Per Se, Per Calorie

The nine courses tallied 1,230.8 calories, 59.7 grams of fat, and 101.7 grams of carbs. The total rises to 2,416.2 calories, 107.8 grams of fat, and 203.7 grams of carbs if you include the extras: a salmon amuse-bouche, wine, dinner rolls with butter, and chocolate candies."

At McDonalds, a Big Mac, Large Fries, Medium Chocolate Shake and Apple Pie = 1960 calories and 85 grams of fat...

http://nymag.com/restaurants/features/31268/

Yeah, but the two places I never count calories are in a great restaurant or at McDonalds.

McDonald's doesn't charge (roughly) 50 cents per calorie. And McDonald's doesn't serve wine. And we all know that the glass (or two) served with every course, if you get the wine tasting, offsets all that fat.

Seriously, they gave us a lot more wine than three glasses.

My shot of the 435 calorie foie.



They didn't get his signature Oyster and Pearls.

I think the sheer joy of a slice of foie gras like that cancels out any potential ill effects of either calories or fat. (In fact, they have discovered that things that taste really good boost your immune system -- so you were just looking for a little extra immune response.)