Sam Sifton reviews Top Chef Ed....

[JCap]

...It wasn't pretty:
"the cooking at Plein Sud reveals itself to be lacking in flavor, texture, temperature or interest"

http://events.nytimes.com/2010/08/25/...

[ChefJune]

Wow! Those reviews are so bad they may have a retro effect. Hard to believe the place could be THAT awful.

[LaLa]

The New York Times one was much better written....the VV one sounds pissy and personal.

[Caitlin McGrath]

The Village Voice came to a similar conclusion three weeks ago.

Title: "Plein Sud Plain Sucks."

First line: "Ever been to a place where the food knocks your eyes out, but when you taste it—blech!"

http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-08-0...

[The Dairy Queen]

What's funny (and sad) is that one review referenced McDonald's burgers and the other, Burger King's fries...

Shame.

~TDQ

[SDGourmand]

Sifton did not hold back on that one. Damn, I would hate to be Ed right now.

[DGresh]

That was truely an "ouch" review!

[dach]

ah. the review sounds like karma biting back, calling ed out as sloppy, bad technique, uninspired. In my head I can hear it done in Ed's dour Eeyore voice

[LaLa]

Eeyeore...I have been trying to put my finger on it,,,,,you are so right!

[pitterpatter]

Yikes! This is probably the lowest review he has written. Rated "fair." That is below Nello's, which I remember, perhaps incorrectly, as "Satisfactory."