Category: Food Humor

A New Weekly Feature at CSE

By Iron Chef Leftovers

In an effort to bring in more readers and further expand the scope of the blog, we have hired a new wine writer to produce a weekly review of wines. He comes well recommended with extensive wine knowledge and many years in the industry, so I will introduce you to Larry LeCroc, our new wine expert. Please welcome Larry to the CSE family, we look forward to many years of his insight and enrichment of the blog. For now, you will find him posting on the blog on Sundays.

Idaho – Famous…Wines?

By Iron Chef Leftovers

I would have never guessed that Idaho isn’t just a wine region, they grow potatoes and have tons of outdoor activites too!

This funny video was put together by the Idaho Wine Commission. It is worth the 3 minutes of your time to watch it.

UK Restaurant Thefts

By Iron Chef Leftovers

I have head of thieves breaking into restaurants to steal booze, money and food (yep – there is a major black market for spendy ingredients), but furniture, and just the furniture, that is a new one:

A Thai restaurant has been “left one chair” after almost all its furniture was taken in an “unusual burglary”, police have said.

Thirteen tables and 25 chairs were taken from The Thai Cafe in Saltford, near Bath, between 12 and 15 January.

Police said there was “no clear explanation” for the theft, but the items may have been stolen “to order”.

Really? They left one chair? Why?

It gets a little more odd:

Mr Appleby, who took over the restaurant 10 years ago, said the theft was “weird” as no wine, beer or spirits had been taken.

“The chairs were quite old, 12 to 13 years old, they came with the cafe,” he said.

Hmmm. Maybe it is the New Yorker in me, but this sounds a bit fishy.

Because I Am Lazy

By Iron Chef Leftovers

Enjoy my favorite cat quotes from eater.com and the Bloomberg.com review of Tao in NYC:

My personal favorite. That is exactly what I would look like if someone ruined a $41 lobster dish and served it to me.
My personal favorite. That is exactly what I would look like if someone ruined a $41 lobster dish and served it to me.

 

Obvioulsy this cat had much higher expectations of the dish.
Obvioulsy this cat had much higher expectations of the dish.
Oh, what could have been. Perhaps this cat should have just ordered the fish.
Oh, what could have been. Perhaps this cat should have just ordered the fish.

 

 

 

Hyperbole Much?

By Iron Chef Leftovers

There was recently a bad, but very humorous review of Tao Downtown, which list located in NYC, on Bloomberg.com. The reviewer does not like the place at all, and has some wonderfully colorful descriptions of what he did not like. My favorite:

“Looks like a graveyard,” my friend remarked, when the “snapper in the sand” appeared, a preparation wherein patrons hunt for chunks of crispy fish buried in a tomb of garlic crumbs. The flavor is akin to that of overcooked McDonald’s chicken nuggets. The cost is $42.

In case you are unaware, Tao is part of a series of very high grossing restaurants in NY and Las Vegas.

He really didn’t like much of anything about the place, including the atmosphere:

So kudos to the owners, the people behind Lavo and Arlington Club, for turning the Siddhartha, one of history’s great proponents of self-deprivation, into Paris Hilton.

Imagine what these guys could do with a Kosher joint? Until then, I’m happy to say Tao is one of New York’s most important new restaurants. Not for the food, rather for finding taxis.

If you have ever spent any time in NYC, you understand how nice it is to be able to find a taxi here.

I am hoping that this gets the kitten treatment from eater.com. You probably remember the last time they did this for Guy Fieri’s shithole place in NYC:

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I wrote this on Thursday morning. I go onto Eater.com in the afternoon and what do I see? Kittens!

Being Lazy

By Iron Chef Leftovers

I was going to post a recipe here, but I am being lazy about writing it, so I debated what to put in its place. So you get Pearls Before Swine from October 29th.

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In poor taste? Probably, but trust me – the alternative was much worse – Patrick Stewart in a lobster suit laying in a bathtub.