Lunch was playtime now for dinner service
Too much Restaurant Wars is too much of a good thing.
Goodness, thats the taste of home.
(Im pretty sure it was bottled water).
Credit: Dale Berman/Bravo
Lets start with Palate.
Karen and Carl started out the evening with oxtail consomme with tripe and tortellini and mushrooms.
Carl followed it up with a snapper crudo with cucumber, ginger, and grapes.
The judges liked the flavors but wondered if he was capable of anything beyond crudo.
Padma said her berry soup tasted like seltzer water.
Team Palate definitely had the better lunch service, but their dinner menu was all over the place.
Plus, Phillip had apparently directed the servers to top the judges wine glasses to the absolute brim.
Once again, I have no problem with that, but the judges were clutching their pearls.
District L.A.s menu could not have been longer or more oppressive.
It started off with Kwames beet-cured hamachi topped with a cucumber foam that tasted just like salty spittle.
Amars avocado gazpacho apparently tasted exactly like crab nachos, which sounds DELICIOUS but were probably not befittingTop Chef.
Phillips strawberry salad was like a Fruit Roll-Up melted in the microwave with a few shaved onions on top.
Kwames chicken dish was called one-note.
Amars pork belly was too vinegary, and Jeremys rib-eye was a throwaway.
Phew, that was a long list of underwhelming dishes.
At least we dont have to hear any more about Phillips esteemed chef friends in L.A.
