Last night I was watching Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations show on The Food Channel. I don't usually watch that show, but this one was about him in Chicago so how could I not watch it? :) They were talking about a restaurant called Moto and then they showed the head chef and I suddenly sat straight up thinking "I KNOW that guy! Where do I know him from?!" Then they said his name was Homaro Cantu and it clicked. My daughter went to preschool last year with his daughter and I saw him repeatedly at drop-off/pick-up! This man has been on Iron Chef! Wow. I can't believe I didn't know he was a big fancy chef.
Actually, I can believe I didn't know; I just can't believe no one at the school told me. I didn't make any best friends there, but I did become friendly with a few of the moms. I have never been to Moto and probably will never go. I know there are people out there (you may be one of them) who are true "foodies" and really get into exotic cuisine, but I am not one of them. Sure I like to try new things, but a 10 course dinner that costs over $100 per person and includes a "cuban cigar" that you can eat is definitely not for me. I have no desire to try foie gras or even caviar. How do you feel about the fancy stuff?
I am not trying to prove a point here, but dinner is (another) frozen pizza. LOL My daughter picked this one, it is her favorite: Tombstone Garlic Bread Cheese Pizza. I am feeling lazy and I don't feel like cooking. My daughter is finally back in school after a 5 day weekend; last Thursday and Friday were teacher meetings and yesterday was Columbus Day - ugh! I am SO happy to be back to my routine.
Happy eating!
interesting about the chef! I'm with you too; I'm not one to go to really fancy places or have the desire to; I'm always worried I'm ordering the wrong thing and the wait staff realizes my lack of food experience; I do better at family style restaurants!
ReplyDeletepizza is always a great idea for dinner :)
betty
We had school on Columbus day here, I love to try new things and some of the fancy things- but there are some that I wouldn't be to excited to try, and you named 2 of them :)
ReplyDeleteWe love Iron Chef, that is so neat :)
I didn't happen to watch his show last night, but I love Anthony Bourdain! How cool that you know the chef he had on!
ReplyDeleteAs far as high end cuisine goes, I'd try a lot of it, but I'm not very adventurous when it comes to meat. I won't eat any wild game, organ meats or anything raw. It might be delicious, but I can't wrap my mind around it.
Anthony Bourdain rocks!!
ReplyDeleteAnd it's okay, we have a lot of frozen pizza here.
Small world, huh?! That's pretty exciting! I also love Anthony Bourdain - his shows are interesting and he delves into not only the food, but also the culture of the exotic places he visits.
ReplyDeleteI do like to see how the other half lives once in a while! But I have to try to distinguish between paying for a meal or paying for image. But my restaurant choices are probably what most consider moderately-priced - the only really fancy meal I ever had was a 9-course deal while on a business trip to Toronto, and that was paid for by someone else! ;)