Fail = Peter Luger’s?
Things on the Street are bad, and apparently getting worse. Peter Luger’s is apparently dishing out bland tasting food. Say it isn’t so:
I think JoeC was the first to say what we were all thinking, “is it me or is this steak a little tasteless” and he was right, it was. To say I was disappointed was an understatement but this just wasn’t how I remembered it. Joe was right, the steak was, well, a little tasteless. We talked about why we all felt this way, perhaps our pallet is just finely tuned now, perhaps we should have ordered three porterhouse for two rather than one for five but the bottom line is this - Peter Luger is no longer the king of steak in New York City. SteakClub 7
The boys at Steak Club 7 know their steak. There are no bulls left on Wall Street, and with the death of expense account lunches, apparently there is no decent place to eat either.
Last time we had “the Death of Equities” at least the steaks held their flavor. Check out the piece before you spend you bonus schlepping to Brooklyn in a cab.
If anyone has experienced similar results please drop me a note.
Steak Club 7
The King of Steak Wears a Hollow Crown
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Fishy Stories About NYC Sushi
NYC’s sushi restaurants might end up being the biggest losers from the death of Wall Street, and the bait and switch is on, and they fight for survival:
Two teenage girls used DNA bar coding to determine that some sushi on New York dinner plates was mislabeled with cheaper fish being passed off as a more expensive species.
Kate Stoeckle and Louisa Strauss were not science majors or even college students when they decided to take 60 samples of seafood and use a genetic fingerprinting technique to see whether the fish were labeled correctly.
The graduates of Manhattan’s Trinity School in New York were inspired by Kate Stoeckle’s father, Mark, a scientist and proponent of the use of DNA bar coding, a technique that greatly simplifies the process of identifying a species.
“Growing up, bar coding was dinner conversation, so I was familiar with it,” Stoeckle said. “And then one night, while out to dinner, I asked, could we barcode sushi? Louisa and I love sushi, and we thought, why not apply the bar coding technology to see what food we’re eating?”
After collecting samples from four restaurants and 10 grocery stores, spending about $300, the teens sent them to the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, where the Barcode of Life project began and where a graduate student had agreed to conduct the genetic analysis..... The results showed that 25 percent of the girls’ samples were mislabeled: half of the restaurant samples and six out of 10 grocery store samples.
In every case, less desirable or cheaper fish was substituted for its more expensive counterpart, Stoeckle said. She and her father would not divulge the names of vendors, citing a fear of lawsuits. CNN
Half the fish is mislabeled? Whats next, Bordelais blending in Rhone wine to beef up the color and strength of red wine? Oops that has been done.
Wall Streeters will have to make the best of a bad situation. Although I would rather move to New Jersey than eat at Haru.
Oh, just kidding.
DNA testing uncovers suspect sushi
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Will Entourage Need a Bailout?
My favorite screenwriter The Lash is back at it with her take on last weekend's Entourage Premiere...apparently if you need a good joke and a hearty laugh you will have to stick to the financial pages of the newspaper...although Vinnie Chase and Co. might go down harder than Dick Fuld by the time the season ends.....
Well, was it worth the wait? After months of anticipation, Entourage Season 5 finally aired premiere episode "Fantasy Island" and I didn't laugh once, I actually felt like the writers were still on summer vacation.
OK I may have smirked at the fact that Ari and E have hired the same wardrobe stylist.
With Vince embarrassed and in a funk after his baby "Medellin" imploded, he retreats to Mexico and throws his razor in the ocean.
Ari and E acted like two peas in a pod now that they're dressing alike. They both know they have to get Vince back on the radar now or he'll forever be known as the fat actor in a flop. They lure him back to LA with a meeting with a producer and his go project and a side order of a whole lotta guilt. E lays it on thick, "how can I let you go out a failure knowing it was all my fault." Boring and very chick lit if you ask me.
Let's hope the writer's get it together this week or we all may have to opt for an evening with "the women".
Major Drama On HBO as Entourage Returns
Has the world passed Entourage by? The writers strike made for a long wait in between seasons....the current Zeitgeist in the country might not make for a ratings bonanza on Sunday night. Although a little escapism might be in order after the events of the past week.
My favorite screenwriter is back with her Entourage analysis...see you Monday, hope I feel like posting.
Entourage Season 5 kicks off Sunday, but will it be worth the wait?
And by the way, have you missed me?
Seems like it's been a year since we last hung out with Vince, E, Ari, Turtle and Drama. We left the boys of Entourage in Cannes where "Medellin" screened and flopped.
I'm sure they couldn't wait to get out of France and they probably hopped onto a Virgin flight. Maybe Ari sat next to Richard Branson which explains the actual advertising partnership that accomanies season 5. HBO made a deal with Branson's Virgin America and wound up sponsoring the airline's inaugural flight Thursday afternoon from JFK to Las Vegas. The word Entourage actually appears on the fuselage along with the HBO logo. Passengers got an exclusive screening of the season premiere along with some bubbly Dom Perignon--that must have been Ari's suggestion.
