It was the restaurant where we first witnessed a frozen torchon of foie gras being shaved to make a mountain of salty pink snow.
Where we had our first spoonful of panna cotta that tasted like the milk in the bottom of a bowl of cornflakes.
Rational people began to blame their inability to score on nefarious bots and scalpers, a preview of things to come.
Behind this was Mr. Chang’s hunch that the paraphernalia of fine dining — not just white tablecloths but maybe even tables themselves — had become clunky and dated.
“Cook’s prices,” as Mr. Chang was heard to say.
Persons:
panna, Chang, You’ve, Ko, Le Bernardins, Daniels, Jean, Georges, —, . Chang
Locations:
Tennessee