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Everyone is so tense in these settings that it makes everything super awkward but as soon as you settle down you start noticing petty politics. Everyone is trying to one up everyone else. That pretentiousness.... 🤌🤌 Chef's kiss. I'm just a spectator. I'm just here for food and drama.
May 23, 2025
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Only if the food isn’t crazy expensive. Point being though you’re less focused on the food and it‘s something familiar or simple where you’re not even really thinking about it. Yeah and you’re not in the mood to try something wild tonight or deal with wherever is the most hyped at the minute. Maybe you even know people who work there or own the place. Allows you to focus and be more perceptive of the environment, the people you’re with, community, the vibes etc. The food is really only part of the equation in a truly good dining experience. It just has to be good enough- other things can truly make the difference and the final score.
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Would you believe me if I told you that I willingly ate at a restaurant where the chef had been rumoured to murder stray cats? Well, I did and I’d do it again. A week or two ago, I found myself at a buzzy, new restaurant in Hollywood. I was in Los Angeles for work and, after grabbing drinks with a friend, I slid into the dimly lit joint to taste the fabled off-menu rigatoni. I made the reso for two but it was late on a Wednesday and my friend opted to slink off to bed rather than stay out for a bite.
When I approached the hostess and notified her of the change in the number of guests, she told me I could have my original table or sit the bar. Without hesitation, I took the bar. Dining at the bar is special because you are invisible and on display at the same time. Typically, the bartender takes your order and serves you, meaning you are usually in the presence of a skilled conversationalist should you choose to entertain. The bartender is more likely to give you an honest read of the menu than a regular waiter, more likely to slip you an off-menu treat as you keep them company. You experience the restaurant through the eyes of those who work there without clocking in. As a voyeur, you eavesdrop on the first date to your right, you pick up on the not-so-secret affair between servers. You can chat with the stranger next to you or you can disappear into your own world, earbuds in, magazine in hand. I did a bit of it all that evening.
Next to me, a man in an Aime Leon Dore hat offered his fries, allowing me to snack off his plate. Despite his generosity, I never gave him a bite of my rigatoni. That was for me alone to indulge.
Jan 22, 2024
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It's not in our hands sometimes but it's not cool to be surrounded by people who don't take anything seriously
Apr 29, 2025
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Y'all ever write a word and suddenly it looks wrong? Like, the word just looks unusual. Then you cross it out and write it again but it's still the same cause the spelling is right but it looks so wrong! And so you repeat, but it remains the same and at that point you're agitated! What the actual fuck is wrong with me!
And so you just ignore it and continue writing but it still bothers you. You look in the dictionary and the spelling is still the same and the word still looks wrong and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it.
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