last night i had a late dinner at smith's with the lovely kari and a very cracked out vicky, who hadn't slept in like three days. SO GOOD. we had an amazing table that the chef, Pablo, reserved for us with a big booth in the back of the restaurant. Brand came out to say hi, as did Javier, the sous. We ordered a bottle of reisling when we sat and then got down to business. I had charred baby squid to start which was DELICIOUS. it was not rubbery at all, and the lemon confit and pancetta with it complimented it really well. I think I'm going to start craving it like I do the pork buns at Momofuku! It was really really good. One of the chefs told me that Bruni had the squid every time he came in before he reviewed Smith's for the nytimes but then never wrote about it in the article! Definitely a mistake. For my entree, I had the lamb, which was also really really good. I had a glass of tempranillo with it which definitely fit better than the reisling. The lamb was served with a Parmesan puree on the plate and a tomato ragout... It was cooked really well (medium rare, of course...apparantly it was my second lamb, Javier later told me he overcooked my first... haha) and I loved the creamy parm puree with it. Kari had the scallops, which were apparantly a new dish, and they were fabulous. Scallops are almost always overcooked I feel like, and shouldn't be chewy or difficult to cut... these were seriously cooked perfectly and they were really good. The kitchen also sent us an order of the sardines with this really delicious tomato confit and an order of the beets. We all really liked the sardines a lot and the beets were good but none of us love beets so I ate as many as I could until i ran out of the horseradish they were served with and couldn't eat anymore! For dessert vicky devoured something apple that she said was good and kari and i split the meyer lemon tart. It was also good, but needed something to cut all the citrus. Between the meyer lemon and the grapefruit and the creme freche it was just a lot of sour... but good for a few bites! I definitely can't wait to eat at Smith's again.
After we ate, the girls called it a night and I went with Brand and the other boys from the kitchen to the Rabbit bar again. I was pretty good with alcohol after all the wine, but I had a Rodenbach sour and an Apple Lambic... we all just sat and talked and sang along with the misfits and then suddenly it was 4 oclock and time to go home! on the way home we grabbed falafel which i didn't need because i was still full from dinner and hurried home in the cold!
it was a really, really fun night... i'm happy brandon works at a restaurant that is so good but still in my budget! and that the people he works with are so cool. i don't feel like an outcast when i go out with them... javier told brand i'm like "one of the boys" which i love. it's nice knowing that when brand goes out after work, he's with people that i trust and like and that I'm welcome to come too! Javier is such a gentleman, i think he could be a really really good influence on brando!
anywayyyyy today i've done nothing so far. and i probably won't achieve anything the rest of the day either. i'm considering going to the met but it's so far away!!! next week a new exhibit opens at the guggenheim so I'm excited about checking that out soon! maybe mansion tonight? we shall see!
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