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EVERY WONDER IF YOUR TASTE BUDS ARE STILL ALIVE?, February 8, 2009
By DMSCHMIDT

"I HAVE TO TELL YOU I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO WALKS IN TO A RESTAURANT, HOTEL OR ANY SORT OF SERVICE VENUE AND DO NOTHING BUT SIT IN AMAZEMENT THAT KNOW ONE CARES.
I HAVE WORKED EVERY ASPECT OF THE SERVICE INDUSTRY AND JUST WONDER WHY NO ONE CAN GET IT RIGHT.
SPICE MARKET RESET MY CLOCK!
I WAS STAYING AT THE GANZEVOORT JUST AROUND THE CORNER. LOVED THE FACT YOU HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE "SPICE MARKET" COULD BE, YOU SEE NOTHING BUT AN ENTRANCE ON THE SIDE.
I WALKED IN AND FELL IN LOVE, THE ROOM IS DARK, THE HOSTESS WAS UNINTERESTED I WAS DINING ALONE BUT SEATED ME ANYWAY. MY SERVER CAME OVER AND WAS VERY FRIENDLY, GAVE ME A SUGGESTION AND OFF HE WENT TO RETRIEVE A GLASS OF WINE. MY REQUEST OF TAP WATER WAS HONORED AND I LOOKED OVER THE MENUE.
I THOUGHT THE OCTOPUS SALAD LOOKED GOOD AND THE WAITER SUGGESTED THE HALIBUT. (I LET HIM KNOW I LIKE SPICE)

THE HOUSE BREAD, SO DELICATE, FLAKY AND THIN SERVED WITH A SIDE OF YUMMY.

THE OCTOPUS ARRIVED AND AT FIRST I WAS NOT FEELING IT. ONCE I GOT DOWN TO THE UNDERLAYING SALAD THE BLAND OCTOPUS SEEMED TO BLEND LIKE A POEM. I FINISHED EVERY BIT OF IT.

THE HALIBUT ARRIVED AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU. I HAVE NEVER RAIVED, EVER. THE BALL OF HERBS ON TOP, THE PERFECT BLEND OF SPICES AND COCONUT MILK, NOODLES, AND SHREDDED CARROT AND GINGER THAT , THE FISH WAS POACHED IN WAS NOTHING SHORT OF A BLESSING.... BY FAR THE BEST ENTREE I HAVE EVER TASTED.

WAITSTAFF WAS ATTENTIVE AND THE ATMOSPHERE WAS HOT, HIP, AND SLICK. FOOD
WAS A++ LOVED IT.

CAME BACK THE NEXT NIGHT AND HAD A FRIEND WITH ME WHO DOES NOT CARE FOR SPICE. WELL HE DOES NOW. I COMPLEMENTED THE MANAGER WHO PAID A VISIT TO MY TABLE, ASKED ABOUT RECIPES ON LINE AND HE SAID THEY HAD A COOK BOOK. I ASKED FOR TWO, ONE FOR ME AND ONE FOR A GOOD FRIEND WHO OWNS SEVERAL TOP NOTCH RESTAURANTS.

THE MEAL THAT NIGHT WAS JUST AS GOOD. I LOOK FORWARD TO TOURING THE REST OF THE RESTAURANTS THIS MAN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR. I DID LOVE NOBU WHEN IT OPENED AND WILL RETURN THERE ALSO.

I HAVE TO SAY IT SO HERE IT GOES, I HAD A MEAL AT GORDON RAMSES REST AT THE LONDON EARLIER THAT WEEK AND COULD NOT EVEN GET A GLASS OF WATER. LET ALONE ANY SERVICE.

THANK YOU JG

LOVE IT"

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