some salmon. gravlax of char. solomon grundy. beets and eggs. anthony: look at that. [ david speaking french ] anthony: unbelievable. look at the aspic work. fred: this is smoked eel and potatoes inside. [ man speaking french ] salmon pastrami. anthony: and wait a minute. this is super classic. david: oeuf en gelee. anthony: and this, oeuf en gelee. egg in aspic. soft boiled or poached egg in clear gelatin-set broth, classically garnished with white ham, tarragon leaves, black truffles. oh, my god. i was pretty sure that i would live the rest of my life without ever seeing this again. delicious. but tonight, after a full week of franco-canadian full-on assaults on our livers and our lights, fred and dave thought it would be both delicious and merciful to take advantage of the somewhat lighter and insanely delicious fare by their brilliant chef, omar, who is from pakistan.
elbows on the table. i don t anthony: really? david: of course. come prepared with stories. don t drink too much. don t become sloppy. anthony: come prepared with anecdotes? david: absolutely. anthony: no elbows on the table? david: no. it s not it s not it s not proper. anthony: i m a total failure as a dining companion. what what is that? what s that, you ask? an iconic escoffier-era classic of gastronomy? ho, look at that sauce. holy crap. the devilishly difficult lievre a la royale, a boneless wild hare in a sauce of its own blood, a generous heaping of fresh black truffle, garnished with thick slabs of foie gras, seared directly on the top of the cabin s wood stove. oh, damn. look at that. david: we re we re in a wooden shack, over 3 feet of ice and 100 feet of water. anthony: you are hopeless, hopeless romantics, gentleman. oh, jesus. look at that.
look at the aspic work. fred: this is smoked eel and potatoes inside. [ man speaking french ] salmon pastrami. anthony: and wait a minute. this is super classic. david: oeuf en gelee. anthony: and this, oeuf en gelee. egg in aspic. soft boiled or poached egg in clear gelatin-set broth, classically garnished with white ham, tarragon leaves, black truffles. oh, my god. i was pretty sure that i would live the rest of my life without ever seeing this again. delicious. but tonight, after a full week of franco-canadian full-on assaults on our livers and our lights, fred and dave thought it would be both delicious and merciful to take advantage of the somewhat lighter and insanely delicious fare by their brilliant chef, omar, who is from pakistan. amazing, authentic pakistani food. so what do we have here? fred: butter chicken crab. octopus tikka. little eggplants braised with,
anthony: unbelievable. look at the aspic work. fred: this is smoked eel and potatoes inside. [ man speaking french ] salmon pastrami. anthony: and wait a minute. this is super classic. david: oeuf en gelee. anthony: and this, oeuf en gelee. egg in aspic. soft boiled or poached egg in clear gelatin-set broth, classically garnished with white ham, tarragon leaves, black truffles. oh, my god. i was pretty sure that i would live the rest of my life without ever seeing this again. delicious. but tonight, after a full week of franco-canadian full-on assaults on our livers and our lights, fred and dave thought it would be both delicious and merciful to take advantage of the somewhat lighter and insanely delicious fare by their brilliant chef, omar, who is from pakistan. amazing, authentic pakistani food. so what do we have here? fred: butter chicken crab. octopus tikka. little eggplants braised with,
i meet back up with fred and dave at liverpool house, the sister restaurant to joe beef. david: i think we always compensate a little bit with overabundance of food because of our insecurity of not being, like, good cooks. fred: no, you know what? it s a combination of low self-esteem and generosity that explains the amount of food, perhaps. david: yeah. anthony: first course. fred: jambon blanc. some salmon. gravlax of char. solomon grundy. beets and eggs. anthony: look at that. [ david speaking french ] anthony: unbelievable. look at the aspic work. fred: this is smoked eel and potatoes inside. [ man speaking french ] salmon pastrami. anthony: and wait a minute. this is super classic. david: oeuf en gelee. anthony: and this, oeuf en gelee. egg in aspic. soft boiled or poached egg in clear gelatin-set broth, classically garnished with white ham, tarragon leaves, black