04-09-2008, 09:49 AM
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Appealing my suspension
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Just outside Enemy Lines
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I would agree with the above post. I think there looks to be about 2 people on each team who probably could be chefs and the rest are just there to make it a T.V. program for the first 8 weeks.
Last night was a bit less eventful. It is amazing how much food went to waste that first night though....Homeless shelters everywhere are screaming murder I bet.
I wonder how any of these people can have a palet of any type when they're all chain smokers. If smoking wrecks your sense of smell....wouldn't it affect your ability to taste things too?
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01-27-2010, 04:26 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: NYYC
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I brough this old-ass thread up just so I could brag that I'm going to a Gordon Ramsay restaurant tonight. Boy, after all the years watching his shows, this better not suck!
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01-27-2010, 04:35 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: CP House of Ill Repute
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Originally Posted by Table 5
I brough this old-ass thread up just so I could brag that I'm going to a Gordon Ramsay restaurant tonight. Boy, after all the years watching his shows, this better not suck!
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Well if it does just start yelling at the staff while calling them all donkeys.
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01-27-2010, 04:36 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Are they up to season 7 or 8 or w/e the newest one is? I stopped watching it for a year or two.
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01-27-2010, 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Table 5
I brough this old-ass thread up just so I could brag that I'm going to a Gordon Ramsay restaurant tonight. Boy, after all the years watching his shows, this better not suck!
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will he actually be there, or is it just a franchise with his name on it?
...or is it ran by one of the show's winners?
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01-27-2010, 04:39 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: NYYC
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Its in his NY restaurant, The London. I doubt he will be there as he has several restaurants around the world, so I'm not holding my breath by any means. But the donkey better put on a good show, he's always yapping on about making sure anything with his name on it matches his quality standards. Unfortunately there's no Beef Wellington on this menu.
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01-27-2010, 04:45 PM
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I believe in the Pony Power
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Donkey!
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01-27-2010, 04:52 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Sector 7-G
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Table 5
I brough this old-ass thread up just so I could brag that I'm going to a Gordon Ramsay restaurant tonight. Boy, after all the years watching his shows, this better not suck!
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Going to the London in NY? I was at his Boxwood Cafe in Knightsbridge in London, and have to admit - I wasn't completely blown away, but I attribute that to a somewhat mundane menu choice, a risotto. While cooked impeccably, it didn't wasn't a memorable dish.
Service was excellent though.
Last edited by I-Hate-Hulse; 01-27-2010 at 04:56 PM.
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01-27-2010, 05:19 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: NYYC
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Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse
Going to the London in NY? I was at his Boxwood Cafe in Knightsbridge in London, and have to admit - I wasn't completely blown away, but I attribute that to a somewhat mundane menu choice, a risotto. While cooked impeccably, it didn't wasn't a memorable dish.
Service was excellent though.
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Yep, that's the one. To be honest, I've heard very similar opinions to your experience, so we'll see what happens.
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01-27-2010, 10:08 PM
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Such a pretty girl!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Calgary
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My sis went to the London in NY. Came back saying it was an awesome experience. However, I don't think she knows her food.
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01-28-2010, 12:51 AM
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How was it?
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01-28-2010, 04:46 AM
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Not the one...
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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
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It was ok. Seemed like they started keeping contestants only if they made good tv.
She sees what I did there
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01-28-2010, 05:23 AM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary
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"YOU STUPID COW!" I really can't stand Ramsay or this show. He's obnoxious and the whole show is just cooks running around going, "yes chef" and treating him like a god. I want to go on the show to give him a big F U and quit the show. Think that would make good TV? Probably not but I really can't stand the way he talks and treats people even if he hams it up for television.
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01-28-2010, 08:40 AM
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GOAT!
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Originally Posted by Metro Gnome
I watch HK, but prefer his "Kitchen Nightmares" series, particularly the ones done in Europe. Much more interesting and honest.
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Yep yep. The British Kitchen Nightmares are where it's at.
Edit: Doh. Curse you, evil bumped thread!
As for the new topic, it would be insanely awesome to go to one of his restaurants. I'm jealous, fo sho!
Last edited by FanIn80; 01-28-2010 at 08:43 AM.
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01-28-2010, 08:53 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: NYYC
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Well I went, and it was pretty much what I had been expecting based on other people's feedback. The food was impeccably prepared, I didn't find one thing off.....yet, it wasn't one of those transcendent eating experiences that you remember for life. A very very solid meal though, and in any other restaurant would be considered a good one. I'm just pretty sure in a couple of days I won't even remember what I had.
I'd recommend it, but I think there might be better places in the city to spend that kind of coin. The only reason I went was that it was restaurant week, so it was basically half price...and still dropped $75 per person for 3 courses.
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01-28-2010, 08:57 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Calgary
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I'm planning on going to Bobby Flay's Mesa Bar and Grill when I go to Vegas in March.
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01-28-2010, 09:24 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Cambodia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FanIn80
Yep yep. The British Kitchen Nightmares are where it's at.
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I like The F Word even more, though they're both much better than Hell's Kitchen.
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01-28-2010, 11:07 AM
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GOAT!
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Originally Posted by gargamel
I like The F Word even more, though they're both much better than Hell's Kitchen.
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I keep meaning to watch that....
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01-28-2010, 11:09 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Calgary
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Man, I wish I was 20 - I'd definitely become a chef - fata law... Too late now...
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01-28-2010, 11:13 AM
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GOAT!
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Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler
Man, I wish I was 20 - I'd definitely become a chef - fata law... Too late now...
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I went to cooking school when I was 21. I love cooking, and have always thought it would be awesome to be a Chef. Unfortunately I discovered that, before I could ever become a Chef who got to create his own dishes and menus, I would have to first spend 15-20 years plopping the same piece of meat on the same plates with the same number of fries for $10/hr.
I lasted two years before quitting school and getting into computers. I still love to cook though!
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