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jlhFirst, thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes! I sort of had two days of birthday-ing, or maybe a birthday eve and a birthday. Yesterday, on the day, I had a fun, low key dinner with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
calloocallay and sistermagpie. Salad and cake, and I so rarely have cake on my birthday, actually, so that was different.
Wednesdayali_wildgoose and samgrrrl and our friend E went to Perilla, Top Chef Season 1 winner Harold Dieterle's restaurant. Friends, it was amazing. We shared appetizers and ended up getting four different entrees, and every single bite was fantastic. It's got a chill atmosphere, located on a quiet side street in the Village, and the prices are very reasonable for the very high quality of the food: apps $10-15 and entrees $20-$30. The two signature cocktails were also delish. I highly recommend it!
Speaking Top Chef, I realized I haven't in a while. I was pretty crushed when Lia went because she was my fav. While I agreed with the eliminations of Sara N and Tre, I was sorry to see them go, too. I'm not sure I was sorry to see Joey go, but more, sorry that it was his stubbornness, rather than his actual cooking, that led to it. I cannot stand Howie, and CJ has gone down a little bit with his passive behavior during restaurant wars. The thing is, because they cast such high quality chefs from the get-go, anyone could go at any time, and that makes it exciting, sure, but hard to really root for anyone. I mean, Tre was great but also inconsistent, and had been in the bottom three more than once in quickfires and eliminations. Sara M is starting to grow on me, mostly due to her deft handling of Howie and Hung--talk about a leadership test! Dale continues to be really smart about everything he does. At this point, with the exception of Howie, I'd be fine with any of them winning. But not really rooting for someone does give you a bit of emotional distance from the show.
What are you thinking about Top Chef this season?
calloocallay and sistermagpie. Salad and cake, and I so rarely have cake on my birthday, actually, so that was different.Wednesday
ali_wildgoose and samgrrrl and our friend E went to Perilla, Top Chef Season 1 winner Harold Dieterle's restaurant. Friends, it was amazing. We shared appetizers and ended up getting four different entrees, and every single bite was fantastic. It's got a chill atmosphere, located on a quiet side street in the Village, and the prices are very reasonable for the very high quality of the food: apps $10-15 and entrees $20-$30. The two signature cocktails were also delish. I highly recommend it!Speaking Top Chef, I realized I haven't in a while. I was pretty crushed when Lia went because she was my fav. While I agreed with the eliminations of Sara N and Tre, I was sorry to see them go, too. I'm not sure I was sorry to see Joey go, but more, sorry that it was his stubbornness, rather than his actual cooking, that led to it. I cannot stand Howie, and CJ has gone down a little bit with his passive behavior during restaurant wars. The thing is, because they cast such high quality chefs from the get-go, anyone could go at any time, and that makes it exciting, sure, but hard to really root for anyone. I mean, Tre was great but also inconsistent, and had been in the bottom three more than once in quickfires and eliminations. Sara M is starting to grow on me, mostly due to her deft handling of Howie and Hung--talk about a leadership test! Dale continues to be really smart about everything he does. At this point, with the exception of Howie, I'd be fine with any of them winning. But not really rooting for someone does give you a bit of emotional distance from the show.
What are you thinking about Top Chef this season?
