Food

[geoffbot]

Pizza lunch

[Ryan]

Mmm...had a raw beef dish (not like a traditional tartare, it was served flattened instead of cubed), lamb, and an awesome lemon posset for dinner last night. No pictures, since the people I was with and I have a policy not to use cell phones during dinner (we only get together once or twice a year). I'm off to dinner again tonight, but if I recall correctly and if it hasn't changed, this place is so dark I'll be barely able to see my food, let alone photograph it.

Taking pics of your food in decent to nice restaurants is frowned on in NYC...etiquette, yadda, yadda, yadda. Depends on the type of restaurant of course and who you're with. I like to take pics, my wife strongly discourages it. I recall reading this article in the Times. I really don't see what the big deal is if you're discreet and quick. A memorable passage:

On a visit to Momofuku Ko, one diner thought nothing of subtly raising her iPhone and snapping a picture of her shaved foie. Like tens of thousands of others, she takes photos of her plates constantly, sometimes to the annoyance of her spouse, a chef.

“It just seemed very casual at Ko,” she recalled. The host was wearing jeans, hip-hop was on the playlist and a 12-year-old was sitting next to them. And this — this dish was the famous, fabulous shaved foie from the star chef David Chang. It only seemed natural to record it for posterity.

Then came the slapdown. A man in the open kitchen asked her to please put her phone away. No photos allowed.

“I was definitely embarrassed,” said the woman, who was so mortified that she spoke on condition of anonymity. Because the Michelin-starred restaurant is small — it seats only 12 — everyone at Ko witnessed the exchange. “I don’t want to be that person,” she added, stressing that she never, ever takes flash photography, never stands up for a shot and is always respectful of those around her. Since she is a part-owner of several restaurants, she knew why she was being chastised. “But I was caught off guard,” she acknowledged.

[Henry Krinkle]

Taking a "camera" out in a 12 seat restaurant is pretty rude. I am pretty careful about where I take pictures of what I eat. I was kind of surprised that at Alinea we were told, without asking, that pictures are encouraged "but please do not use your flash." Beyond reasonable on their part.

[Raza]

Get Google glass

They're not sold anymore.

[Raza]

Taking pics of your food in decent to nice restaurants is frowned on in NYC...etiquette, yadda, yadda, yadda. Depends on the type of restaurant of course and who you're with. I like to take pics, my wife strongly discourages it. I recall reading this article in the Times. I really don't see what the big deal is if you're discreet and quick. A memorable passage:

On a visit to Momofuku Ko, one diner thought nothing of subtly raising her iPhone and snapping a picture of her shaved foie. Like tens of thousands of others, she takes photos of her plates constantly, sometimes to the annoyance of her spouse, a chef.

“It just seemed very casual at Ko,” she recalled. The host was wearing jeans, hip-hop was on the playlist and a 12-year-old was sitting next to them. And this — this dish was the famous, fabulous shaved foie from the star chef David Chang. It only seemed natural to record it for posterity.

Then came the slapdown. A man in the open kitchen asked her to please put her phone away. No photos allowed.

“I was definitely embarrassed,” said the woman, who was so mortified that she spoke on condition of anonymity. Because the Michelin-starred restaurant is small — it seats only 12 — everyone at Ko witnessed the exchange. “I don’t want to be that person,” she added, stressing that she never, ever takes flash photography, never stands up for a shot and is always respectful of those around her. Since she is a part-owner of several restaurants, she knew why she was being chastised. “But I was caught off guard,” she acknowledged.

Manufactured outrage over a nothing infraction.

[Seriously]

Pizza lunch

Last weeks?

and WTF is the cat sick in the top right corner ??

[Ryan]

Last weeks?

and WTF is the cat sick in the top right corner ??

Coleslaw?

[Jeannie]

Manufactured outrage over a nothing infraction.

I agree. If you're using a flash and disturbing other diners, that is one thing, but a discreet iphone snap without excessive and distracting staging is something else altogether. Personally, I'd not eat there again.

Jeannie

[skywatch]

Thinking of photos in restaurants, I have to laugh a bit how ubiquitous it is now. I used to do restaurant reviews for our local newspaper, about a dozen years ago, and avoided taking pictures of the meals in order to stay anonymous. The paper would call the restaurant a few days later and drop by to take photos. These days, I don't think anyone would think twice about it. I admit, it bugs me a bit, and I don't do it myself.

[Nokie]

It does make for entertaining fodder when you look around a restaurant.....