The Worst Dish of the Year…
The curried vegetable dish at the Chambers Kitchen, was sad. Lord knows that anyone can have a bad dish in any resto on any given night, mistakes happen, they happen less often at the three star level, but they happen.
JG is a great chef. No question. I am lucky to be among the folks who have been honored to have worked for him. So when a kitchen that bore his name put out something so utterly mediocre it was not only shocking it was disheartening. That was the low point of a boring meal, because I have eaten so much in his restos that is so inspiring, including the mushroom soup on the opening menu, that expectations were set high. Toward the end, the sadness of the impending closing of that resto came through in the food.
This is the year that I gave up on hamburgers, so often, so very often they are gross. The meat in a single burger might come from dozens of cows, in multiple countries, with a myriad of inspections processes. I can’t stomach the idea anymore. Some go to great lengths to procure, and care for the meat they use, no question. As you know the act of grinding beef is inherently dangerous, even in the best circumstances. When I get around to it I’ll make it at home, get the meat locally, and grind it myself, cook it immediately and thoroughly. Until then, it’s the most stomach turning food I can fathom.
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Hamburger with onion rings at the Malt Shop on 50th Bryant. As a kid my family ate there weekly. My big brother worked as a line cook during the late 70’s and often my sister and I had a lemonade stand out front. The memories of the food there were enough to convince me to bring my kids! Oh whatta total disappointment. It was hard to chew or swallow any bite and then when I got the check I felt screwed blued and tattooed. Never again. Never.
This is an easy one for me. My son got a hamburger @ the Bulldog NE that was utterly inedible. Oversalted, redolent of week old liver and with the texture of prison meatloaf. Complete and utter failure.
Town Talk, Barbette burgers?
Duck risotto at Spoonriver – tasteless, stinky(!!) – the duck had been dead for a while I guess, gluey, anything a risotto shouldn’t be.
Which curry? There were too and both easily noncompetive with the garbage american fusions retos serve. The burger fad is overindulged but the curry didnt have F***ing cranberries in it like some halfway azian restos….
I meant two like the number. Taking shots and restos that no longer exist is kinda lame. Seriously…
I used to love this site and now it is burgerking and taco bell orientated. Cool man.
all said and done everything and everyone in the biz has there moments. its also armchair bloggers aka “critics” who prepectuate the hype of negativity via cyperspace. who am i to say or slam anyone different.
i do think that the blogger-critic opinion is very much like the ground beef you are speaking of thou……..you never know which end it will come out from.