I am still having a Mario Batali overload - -so good thing I have a business dinner to attend to where I can pause and try some non Mario dishes.
Our cardinal rule in marketing: Investigate how competition is performing and try to benchmark your product offering. Just to be clear- -I am not selling Mario Batali here but in order for me to appreciate Italian food is to benchmark what I have to what is out there. Tonight we took a break from our Batali project - -sort of cleaning the palette -- and went to my favorite French / Italian inspired restaurant. I ordered a sumptuous Italian antipasto platter for appetizer, snapper with veggies for main course and creme brulee' for dessert. Soooooo good (combine with the wit of my new found friend bubbly Heather from Mississippi!) -- perfect dinner!
But guess what! Am i getting used to the taste of wine in my food or is my palette becoming more sophisticated that I know that the snapper is not seasoned well and missing something --because it lacks the simplicity of flavor that Mario used (olive oil, salt and pepper)? Creepy - -I am becoming a food critic after only 8 days? Anyway, Creme brulee is a good break to the Italian pies...I need to pause on the desserts this week so I can appreciate Mario Batali a bit more.
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