Daniel Boulud?
What happened?? We met family who had gone to a concert at Lincoln Center at Bar Boulud and it was a nightmare experience. My salad, the autumnal of pear, endive etc, was a mess of wilted and tasteless garbage. My entree, the duck breast, arrived (after a lonnnggg wait) cold. I asked for it to be made hot and it came back 2 minutes later just as tepid. Worse that it was like sawing through shoe leather...I asked for it to be taken back as it was inedible. A real find for $30!! Our table was comped nothing for the inexcusably bad food (no one else was thrilled with their choices..) we paid the humongous bill and all went home feeling slightly ill. I was so embarrassed as I had touted the place...where is Chef Daniel in all of this??
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I was mildly disappointed in a recent meal as well (and I've had excellent ones in the past).
The appetizer of aoili with vegetables - the vegetables were OK but not cooked perfectly (some overcooked, some under).
Lamb ragu pasta was great.
I was also quite underwhelmed by the duck. Definitely had been sitting out for a while based on temp and color. Not nearly as tender as one would expect. -
I think you hit them on a bad day. I go about 6 times a year before the opera and have never had something like this happen.
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re: von_levi
I never have either and I have eaten in every one of his restaurants, from the great Daniel, to dbBistro, to DBGB to Cafe Boulud, Boulud Sud and the Bar, and I have savored every sip and spoonfull. This is the reason I bothered to post on Chow, I was shocked and dismayed, not to say embarrassed, since my family came on my recommendation..wondered if it was me, or if others have had a similar experience..
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