Monday, March 2, 2009

The City Ep. 4

Where Did we Eat Today?

In this episode Whitney goes out to lunch with a co-worker in an attempt to NOT make Jay made, but let's be honest, she even said so herself that she wasn't going to be tied down yet. I think this was a clear cut case of, let me make him think he can lose me so that he realizes that he wants to be with me. That's fine, just own up to it Whit (although in all fairness, sometimes this activity can be done subconsciously)

So where did Male DVF employee go with our vixen? None other than The Diner (44 9th ave at W.12th) in the Meatpacking district. This place isn't as hard to find as most meatpacking restuarants are. I am not sure if this is because the resturant is directly accross the street from The Gas Light, a bar which I have been to one more than one occasion, or because of its brightly lit sign. Regardless this place is just what it says, a diner. However, this is the meatpacking district so it's not your typical diner, it's trendy, there is almost always a wait, and it seems much more like a resturant than a diner. With that in mind you might be wondering if the food is sub-par like a regular diner or fantatic like a typical meatpacking restuarant, I would have to say it falls nicely into the middle. The food is not pretentious and you can find your normal diner menu items, but I can't deny that the disco fries were better than any I have ever had. On the menu you will also find the not so typical diner menu items like a Kobe Burger or a Seared Tuna Sandwich. So if you want a higher class diner experience The Diner is the place for you.

Los Dados (
73 Ganesvoort St.)
: Whitney and Jay met here to talk about their "relationship". Jay insisted that he wasn't ready to call Whitney his girlfriend, but his jealousy about Whit's lunch with Chris (Male DVF Employee) told a much different story. Deemed a "Mexican Home Cooking" resturant and doting some really cute decor I decided to chose this place to look into. A frozen margarita here will run you about 12 dollars (a far cry from Blockheads $3 margarittas, but, as they say, you get what you pay for.) I think that if a guy took me here and told me he wasn't ready to call me his girlfriend I would be okay as long as I ate the De Mahi Mahi. It sounds so yummy that even bad news can be stomached!

The crew also visited Il Bastardo (which Adam is apparently a co-owner at so I am sure we will see much more of this Chelsea establishment) and Cafe Falai in SoHo.


Top Chef


Everyone online has been giving Hosea Rosenberg a hard time for winning this seasons Top Chef, but seriously...did everyone really want Stefan to win? I mean, aren't we sick of seeing mean players win the competition year in and year out? Granted, Stefan's malice has nothing on Hung's, but generally he was seen as the "bad guy" of the season and he reveled in it. Now do I think that Hosea was the top chef of the season? Not really...but I also don't think that Stefan deserves to win just because he won the most challenges.

In a perfect world Carla would have won, but bad moves make for bad winner decisions and she was a winner in the bad move category. I love Kasey, but even I couldn't have been talked into making something I had never tried out before, especially for a FINAL CHALLENGE!

I think, in large, Hosea simply won the last challenge, and that's really how the last episode felt. For some reason I felt a bit cheated, it didn't seem as though the chefs were given as much time to think about what they wanted to make, nor did they bring anything with them to cook with. I am not sure why, but this episode just seemed rushed. Which sort of made the decision feel rushed as well. So...did Hosea deserve to win the last challenge? Absolutely. Was he the Top Chef? I'm not so sure about that, but that wasn't what the judges were making their decision on, they clearly stated that Hosea won THIS challenge and that's why he was Top Chef. So Hosea...I am on your side I think you absolutely deserved to win the last episode...which then made you Top Chef, so congrats!

Meanwhile...more importantly...why does everyone care if Hosea and Leah are together? Technically they were both home wreckers and therefore shouldn't be seen as villainous? (No one asked if the Wicked Witch of the West ended up marrying a crazy, evil, flying monkey...)