ONSTAD PHONED THIS ONE IN. WHERE'S THREE HUNDRED WORDS DESCRIBING THE MOUSTACHE OF HIS IMAGINARY FRIEND?!? WHERE'S A PARAGRAPH DESCRIBING THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE SKYLINE OF SAU PAULO AND THE CHANDALIER IN THE DINING ROOM.
Fantastic and useful review. Thank you for his excellent and accurate work Chris. Nice IMO!!!
And Spike, you've never been intellectually piqued by cuisine? That's really sad. :-( Great food is all about the mind f*ck.... and learning something new, maybe even challenging.
I'm good with this review, nicely focused on the food, and only passing mention of the space. If I'm thinking of taking a date to Genoa and have never been, ok, feed me poetic waxings about the atmosphere as well as the food, but in a real eatery, a taqueria, tell me about the food. Good job. I've yet to go, but every time I think about Mi Mero Mole, I wonder why in the hell I haven't.
PtH, either I don't understand food, or you and Onstad don't understand intellectual.
Meanwhile, I'm willing to try your proposal. The next time I wonder about the human condition or the latest advances in genomics, instead of reading Chomsky or attending a lecture, I'll just go out for a nouveau taco instead. Who knew life could be so easy?
P.S. If I eat at Higgins tonight, am I the next Einstein?
I'm with Spike on this one. Great food is "all about the mindf*ck"? Please... Maybe if you're eating Grant Achatz' or Wylie Dufresne's food, yes, but I don't particularly need a "mindf*ck" to have a rewarding culinary experience. Folks around these parts seem to be developing a habit of over-celebrating their own enthusiasm...
BOOOO!!! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
And Spike, you've never been intellectually piqued by cuisine? That's really sad. :-( Great food is all about the mind f*ck.... and learning something new, maybe even challenging.
Meanwhile, I'm willing to try your proposal. The next time I wonder about the human condition or the latest advances in genomics, instead of reading Chomsky or attending a lecture, I'll just go out for a nouveau taco instead. Who knew life could be so easy?
P.S. If I eat at Higgins tonight, am I the next Einstein?
Pffft.
There are other types of intellect than Einstein, genomics, and Chomsky,