Food Porn - Per Se

[jbsegal]

This is not the full details version... Ok, it's not the full-of-squee version... it is all the food. :)

On the 14th, with many millions of thanks to Kimberly, I (and 9 others) went to Thomas Keller's New York outpost, per se for my birthday.

Oh. My. Gods. Everything (except the salad course) was utterly amazing. I've been trying to respond to the

Comments

[kjc]

Wow! Looks quite impressive and sounds lovely!

Who are all those nice people who went with you? I only recognize a couple of them.

[jbsegal]

You should know 6. The others are: Kimberly's dad and her not-quite-step-mom, and Seth and Bethany, who now live in the NoHo area, whom I know from squares and NEFFA and the like.

[dr_memory]

Mmmmmmmm, Per Se.

And yeah: holy god the kitchen. My jaw drops again just thinking about it. Also: the 57-degree-farenheit chocolate-making room.

[pekmez]

that sounds amazing. I'm glad you got to go, and had Johanna to take
lovely pictures so I could drool more effectively. :)

[prosicated]

wow, indeed. happy birthday!

[tamidon]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who got a "eh" reaction to the salad course.The rest was sublime.