/ck/ - Food & Cooking

I enjoy good restaurants for the level of skill in the foods... Budget wise they can take a chunk of money but for a special occasion it's worth it to me..

Of the local -very- good high end restaurants I've been to Toqué! and the Laurie-Raphaël,,, Chez l'Épicier could probably be thrown into that lot as well.

I love the discovery aspects of the meals.

>>4901631
I like going to nice restaurants, but I'm still a student and thus can't afford to do so very often.

Fanciest restaurant I've ever been to is, without a doubt, Hawksworth in Vancouver. Went on my 20th birthday. The food was amazing, but god damn it was expensive.

>>4901631
thomas keller is love. thomas keller is life.

>>4901631
Fogo de Chao. Probably pleb tier by high class standards, but hey, I live within my means. Everyone I was with was like "don't even go to the salad bar, its a ruse. They try to fill you up before the meat comes out".

That salad bar was top notch and just as good as the meat entrees.

>>4901689
have you been to french laundry?

>>4901689
Fuck, if you've actually been to one of his restaurants I am jelly.

>>4901711
I've been to bouchon bakery, does that count?

>>4901700
>>4901711
yeah french laundry and ad hoc

being from napa is ight haha

i just hate people that eat there and dont realize his genius... he is a god

>>4901722
how the fuck could you afford french laundry? isnt the prie fixe menu $250 a head

>>4901726
saving up for it? Anon not being a broke college student? Many possibilities.

i haven't spent more than $20 on a meal since starting university - that includes birthday dinners and special occasions

>>4901726
My dad. He works for some very rich people that enjoy good company and good wine. I have a empty bottle of this http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/wine/cote-rotie-la-mouline-vintage-1976-5-bottles-per-5674344-details.aspx

it was dam good

>>4901631
I Looooooove House of Prime Rib, OP. I'mma drooling just thinking about it. Already have plans to celebrate my birthday there next month.

>>4901722
Yeah, he is. I've only eaten at each place once. (I'm not rolling in money, lol) but they were a pinnacle of culinary delights in my life.

I live in New Orleans and we don't have any major upper-class restaurants. I've pretty much eaten at every place that would be considered "fancy". It's good, but greasy spoons are the go to here.

If I had to pick a single place that was top-shelf, most likely be Revolution. Folse & Tramonto have done a really solid job putting together a high-class dining experience to draw in tourists out of the mean streets,

>>4901700
I'm planning to go when I graduate. Going to school a few hours away.

What's the average plate go for there OP?

I'm 90 minutes outside of San Fran and going to be turning 21 early next year.

>>4901696
fogo de chao is amazing, negro. And I agree. The salad is the shit.

Yeah, I like going to high-class restaurants on occasion. But honestly most of the time I really prefer junky food or "common" food I guess. I just think it tastes better and my palate really isn't that sophisticated to begin with. I like knock-you-out flavors.

The fanciest restaurant I went to was French Laundry, which I saved up for and went with my family. I enjoyed it but again, I didn't get wine pairings cause I can't appreciate it and it wasn't some sort of "deathrow" meal. Deep down if I was asked to choose again I would go to a good steakhouse.

I think food for me is still about pure satiety and pleasure, and with higher grade food you have to take the time to savor it and really appreciate the intricacies, which I'm not good at doing. And that's just my bad.

Bobo's in SF is quite good. Never really been to any super expensive restaurants. The meal I had there was probably the most expensive I'd had. Damn good steak though.

>>4901777
Not OP, but the last time I was there, I got the King Henry VIII Cut, which is the largest they have, and it was about $42. Well worth it.

>>4901792
i dont remember, does that include the creamed spinach and yorkshire pudding and stuff?

>>4901798
Yep. All that is included.
I'm suddenly hungry for a big plate of beef.....

There is a little place in Santiago, Chile, called Junta Nacional.

It's obviously Chilean cuisine, so loads of meat, pasta and spices. Beautiful wine, naturally. It's probably my wife's and mine favourite restaurant in the world.

2nd close would be Chester's in Macclesfield. Italian, always a treat.

>>4901828
>There is a little place in Santiago, Chile, called Junta Nacional.

Do they have portraits of Pinochet all over the place?

Probably the top places I have been for "fancy":

I went to a good Szechuan restaurant in Hong Kong when I was there. IIRC myself and my girlfriend paid about $170 for supper for the two of us. Food was very good, but they kind of fucked up our service and forgot about us for a bit.

There's a chef near my hometown that runs his own restaurant and does all the cooking himself. The choices are limited basically to meal combinations that run ~$75/plate not including drinks or dessert. The restaurant is in a renovated 70s gas station; very pleasant and cozy and the service was good. The food was very good although one of the meat dishes was served colder than it should have been, while this was understandable considering there's only one guy cooking, it is still a problem.

Daniel in NYC. When all was said and done, dinner for 2 was just under $800. Was the food excellent? Yes, beyond excellent. Would I spend that much ever again? No, unless I won the lottery.

>>4901837
>What is irony

I know it was an attempt at comedy. Attempt.
They have 70's nostalgia decour. What a first world country would describe as "Vintage Furniture" today, posters from what I think are Chilean artists and bands, etc.

Spago on my honeymoon in Maui
I think the wife & I spent about $250
Best meal ive ever had
My chef is hooking me up with a deal at Grammercy & at Per Se which im really excited about
Other than that honestly I think the restaurant I work at has some of the best food ive ever had. The a la carte menu is nice but we do specials daily & thats really where the greatness is, especially the fish

As much as I enjoy fancy steaks, prix fix menus, and fancy shit like carpaccio or good creme brulee, it is almost never worth the cost. I've learned how to make some shit like this at home and cooked my way into a couple girls' pants with it.

>>4901869
>prix fix menus

That might be the problem right there. The prix fixe menu often seems to be a notch below everything else.

I always liked Ruth's Chris steaks.

>>4901631
I'd love to go to high class restaurants but I have neither the money, friends or wardrobe to be a visitor to one of those establishments.

>>4901739
>http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/wine/cote-rotie-la-mouline-vintage-1976-5-bottles-per-5674344-details.aspx
holy shit dude that sounds like an awesome time

I generally don't eat out much unless it's at the pho place by my apartment after a long day on the way home.

Took my girlfriend to an upscale japanese place last summer, and it was amazing. The place was on no reservations and was easily the best restaurant i've been to.

I'd like to go to more nice restaurants, but I don't have much cash of my own, so it's hard to justify it.

Not "high-class," but still relatively expensive. My fiancee and I were in San Francisco with her great uncle, who is stupidly rich. He flew us out to Califronia from Florida, had us stay in his house on the Pacific, and took us with them to stay in SF for three nights at the Marines Memorial Hotel. This dude blew a few thousand on us. Anyways, they encouraged us to eat one night at the restaurant in the hotel. Bill for me and my fiancee was around $90. I had a black pepper crusted steak which was good, but had WAY too much pepper on it. I probably would've been more upset about it had I actually paid for the meal.

Del Posto, I guess. Not really high class, but insanely expensive. Had like, 8 guys? waiting on my table.

>>4902711

Fuck every chef now is doing the side of the plate swipe and the line or sprinkle off the plates edge, I fuggin hate that shit it looks stupid.

>>4901788
>being this honest on 4chan

dude, you can just make stuff up...nobody will ever know...we're anonymous. on the internet, your palate is that of a greek god, you regularly dine at five-star restaurants, and you enjoy fine food at a higher level than everybody else

>>4901631
*tips fedora*

>>4902711
that black truffle dust?

good shit... gotta love them truffles

>>4902724
Looks sloppy, like the fucker was in such a hurry, he couldn't even hit the damned plate and got the rim instead.

There should be a clear at least 2 inches around your food of clean plate, to fucking frame the dish. There are of course exceptions, just like when you hang a frameless borderless piece done on something other than canvas, or when you're featuring something other than a painting, like a carving, but fuck.

Had a lovely time on travels at some nice restaurants over the years. A few favorites stand out, where some of the classic famous restaurants sometimes disappoint, think NYC.

Back in the 80s, had the most gourmet French meal of my life at a private restaurant on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala, from vichyssoise to succulent beef, at local prices, with a sunset over the volcano. There was nothing in the area, just a treasure and pleasant surprise. Of course, only fools were in the middle of war torn Guatemala at the time.
I had a similar feast in Rio, one night by accident, walking into an empty restaurant, and getting appetizers of baby quail eggs, all kinds of marinated goods, giant platters of steaks with accompaniments...through some mistake of ordering, a family of 5 got enough of a feast to feed a wedding party, for hardly any money. Just one of those moments in currency exchange in a foreigners favor.
A lot of my omg awesome experiences come with alcohol. I had the best moules frites in DC at Granville, along with a Delerium buzz. I can say the same thing at Jaleo, and one of my favorites on multiple visits, Liberty Tavern in Arlington, where I had my first barbera and charcuterie. I can still recall the local scrapple, all sizzled and crispy, and the smoked blue, and mostardas...all the way to dessert. I love those chefs.
Not so much now, but the Sunday Brunch at the Biltmore in Coral Gables FL used to be stunning amazing, but I've found over the years that no matter how much a price is raised, buffets have started to suffer quality over quantity. The brazilian rodizios still have some nice intense preparation salads and composed things, like right out of the 50's but it's getting more rare, and the closest thing to the amazing spreads that cruise ships used to do. Some of my finest meals, don't laugh at my age, were in Pan Am first class. From caviar to cheese carts, to chocolate liqueur cups laid out with post dinner snacks.

>>4902759
Sounds gay.

>>4901631
*fedoras fall out of pocket*

>>4902545

I can go alone in PJs and nobody would care. Dining and dashing is not so classy, but you can classily argue that it was terrible, and that you refuse to pay.

Step-up yo game, nigguh.

I ate at Alinea once

>>4902779
So, having game and class is arguing about the food and refusing to pay while wearing pajamas.

>Barbuzzo
>Pumpkin
>Monk's

All in philly because that's where i live

>>4902793
First off
>is that cotton
Secondly
>how do you even eat that gracefully
and last
>what is that

>>4902799

>responding to sceak
>not reporting and moving on

>>4902806

You scoop it up with a spoon. The cotton is basically cotton candy.

>>4902793

Szymon? I remember your thread. You never posted your pretty sister.

>>4902821

Nope, not that guy.

>>4901631
>last week at work some person tried to insult me by saying


The work place is fucking horrifying. It takes every ounce of my energy to not snap on people every day and let them know just how fucking obnoxious they are to be around.

Normal people are mindblowing retarded.

The Ritz is probably the most reputable place I've been to, but it's tourist trap bullshit.

Tea at the Ritz is what French chefs think English food should be and it's not pleasant.

>>4901858
LOL, I work here, The food is quite good, the chef de cuisine is an excellent man.

>>4903345
you mean Richard Simmons?

>>4903345
here where?
spago, grammercy or per se?

>>4902793

The fuck is that shit? Someone wipe the crumb's off this man's table.
I'm a pleb and like Davy Jone's Locker in New Bedford, The Sienna in Providence when I'm feeling fancy.

Went to Prime nextdoor to the Sienna, but they were stuck up assholes. The Sienna has just as good food with MUCH better service and they will cook food that isn't on the menu for you. Best service atmosphere of any restaurant- 10/10


>2012
>caring about food when all you eat is chicken and steak
Good service is what gets me.

Is it sad if I say Olive Garden?

>>4902735
espresso powder

>>4902793
Omg, the chocolate mat dessert!
Earlier i worked with a chef who was doing that dish on Alinea, so many fucked up stories about prepping for that dish.

Me, i've been to Gramercy Tavern, Ai Fiori,Eleven Madison Park. Le Bernardin, Daniel, Momofuku Ko, and Per Se. All in the span of about.. 10 days.

Daniel was a big letdown for me,as i was seated next to the waiters station behind a pillar in the corner, while Eleven Madison Park and Per Se absolutely rocked the shit out of me.

Got VIP menu and kitchen tour of both places.
And trust you me, when the guys and girls at Per Se whip out the special treatment, they dont fuck around.

Picture very much related, Oysters and Caviar.

>>4903435
Christ, that's a bit ridiculous. That plate size:food is wayyyy off.

>>4903471
Well, yes:P But if being on the top means you cannot play around a bit,whats the point? :P

And besides, 22 courses = dem bitches had better be small.

I've stopped eating at fancy restaurants. The last time I went with friends I paid $120 for a couple small meatballs and a single ravioli. I wish I was joking. I still get mad thinking about it. The fancier a restaurant is the smaller the portions are and the more expensive everything is.

>>4903435
i know a couple guys who worked at Grammercy & 11 Madison
they most certainly do not fuck around
they can cook circles around basically any chef or culinary instructor ive ever met
they operate on a whole other level

So many people spending so much on meals, I ate at Chez Bruce (which is michelin starred although not super trendy) for about £30 ($50) a head (not including wine); the food and service was excellent. I have eaten at similarly high standard places for around the same price and thought it was well worth it every time, there's no way I could afford or want to spend £500 on a meal for two

I don't really care how "fancy" the restaurant is as long as there's god tier food.

There used to be a local place called Liberty Valance in Richmond, VA. Been closed a couple years now. Every piece of beef served there was USDA prime, even the burgers. It was a western themed restaurant, but they had the best steaks in town. Beat the crap out of Texas Roadhouse. Served on cast iron sizzlers, still sizzling when it hit the table.

There's a place called "Buckheads" locally. My girlfriend has been there, shirt and tie required. She said it was amazing, and wants to go back (work function there).

Spaghetti bolognese with lots of cheddar cheese on.

I feel this because I think bolognese is hard to mess up, unless you're striving for Italian authenticity.

I hate my city. Any sort of fancy restaurant here is absolute tryhard shit and the vast majority of the population here can't afford much outside of taco bell/mcd's. I would love to be able to spend some of my hard-earned monies at a place that makes your dinner an experience.