Not Per Se, per se
Last year I took Lisa to Daniel for our anniversary. I didn't tell you much about it. There were no pictures. No florid descriptions of food and drink. No detailed explanations of ingredients and their preparation. None of the things people come to this corner of the web to find.
Last week I took Lisa to Per Se for our second anniversary. I've been obsessing over this restaurant for a year. I waited months for it to open. I tried desperately, but in vain, to secure an early reservation. I reveled in the misfortune of the privileged few who lost their opening-month tables to a fire in the restaurant's kitchen.
Now I've experienced Thomas Keller's return to New York, and I still can't write about it here. I have no photos to share with you. I'm sure the words exist to describe the meal. But I took Lisa to Per Se for our anniversary. Per Se is for her.
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I went to Per Se last week.
I walked through their magic door, said hi to the host, peaked around and walked out.
Then I went downstairs to eat at Cafe Gray, where I could get a reservation.
Posted by: paul | December 2, 2004 03:07 PM
My husband and I, hardcore foodies and lovers of great meals in great cities have not been to Per Se. But in 2002 we went to French Laundry, skeptical because of the hype, (especially that year) to say the least. We heard tales of overratedness from some wine guys we visited in the afternoon. We spent that Tuesday night experiencing the magic that dining can be. Magic.
Posted by: christine | May 11, 2005 10:55 PM