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NYC: Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare (Aug. 2012)

August 29, 2012 Victor 1 comment

Authors: Victor and Monty
Restaurant: Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare
Chef: Cesar Ramirez

Date: August 29, 2012

Phone number: (718) 243-0050
Website: http://www.brooklynfare.com/pages/chefs-table

Dress Code: “Business Attire required. No jeans, sneakers, flip-flops, shorts or t-shirts are permitted in the dining room.”
Restaurant seats: 18 (with one cover a night each seat)

Notes:
-No pictures or note-taking allowed! Also, cell phones must be used outside.
-MAKE SURE YOU ARRIVE ON TIME. There are two “cycles” during the night; for us, one “group” of 10 started about 30 minutes earlier than our “group” of 8 (you eat the same dishes at the same time as the others in your “group”). If you are late, they’ll start without you and won’t give you any courses that you’ve missed.
-The restaurant has a wine program in place now. “Guests are permitted to bring a maximum of two 750 ml bottles of wine that are not represented on our wine list. There is a wine service fee of $70 per bottle. Liquor is not allowed in the dining room.”

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Categories: Eating, New York City, North America Tags: brooklyn fare, cesar ramirez, food, michelin, new york city, seafood

NYC: Per Se (Aug. 2012): Dinner with Josh and Monty

August 27, 2012 Victor 1 comment

Authors: Victor and Monty
Restaurant: Per Se
Exec Chef: Thomas Keller
Chef de Cuisine: Eli Kaimeh

Date: August 27, 2012

Unfortunately, the food pics are kind of bad. My iPhone doesn’t take very good pics at night :(.

Monte: This meal was ridiculously good.

Click here to see just how ridiculously good it was

Categories: Eating, New York City, North America Tags: food, michelin, new york city, per se, thomas keller

NYC: Atera (Aug. 2012)

August 17, 2012 Monte 5 comments

Authors: Victor and Monty
Restaurant: Atera
Chef: Matt Lightner

Date: August 17, 2012

October 2, 2013, edit:
CONGRATS TO ATERA AND MATT LIGHTNER ON GETTING TWO MICHELIN STARS IN THE 2013 MICHELIN GUIDE!

Notes:
-This is a chef’s-table-style restaurant.
-There’s a huge emphasis on foraging. They work with many foragers, and one of them is Evan Strusinski, who’s a foraging superstar.
-The chef worked at Noma and Mugaritz before!
-You can only get the tasting menu, which lasts around two-and-a-half to three hours. (Monte: I wonder if they’ll raise the cost after the 2 stars award)

This was our view once we were seated.