Archive for February, 2009
Feb 2009
Hope You Like the New Look
You'll notice a new masthead and intro graphic starting this morning. It was time for a new look that did a better job of providing more information on Garrett. We hope you like it. I'm sure he will be posting soon.
Daniel Awarded Four Stars
When I was on my way to NYC in September I wrote Daniel to let him know I was going to dine at Daniel with my sister. His assistant got me and my sister a reservation for Friday night at 7pm. This was a big deal because it was the first Friday the restaurant was open since they finished renovating it for over five weeks.
My sister and I arrived and were taken to our table. The restaurant is absolutely beautiful inside. The service is impeccable. For instance, each plate is lifted off the table at the exactly same time, each utensil is placed in front of each person at the same time, everyone who works there knows everything about the food and wine. When my sister needed a kleenex they brought her a silver box of Kleenex on a silver platter...ridiculous. They have about one employee for every guest. Long story short, we were there for over five hours. Daniel came out to talk to me and my sister twice during our meal, both times for about ten minutes. He is a super genuine and soft spoken man who really knows how to put a smile on your face both with his food and his humor. At the end of the night he took us in the kitchen and showed us around. We also took pictures with him and his chefs. As we left he handed me two of his cookbooks that he wrote personal notes in.
Recently a wonderful review was written in the New York Times about Daniel. I wrote Daniel an email to congratulate him and let him know what I have been up to. Even though he was out of the country, he still got back to me the next day...I was so excited. In his note he encouraged me to continue following my love for food and cooking. His daughter told me how he really loves to nurture young talent in the kitchen as well as people who are super into food and cooking. This really shows a lot about his character. I am definitely going to go back and see him next time I go to NYC!
The cheese course we had was a compilation of eight cheeses we chose from around the world.
Above is only 2/3 of one of the two dessert courses we had. The other dessert course was based around different fruit flavors.
Above is a tray being prepared of different flavored sorbets.
After the dessert courses each guest also gets a tray of mini desserts...literally over the top. My sister devoured all of hers, I didn't even finish mine:(
Garrett on Two Tiny Wheels
I came across this video from 2007 of Garrett "relaxing" in Wisconsin. Can you get a ticket for that? Well... maybe a warning.
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