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It’s time to take a short break from our New York blogging and return to our beloved Austin food scene. Thanks to Chef Paul Qui of Uchi, we were directed to the newly born, Foreign and Domestic, led by a husband and wife duo with dynamic, culinary experiences. From the moment we drove up and eyed the quaint joint, we were enamored to see what Chefs Ned and Jodie had in store for us.
Tags: #whereiskeeper, Austin, Restaurant
posted by Chef Monica Pope, from MonicaSPEAK
Moroccan-Style Grilled Cheese Sandwich
It has been crazy wild around here since my appearance on Top Chef Masters. As you may know, I managed to win the Quickfire challenge with a Moroccan-style Grilled Cheese Sandwich. The best part is that I won $5,000 for the charity I was playing for, Recipe for Success. Of course, this is the season that the Quickfire Challenges don’t contribute any points towards your final score. Kind of like when, back in 1996, I won Best New Chef from Food & Wine Magazine, and the next year was the year they started putting the Best New Chefs on the cover. For some reason, this kind of thing always happens to me.
Tags: Chef Monica Pope, eat where your food lives, MonicaSPEAK, Top Chef Masters
Restaurant Name & Location:
Per Se
10 Columbus Circle
New York, NY 10019
212.823.9335
Chef Name: Thomas Keller
Type of Meal: Dinner
What we Ordered:
See the Menu – (Menu changes regularly)
Amuse Bouche - “Salmon Cornets” (Tuiles Shaped into Tiny Cones and Topped with Crème Fraîche and Fresh Salmon)
Tags: #whereiskeeper, Chef Thomas Keller, New York, Travel
While walking around the East Village, the weather was pretty fickle. As the rain would pick up, we would simply duck into the nearest boutique or Joe the Art of Coffee to escape. One of the places that we found shelter in was Dumpling Man for a quick and inexpensive late afternoon snack. Dumpling Man serves 11 different kinds of hand-made Chinese dumplings (both savory and sweet) plus a handful of special sauces and other side items like soups and salads. They also offer their dumplings frozen, providing specific instructions for several ways to prepare them at home. It is an “order-at-the-register” type of place, with limited seating along the counter where you can witness the “dumpling men and women” behind the glass cranking out uniformed dumplings at a machine-like speed.
Tags: #whereiskeeper, New York, Restaurant, Travel
Restaurant Name & Location:
Marea
240 Central Park South
New York, NY 10019
212.582.5100
Chef Name: Chef Michael White – Here is also a wonderful Chef White video from Always Hungry NY to get you salivating before you even see the pictures below.
Type of Meal:
The Keeper Team split up for this one. The first group dined at Marea for lunch, and the other group attended later that evening to enjoy dinner. Both teams experienced Marea in a unique way with a different menu, but both experiences were superb – Proving even further why this elegant Italian hideaway along Central Park South deserves its recently awarded title of Best New Restaurant by James Beard Foundation.
What we Ordered at Lunch:
See the Lunch Menu
Sgombro- Pacific Jack Mackerel, Duck Prosciutto, Pomegranate
Tags: #whereiskeeper, James Beard, Marea, New York, Restaurant, Travel
We’ve been so busy with travels, recipe testing, and other work-related things that we haven’t had the time to try the new wining & dining experience at TRIO at the Four Seasons Austin – yes, we should be ashamed at our poor Austinite foodie representation! Mark Sayre, Sommelier for FS Austin is one of the masterminds behind Trio’s Happy Hour and favorable Wine List Pricing, which has rightfully garnered a lot of attention lately. Combine that with the creative dishes by Chef Todd Duplechan and you know you have a winner. We saw it for ourselves (sorry no pics this time), so you will have to take the dish descriptions below and use your imagination – enjoy.
Tags: #whereiskeeper, Four Seasons, Restaurant
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