WHOA! Bay area foodie-fest disaster!
WHOA! Bay area foodie-fest disaster!
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WHOA! Bay area foodie-fest disaster!
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Post #1 - June 16th, 2009, 6:54 pmSomebody down on the Peninsula decided to have a mongo foodie-fest, inviting the likes of Katz', Zingerman's, Junior's, etc. to provide eats at a huge event. It all went pear-shaped from the git-go. Man, I'm glad I'm not among the 8K folks who paid $500 special for this!!
GeoSooo, you like wine and are looking for something good to read? Maybe *this* will do the trick!
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Post #2 - June 16th, 2009, 8:56 pmWe did it for $30 a pop, with leftovers for everyone, custom-made edible menus from a molecular gastronomy temple, and celebrities including one Gary Wiviott. Silly SF.
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Post #3 - June 16th, 2009, 9:00 pmI was just wiping my own brow and ventilating my collar as well...
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Post #4 - June 17th, 2009, 1:43 pmSantander wrote:We did it for $30 a pop, with leftovers for everyone, custom-made edible menus from a molecular gastronomy temple, and celebrities including one Gary Wiviott. Silly SF.
Just what I was thinking.
Next time they should hire LTHers to organize their event
JyotiJyoti
A meal, with bread and wine, shared with friends and family is among the most essential and important of all human rituals.
Ruhlman
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Post #5 - June 17th, 2009, 3:40 pmI finally read the linked article. Besides being completely unorganized, they didn't even include one eatery from Chicago. Bad execution on both counts.Steve Z.
“Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.”
― Ludwig van Beethoven
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Post #6 - June 17th, 2009, 3:44 pmstevez wrote:I finally read the linked article. Besides being completely unorganized, they didn't even include one eatery from Chicago. Bad execution on both counts.
That's karma, baby.
=R=By protecting others, you save yourself. If you only think of yourself, you'll only destroy yourself. --Kambei Shimada
Every human interaction is an opportunity for disappointment --RS
There's a horse loose in a hospital --JM
That don't impress me much --Shania Twain
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Post #7 - June 17th, 2009, 5:46 pmImagine my surprise that an Ed Levine-sponsored event omitted Chicago deep dish.
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Post #8 - June 17th, 2009, 6:17 pmMike G wrote:Imagine my surprise that an Ed Levine-sponsored event omitted Chicago deep dish.
You know, I was going to make a comment about his culinary myopia, too but then figured why kick a guy when he's down.
=R=By protecting others, you save yourself. If you only think of yourself, you'll only destroy yourself. --Kambei Shimada
Every human interaction is an opportunity for disappointment --RS
There's a horse loose in a hospital --JM
That don't impress me much --Shania Twain
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Post #9 - June 17th, 2009, 8:07 pmYinz ever been to Mountain View? There's waaay less 'there' there than even Oakland, just to name someplace. Those pore folks would do ANYthing for some excitement. Probably why so many signed up for the event. But of course they (for whatever reason) think themselves the New Omphalos of the World, the contradiction between their attitudes going unnoticed. Mayhap the whole thing was a shuck?
I'da rather been at the LTH affair, regarding G Wiv (who maybe really IS the new omphalos, eh?) talking about the Five Stages Toward Nirvana.
GeoSooo, you like wine and are looking for something good to read? Maybe *this* will do the trick!
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Post #10 - June 17th, 2009, 11:26 pmthey didn't even include one eatery from Chicago
I can't find a link to the story, but I remember reading that they invited Hot Doug and he declined, due to logistical concerns.
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Post #11 - June 18th, 2009, 8:31 amelakin, click on "mongo foodie fest" on the OP.
GeoSooo, you like wine and are looking for something good to read? Maybe *this* will do the trick!
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Post #12 - June 18th, 2009, 8:51 amGeo wrote:elakin, click on "mongo foodie fest" on the OP.
You mis-read elakin's post.
