Comments on: per se http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:51:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: cook eat FRET - cleveland rocks! http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/comment-page-1/#comment-5315 cook eat FRET - cleveland rocks! Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:04:16 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/#comment-5315 [...] and then we tend to get off a plane and eat something extremely memorable. if you recall, we went here and then here - and now cleveland. let it be known upfront that i knew next to nothing about [...] [...] and then we tend to get off a plane and eat something extremely memorable. if you recall, we went here and then here – and now cleveland. let it be known upfront that i knew next to nothing about [...]

]]> By: cook eat FRET - alinea http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/comment-page-1/#comment-4325 cook eat FRET - alinea Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:38:45 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/#comment-4325 [...] (famed writer of ‘french laundry at home‘) and i continue on our restaurant tour (see: ‘per se’), this time meeting up in chicago with our sole purpose being [...] [...] (famed writer of ‘french laundry at home‘) and i continue on our restaurant tour (see: ‘per se’), this time meeting up in chicago with our sole purpose being [...]

]]> By: cook eat FRET - the bicoastal thing http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/comment-page-1/#comment-4184 cook eat FRET - the bicoastal thing Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:01:56 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/#comment-4184 [...] bite.  it was one of the best food experiences i’ve had in a very long time (per se will always stand alone) and it was FUN.  we had so. much. [...] [...] bite.  it was one of the best food experiences i’ve had in a very long time (per se will always stand alone) and it was FUN.  we had so. much. [...]

]]> By: cook eat FRET - spaghetti with white clam sauce: aka, thomas keller is trying to kill us http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/comment-page-1/#comment-2343 cook eat FRET - spaghetti with white clam sauce: aka, thomas keller is trying to kill us Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:25:50 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/#comment-2343 [...] back to reality.  thomas, i love.  especially after my ‘per se’ experience and watching both his charlie rose interviews.  the man is brilliant and well, [...] [...] back to reality.  thomas, i love.  especially after my ‘per se’ experience and watching both his charlie rose interviews.  the man is brilliant and well, [...]

]]> By: yveala http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/comment-page-1/#comment-1449 yveala Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:02:56 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/#comment-1449 bravo iphone! who's posh and becks and i want parsnip vanilla soup soo bad..who would've thought? bravo iphone!
who’s posh and becks and i want parsnip vanilla soup soo bad..who would’ve thought?

]]> By: Soup of The Day http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/comment-page-1/#comment-1343 Soup of The Day Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:17:46 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/#comment-1343 Great post. I know what you mean about taking discrete pictures - and those darn iPhones are not the best in the dark. Been there myself. People always look at me like... Why is she taking pictures of our food??? I'm used to it now. I'm jealous of your amazing dinner. 4 hours and 18 courses though - WOW. Man, I'm not sure I'd have the stamina. Great post. I know what you mean about taking discrete pictures – and those darn iPhones are not the best in the dark. Been there myself. People always look at me like… Why is she taking pictures of our food??? I’m used to it now.

I’m jealous of your amazing dinner. 4 hours and 18 courses though – WOW. Man, I’m not sure I’d have the stamina.

]]> By: jim voorhies http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/comment-page-1/#comment-1340 jim voorhies Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:42:52 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/#comment-1340 Well, if there's anybody out there who deserved this, it's you, Claudia, but I think the restaurant should have bumped up becks' bill so they could have comped two food bloggers. Well, if there’s anybody out there who deserved this, it’s you, Claudia, but I think the restaurant should have bumped up becks’ bill so they could have comped two food bloggers.

]]> By: democommie http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/comment-page-1/#comment-1336 democommie Fri, 29 Feb 2008 02:02:43 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/#comment-1336 Robert: Oh, I have no doubt of that. I've read about Keller's artistry and would love to be in the position to enjoy it. Another upside for the dishwasher is job security. Robert:

Oh, I have no doubt of that. I’ve read about Keller’s artistry and would love to be in the position to enjoy it. Another upside for the dishwasher is job security.

]]> By: Robert http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/comment-page-1/#comment-1326 Robert Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:38:14 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/#comment-1326 Demo, Im assuming that is what Dear Claudia is attempting to help us understand, that performing art and sparkling china does indeed dramaticly change how that lone Sardine tastes. Must choose to believe her because its not likely that I woud even be admitted with my credit rating. Upside is dishwasher doesnt have much to wash off............. Demo,

Im assuming that is what Dear Claudia is attempting to help us understand, that performing art and sparkling china does indeed dramaticly change how that lone Sardine tastes. Must choose to believe her because its not likely that I woud even be admitted with my credit rating.

Upside is dishwasher doesnt have much to wash off………….

]]> By: democommie http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/comment-page-1/#comment-1324 democommie Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:51:15 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/#comment-1324 Alice Q. Foodie: A $20 drink? That, for me, would be an evening out! So, I think it's safe to say, I will not be making a res there anytime soon. There's always the lottery. Claudia: I think Tony Bourdain said that his dinner at The French Laundry was composed of over 30 courses, many of which were basically a mouthful fo something. I would hate to be the dishwasher! Alice Q. Foodie:

A $20 drink? That, for me, would be an evening out! So, I think it’s safe to say, I will not be making a res there anytime soon. There’s always the lottery.

Claudia:

I think Tony Bourdain said that his dinner at The French Laundry was composed of over 30 courses, many of which were basically a mouthful fo something. I would hate to be the dishwasher!

]]> By: Alice Q. Foodie http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/comment-page-1/#comment-1320 Alice Q. Foodie Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:16:40 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/#comment-1320 How fun! I am really liking your blog - and I love Carol's - I am sure you guys had an absolute blast. 20 courses though, man - I don't know - I think I'd be asking to come back the next day and finish! I do know what you're talking about though - a few months ago, I snuck away from a party at the Time Warner Center downstairs and went in there and had a drink by myself - they were soo nice to me. They gave me truffled potato chips and peanuts, and even comped one of my ($20.) drinks. It was great, I'm dying to go back and et there sometime! How fun! I am really liking your blog – and I love Carol’s – I am sure you guys had an absolute blast. 20 courses though, man – I don’t know – I think I’d be asking to come back the next day and finish!

I do know what you’re talking about though – a few months ago, I snuck away from a party at the Time Warner Center downstairs and went in there and had a drink by myself – they were soo nice to me. They gave me truffled potato chips and peanuts, and even comped one of my ($20.) drinks. It was great, I’m dying to go back and et there sometime!

]]> By: claudia http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/comment-page-1/#comment-1318 claudia Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:20:50 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/#comment-1318 robert - not if you were getting 20 courses.... !!! but that is pretty funny and i would expect no less from you then that very comment... robert – not if you were getting 20 courses…. !!! but that is pretty funny and i would expect no less from you then that very comment…

]]> By: Robert http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/comment-page-1/#comment-1317 Robert Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:13:16 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/#comment-1317 Amazing place. The Performance Art thing I find a skosh worrisome. Maybe soon staff will see the advantage of using a real smoker and you'll get more smoked fish with each order........ one Sardine would just piss me off. Other than that, beautiful. Amazing place.

The Performance Art thing I find a skosh worrisome. Maybe soon staff will see the advantage of using a real smoker and you’ll get more smoked fish with each order…….. one Sardine would just piss me off.

Other than that, beautiful.

]]> By: melissa http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/comment-page-1/#comment-1316 melissa Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:06:52 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/#comment-1316 posh and becks? too funny. love the look of the hamachi and tuna. but there's really nothing else to say but wow. thank you very much for sharing this claudia. I can only hope to be in your shoes, er, chair one day. by the by, the amateur gourmet (adam) recently lunched there for his bf's birthday (and was known by the staff as well, apparently). you might enjoy his account if you haven't read it already: http://www.amateurgourmet.com/2008/02/the_seven_stage.html posh and becks? too funny.

love the look of the hamachi and tuna. but there’s really nothing else to say but wow. thank you very much for sharing this claudia. I can only hope to be in your shoes, er, chair one day.

by the by, the amateur gourmet (adam) recently lunched there for his bf’s birthday (and was known by the staff as well, apparently). you might enjoy his account if you haven’t read it already:

http://www.amateurgourmet.com/2008/02/the_seven_stage.html

]]> By: minimally invasive http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/comment-page-1/#comment-1315 minimally invasive Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:59:40 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/#comment-1315 Well. Now I'm doing my best Bill Murray-in-What About Bob impression: "I waaaaaant. I neeeeeeed." Only my desires are much more targeted. Well. Now I’m doing my best Bill Murray-in-What About Bob impression: “I waaaaaant. I neeeeeeed.” Only my desires are much more targeted.

]]> By: nm http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/comment-page-1/#comment-1314 nm Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:39:00 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/#comment-1314 I don't know whether to drool or cry. Wow. I don’t know whether to drool or cry. Wow.

]]> By: claudia http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/comment-page-1/#comment-1313 claudia Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:07:36 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/#comment-1313 lauren - only cause i'm not that celebriry driven. quite frankly i'd not have had any idea who they were had carol not known immediately... she was dressed like a movie star and they had a body guard with them so i was wondering a little but much more interested in the food... lauren – only cause i’m not that celebriry driven. quite frankly i’d not have had any idea who they were had carol not known immediately… she was dressed like a movie star and they had a body guard with them so i was wondering a little but much more interested in the food…

]]> By: Lauren http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/comment-page-1/#comment-1312 Lauren Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:04:55 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/#comment-1312 ooh ooh, and i love the kitchen finesse inspiration... ooh ooh, and i love the kitchen finesse inspiration…

]]> By: Lauren http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/comment-page-1/#comment-1311 Lauren Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:03:47 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/#comment-1311 it all looks incredible! i'm drooling over the green bean looking pasta and the tuna the most though. and i gotta say, they were some really good cookies. and you didn't even share that you saw posh and becks. it all looks incredible! i’m drooling over the green bean looking pasta and the tuna the most though. and i gotta say, they were some really good cookies.
and you didn’t even share that you saw posh and becks.

]]> By: claudia http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/comment-page-1/#comment-1310 claudia Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:33:38 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/#comment-1310 michelle - i wonder when i'll be able to swing a night like that again... what can i sell? mari - my guy would enjoy it - but maybe not 'get' the bill. it is very very expensive. not overpriced though. i gotta say. expensive but worth it. demo - there are many things in life i am learning to virtually enjoy... meg - i was dazzled. how could i not be dazzled? i was even razzle dazzled... michelle – i wonder when i’ll be able to swing a night like that again… what can i sell?

mari – my guy would enjoy it – but maybe not ‘get’ the bill. it is very very expensive. not overpriced though. i gotta say. expensive but worth it.

demo – there are many things in life i am learning to virtually enjoy…

meg – i was dazzled. how could i not be dazzled? i was even razzle dazzled…

]]> By: Michelle @ Us vs. Food http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/comment-page-1/#comment-1309 Michelle @ Us vs. Food Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:23:08 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/#comment-1309 i said it on carol's blog, and i'll say it here: holy fucking shit. you whole trip sounded great, but that takes the proverbial cake. it's actually a good thing that the shots are a little grainy, because otherwise i would be having a cardiac incident at my desk. i said it on carol’s blog, and i’ll say it here: holy fucking shit. you whole trip sounded great, but that takes the proverbial cake. it’s actually a good thing that the shots are a little grainy, because otherwise i would be having a cardiac incident at my desk.

]]> By: Mari http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/comment-page-1/#comment-1308 Mari Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:03:51 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/#comment-1308 OMG...can your man call my man and suggest that he give me a similar gift?! My man wouldn't enjoy it as much as I could with a gourmet girlfriend. How about yours? The whole experience sounds like what fine dining should be all about. Isn't it fabulous that you don't do it all the time, and can appreciate how fabulous it is? OMG…can your man call my man and suggest that he give me a similar gift?! My man wouldn’t enjoy it as much as I could with a gourmet girlfriend. How about yours?

The whole experience sounds like what fine dining should be all about. Isn’t it fabulous that you don’t do it all the time, and can appreciate how fabulous it is?

]]> By: democommie http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/comment-page-1/#comment-1307 democommie Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:33:30 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/#comment-1307 Claudia: It all sounds like it would be too much for me--though not in a bad way. I've never eaten that sort of meal but as long as I have folks like you and Tony Bourdain to tell me about Per Se and The French Laundry I will enjoy the meal as if I had. Claudia:

It all sounds like it would be too much for me–though not in a bad way. I’ve never eaten that sort of meal but as long as I have folks like you and Tony Bourdain to tell me about Per Se and The French Laundry I will enjoy the meal as if I had.

]]> By: Meg http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/comment-page-1/#comment-1306 Meg Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:30:24 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/#comment-1306 Wow. Wow. What else can you say? Your own menu? A tour of the kitchen? At per se? WOW. I can't even be jealous, I'm so impressed. Did it feel as dazzling as it sounds? Because it sounds FANTASTIC. Wow. Wow. What else can you say? Your own menu? A tour of the kitchen? At per se? WOW. I can’t even be jealous, I’m so impressed. Did it feel as dazzling as it sounds? Because it sounds FANTASTIC.

]]> By: claudia http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/comment-page-1/#comment-1304 claudia Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:15:49 +0000 http://www.cookeatfret.com/travel/2008/02/26/per-se/#comment-1304 lesley = per se has a vegetarian tastying menu, as well! ts - no, the kitchen shots i used my point and shoot trusty cannon elph joy - they were like an almond, orange, honey bar (guessing?) with a very thin pastry covered with chocolate on one side. lesley = per se has a vegetarian tastying menu, as well!

ts – no, the kitchen shots i used my point and shoot trusty cannon elph

joy – they were like an almond, orange, honey bar (guessing?) with a very thin pastry covered with chocolate on one side.

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