what the fondue ?@#!: top chef, top meal in the village

Saturday, September 01, 2007

top chef, top meal in the village

Had a lovely meal with some of my favorite foodies and friends at Top Chef Season One winner Harold Dieterle's restaurant, Perilla, in Greenwich Village.

Grilled Angus Strip Steak with Escarole, Bacon & Sweet Onion-Horseradish Sauce

Roasted Organic Chicken with Asparagus, Hazelnuts & Apricot Puree

Toasted Cashew Financier with Gingered Blueberries & Toasted Almond Ice Cream

fondue philosophicus

Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before. (Mae West) *** I always wanted a happy ending... Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it without knowing what's going to happen next (Gilda Radner) *** Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it (Henry David Thoreau) *** Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about (Oscar Wilde) *** Passion makes the world go round. Love just makes it a safer place (Ice T) *** There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way (Christopher Morley) *** It’s the friends you can call up at four a.m. that matter (Marlene Dietrich) *** Life is either a daring adventure or nothing (Helen Keller) *** Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on (Bob Newhart) *** Esse Quam Videri [to be rather than to seem] (DphiE)