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March 04, 2008

Life : Tetsuya’s

For last week’s business trip, I was part of the entourage of my company’s head of marketing, head of sales, and head of engineering; who were meeting with similarly high pay grade folks from 5 of our biggest customers. Definitely up there in the rarefied air, and it was my first experience with world-class “wining and dining”. I ate more excellent food and drank more wine last week than I had all last year.

The climax of this experience was that we ate at Tetsuya’s, which (according to the New York Times) is the fourth best restaurant in the world – an honor I can not dispute based on my experiences last week. We were served a 14 course meal (accompanied by 7 different wines chosen to compliment each dish). It was an amazing culinary experience.

For those who have seen the TV show “Iron Chef” (either the Japanese or American versions), the fourth act is always the judges getting to taste each of the ten or twelve creative, well presented dishes that the two competing chefs managed to cook. Eating at Tetsyua’s is kind like that.

Every dish is innovative both in terms of ingredients, preparation and presentation. Things like “cold corn soup with saffron and a dollop of vanilla ice cream” (trust me – it worked); or “grilled wagyu beef with lime and wasabi.” Most courses are only a two or three of bites; but the flavors are wonderful and varied. There were a couple of dishes (and wines) that didn’t work for me; but most I would love to have again (and again).

This was my first experience with food at this level. Not sure when (if ever) I’ll have the opportunity to do something like this again (at $300 per person, I doubt I’d end up paying for it myself). I do note that the number one restaurant on the ‘Times list is actually not far from where we live.

Posted by Steven at March 4, 2008 05:00 AM

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