, I'm sort of glad about that. Less morally confusing.


Executive summary: chicks, man.

 

[Baron]

I had a lunch meeting at Baco Mercat today. Tried the toron baco for the first time - it's described as oxtail hash but I had no idea it was actually formed like a burger. It was awesome. Also the boquerones, which were battered and fried and drizzled with honey, and the Persian cucumber/yogurt salad were both fantastic.

 

[erictheobscure]

in Walter Sobchak voice: Am I the only one around here who thinks those bacos are totally overrated?

(I already know the answer to this.)

 

[foodguy]



I had a lunch meeting at Baco Mercat today. Tried the toron baco for the first time - it's described as oxtail hash but I had no idea it was actually formed like a burger. It was awesome. Also the boquerones, which were battered and fried and drizzled with honey, and the Persian cucumber/yogurt salad were both fantastic.

dang reminds me, i haven't eaten there in MONTHS. that's the problem with the renovations at GCM. so many lunch options in this neck of hte woods (and way too few times i can get away to enjoy them!).