On the other side of the kitchen!
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Thomas Keller (with apologies to Kubla Khan and Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
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In London town did Thomas Keller
A stately 3 star restaurant decree;
Where Harrods the fabled store stays,
From California it came for ten days,
And its name was The French Laundry.
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There are always positives and negatives in eating at friends’ restaurants, and usually the positives and negatives go hand in hand: one is expected to give completely honest and utterly critical feedback, one gets fed beyond belief…..it’s a hard life, believe me! At the end of the day though, what it comes down to is just being honest – regardless of whether or not a friend has cooked for you, they expect your honest opinion, and naturally, you want to give it to them. It’s a small price to pay for being fed lots of good food, don’t you think? And normally, it’s food revenge – I’ve fed MS so heavily every time he came ate at my restaurant, it was natural that I was going to get the full monty!
