Sep. 1st, 2007

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Last night, [livejournal.com profile] miss_chance arranged dinner for six at Love and Butter in honor of [livejournal.com profile] infinitehotel's birthday. This was a brilliant idea for a host of reasons and a complete surprise to [livejournal.com profile] infinitehotel, who knew that there were such things as underground restaurants in the world but not that there were any around here. The chefs are exceptional and neither [livejournal.com profile] miss_chance nor I can think of a meal we've ever had that was better.

The menus on the web are incomplete: there are amuses-bouche and intermezzi and breads and supernumerary desserts and extensive wine suggestions (it's bring your own). Last night's meal ran with a tomato theme to amazing effect, which gave an awareness of the meal as a complete work as opposed to a collection of dishes.

An underground restaurant can be adventurous, and serving a set menu means the small dishes can get the attention they deserve. But what's really amazing about a place like this is that the menu can be a collaboration, worked out in the weeks before the meal, between the chefs and the diners. This works because the restaurant is small enough that this can be a single conversation, and because there are so few seatings.

Love and Butter
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Seatings by arrangement, but usually Saturday at 7:30pm

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Sep. 1st, 2007 10:10 am
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Looks like we have a Worldcon to run. This is going to take a little while to sink in.

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