I’m sorry you were blown away by The Modern (Dining Room). I will say that one possible explanation for the discrepancy re the meal may be the fact that my gf and I each ordered a different tasting menu, so we effectively had twice as many courses as you and your bf.

Regardless, glad you didn’t totally dislike the experience. Next time you should consider Eleven Madison Park for a special meal. They have raised their prices since revamping the restaurant, but I was blown away by a lunch I had last week. I have a dinner reservation next Saturday and will be posting about each meal soon.

Dude, you NEED foie gras. From all I know about you, you’d love it. It’s, like, the richest, most luxurious ingredient out there. But seriously, I can’t imagine I would’ve had it by now if I was still living in Ohio.

Now that we’ve learned our lesson about the dessert cart, we’re always looking for it at other restaurants and are constantly being disappointed. Your grandma is a very unlucky woman.

After being blown away by the tasting menu at Daniel this weekend, we were talking about the difference between it and The Modern. One of the main ones–which you brought up here–is that all of the dishes at The Modern LOOK amazing, while all of the dishes at Danile TASTE amazing. Just wait.

Sacrebleu!

Dude, I would love guest posts from you! Especially if you go to all of the places I remember from my J,LC days, like Andolini’s and Mellow Mushroom. And especially because I see nothing inauthentic about rice with mayo.

Haha. Laughing so hard at the john dory…it’s like the only fish Ramsey serves, WTF!? I hate that.

That lobster, and that steak mmmmm.

Another thing I’ve never had is foie gras. What’s wrong with me. I need to try all these delicious foods you try. You’re so lucky being in NYC. Damn you.

OMG! I’m not even a fan of strawberries but that buttermilk panna cotta, strawberry soup, pistachio ice cream with the caramelized tuile…that just looks incredible. And, cuss me, those truffles and that ice cream, you know me…I’d devour those in second. Oh man…I would never let embarrassment stand between me a some more sweets. I would elbow my own grandma out of the way for more of that.

This is by far the best looking overall meal to me that you’ve reviewed in a bit. It just all looks and sounds incredible. I’m drooling on my keyboard right now.

Let me know if you want guests posts from small town South Carolina, in which I debate the merits of the chinese food restaurant in my tiny town (which doesn’t taste as bad as you’d think, judging by the way their bathroom smells) with the japanese restaurant in the town where I work, which serves fried rice with mayo sauce.

Also: I want to go to there.

Except where the milles feuilles is concerned, because they didn’t like that, either. Boo-yah.