Category: restaurant review

review: meanwhile, back at the ranch…

Blue Hill at Stone Barns ulterior epicure Blue Hill at Stone Barns (Photographs of this meal can be found on my flickr account.) Moments and reminders of how humans ought to live are, in our world, scarce. Having grown up on the prairie plains of the Midwest amidst fields of corn, wheat and cattle, there […]

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review: meanwhile, back at the ranch…

Blue Hill at Stone Barns ulterior epicure Blue Hill at Stone Barns (Photographs of this meal can be found on my flickr account.) Moments and reminders of how humans ought to live are, in our world, scarce. Having grown up on the prairie plains of the Midwest amidst fields of corn, wheat and cattle, there […]

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review: farm to city…

Smoked Lobster Originally uploaded by ulterior epicure Gramercy Tavern Recently having read “Setting the Table” by Danny Meyer, I decided to visit one more table in his many-kitchened empire. Earlier this year, I had visited both the Modern Bar (see here) and Eleven Madison Park where was impressed by young chef Daniel Humm (“review: the […]

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review: farm to city…

Smoked Lobster Originally uploaded by ulterior epicure Gramercy Tavern Recently having read “Setting the Table” by Danny Meyer, I decided to visit one more table in his many-kitchened empire. Earlier this year, I had visited both the Modern Bar (see here) and Eleven Madison Park where was impressed by young chef Daniel Humm (“review: the […]

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review: unpalatably hip sushi…

Jewel Bako Originally uploaded by ulterior epicure Jewel Bako A few weeks ago, I had planned on having a fabulous omakase with Hideo-san at Ushiwakamaru in New York. Two days before my reservation, the restaurant called to inform me that the Department of Health had closed it down and would not plan on re-opening for […]

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review: unpalatably hip sushi…

Jewel Bako Originally uploaded by ulterior epicure Jewel Bako A few weeks ago, I had planned on having a fabulous omakase with Hideo-san at Ushiwakamaru in New York. Two days before my reservation, the restaurant called to inform me that the Department of Health had closed it down and would not plan on re-opening for […]

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review: a tale of two tasting menus

3rd Course: Pan-Seared Dorade Fleur de Sel To see all of the photos from this meal, click here. My recent lunch at the 1 Michelin-starred Fleur de Sel was a tale of two tasting menus.  my guest and I both ordered the five-course lunch prixe fixe.  With the exception of the canape and cheese course, each course […]

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review: a tale of two tasting menus

3rd Course: Pan-Seared Dorade Fleur de Sel To see all of the photos from this meal, click here. My recent lunch at the 1 Michelin-starred Fleur de Sel was a tale of two tasting menus.  my guest and I both ordered the five-course lunch prixe fixe.  With the exception of the canape and cheese course, each course […]

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review: cru

2nd Course: Sepia & Rock Shrimp Originally uploaded by ulterior epicure. Sorry, life has gotten crazy these past few weeks, and a trip to New York set me back even further. The good news is that I’ve been blessed to have done a lot of eating and cooking. The bad news is, it’ll take me […]

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review: cru

2nd Course: Sepia & Rock Shrimp Originally uploaded by ulterior epicure. Sorry, life has gotten crazy these past few weeks, and a trip to New York set me back even further. The good news is that I’ve been blessed to have done a lot of eating and cooking. The bad news is, it’ll take me […]

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review: an expensive yawn…

L’Atelier Joel Robuchon The Four Seasons New York  L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon  (one visit, March, 2007) Joël Robuchon is one of those chefs that makes gastronomes sit up and other chefs genuflect. He has attained an incredible status, not only in France, his native country, but around the globe, as one of the premier chefs of […]

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review: an expensive yawn…

L’Atelier Joel Robuchon The Four Seasons New York  L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon  (one visit, March, 2007) Joël Robuchon is one of those chefs that makes gastronomes sit up and other chefs genuflect. He has attained an incredible status, not only in France, his native country, but around the globe, as one of the premier chefs of […]

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review: the earth stood still…

Hi, I’m back. The last time I posted was about my birthday, at home. In the meantime, I’ve been to New York City and back. Boy did I have a nice celebration there – the last, and most stunning was at Eleven Madison Park.  Here is my review of this very special dinner. Eleven Madison Park […]

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review: the earth stood still…

Hi, I’m back. The last time I posted was about my birthday, at home. In the meantime, I’ve been to New York City and back. Boy did I have a nice celebration there – the last, and most stunning was at Eleven Madison Park.  Here is my review of this very special dinner. Eleven Madison Park […]

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review: potential realized…

3rd Course: Wagyu Tartare I haven’t done a formal restaurant review in a long time.  Here’s one of my now-favorite restraurants re-reviewed.  bluestem (at least 10 visits)  Since my first visit to bluestem in May of 2005, I have had the pleasure of returning many times – especially now that I’ve moved back to Kansas City. Nearly two years ago, I described […]

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review: potential realized…

3rd Course: Wagyu Tartare I haven’t done a formal restaurant review in a long time.  Here’s one of my now-favorite restraurants re-reviewed.  bluestem (at least 10 visits)  Since my first visit to bluestem in May of 2005, I have had the pleasure of returning many times – especially now that I’ve moved back to Kansas City. Nearly two years ago, I described […]

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best dishes of 2006…

#10: Hot Potato at alinea Originally uploaded by ulteriorepicure. From a second visit to the newly named number one restaurant in the U.S., Alinea (according to Gourmet Magazine), to snacking from street vendors in China, I’ve had a pretty amazing year of eating.  I visited Jean Georges on two continents, Thomas Keller on both coasts, […]

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best dishes of 2006…

#10: Hot Potato at alinea Originally uploaded by ulteriorepicure. From a second visit to the newly named number one restaurant in the U.S., Alinea (according to Gourmet Magazine), to snacking from street vendors in China, I’ve had a pretty amazing year of eating.  I visited Jean Georges on two continents, Thomas Keller on both coasts, […]

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banner credit…

Pictured right is Chef Dave Racicot’s “Almond” Originally uploaded by ulteriorepicure. Earlier this year, I got an email out of the blue from a chef in who-knows-whereville inviting me to eat at his restaurant. Aqueous who? Upon further dialogue, Chef Dave Racicot told me that he cooks at Aqueous, a restaurant in the Falling Rock […]

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banner credit…

Pictured right is Chef Dave Racicot’s “Almond” Originally uploaded by ulteriorepicure. Earlier this year, I got an email out of the blue from a chef in who-knows-whereville inviting me to eat at his restaurant. Aqueous who? Upon further dialogue, Chef Dave Racicot told me that he cooks at Aqueous, a restaurant in the Falling Rock […]

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