Ok, now I'm confused

There's a great article in today's Dallas Morning News about Casey Thompson, one of the finalists on Top Chef, which ended last night.

Casey is the executive chef at a restaurant in Dallas called Shinsei. That's right, Shinei. It's a flippin pan-asian/sushi restaurant. Maybe I wasn't paying enough attention this season, but I don't ever recall her making a SINGLE asian dish.

I honestly expected her to have some sort of modern-American, play it safe type restaurant. Man oh man was I wrong.

Just in case you were curious - Hung doesn't seem to be at Guy Savoy in Vegas anymore. I'm not quite sure where he went - I'd imagine he's still jumping up and down after last night's win.

And Dale? My favorite. He's working on opening up his own restaurant in Chicago. This interview with him has some really great info on his past and his future plans.

One out and one in

Who's in?
Hey guess who I'm talking about? Anthony Bourdain! He'll be at GW talking about his show, No Reservations. General admission is $28, which is fairly reasonable considering you'll probably get a chance to meet the man himself. For details, click here.



Who's out?
I have a lot of chefs on the show I'm a producer on, and one of my favorites is Naomi Gallego, the pastry chef at PS 7's. Naomi will be leaving DC on the 20th to join the staff at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, Texas. I wish her the best of luck!

The Shameless Art of Self-Promotion

For those of you who didn't know - I'm a big flippin nerd. So that'll explain why I was really excited when this blog (yes, the one you're reading now) was mentioned in the Washington Post Express blog.



Honestly, I'm just glad that my hatred of cliched dishes such as tuna tartare is getting public notice.

But really, beyond all of that, it's cool just to be named in the same post as Anthony Bourdain.

What I'm Reading - Bloviating Musically

Now this isn't a food post, but it's one that I'm very happy to write. One of my good friends, Evan Tucker, who has taken a hiatus from writing, is back with a new music blog.

Called, Bloviating Musically, Evan will focus on classical music. A link to his blog can be found on the right hand side of this page.

Happy reading all!

and the TOP CHEF is....

HUNG!!!

I'll be honest, he wasn't my favorite. And that chocolate cake at the end was the easy way out, but when it came down to it, he was the best up there.

The rest of them, especially Dale, will be very successful, and I really hope to see and taste where they go in the future.