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I got really pissed at Fabio for saying how he didn't like the Today Show women judging his dish because they had very unsophisticated palates. Excuse me, these are New York celebrities, I think they're familiar with varying cuisines and food of all sorts! It's part of the same attitude that the coasties had towards Chicagoans during the last season.
Grrrr.
Leeanne has some very good points in her blog about why Melissa's dish was so bad: boiled down to this - if she didn't taste it - she should have; if she did taste it - then she has no palette.
Yes! Even if she does like things really spicy she should know that that level of spice doesn't suit a lot of other people and adjust accordingly!
Well, plus - apparently all you could taste was heat; the dish wasn't balanced. (Despite what she said.)
I got really pissed at Fabio for saying how he didn't like the Today Show women judging his dish because they had very unsophisticated palates.
That was Jeff! Not Fabio!
Fabio had talked about creating his dish with his mom in mind.
Loving Fabio!
D'oh! Yes, I should have remembered that Middle Eastern food is apparently not appreciated by New Yorker women.
WTF?
Now I really want to go to the Tunisian restaurant in Chicago and get some ejja. Nom nom nom.
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Now I really want to go to the Tunisian restaurant in Chicago and get some ejja. Nom nom nom.
hmmmm wondering if I'm completely booked up while i'm out there for xmas?? I've never had Tunisian food!
That sealed the redemption of Fabio for me. He clearly understood what was needed, but didn't look down on his audience.
Carthage Cafe on Foster, brenda. ChiKat and I went there a few years back and really enjoyed it, well except for the part where they had the lights really low and we couldn't even see the food enough for her to cut her lamb.
I loved the ejja, a merquez sausage and veggie stew-like dish that was really tasty. They also had excellent hummus. I want to try their fruit smoothies when I go back, since most of the reviews I read mention those specifically.
In Jeff's defense, they did wind up picking the salad as the winner.
I think his annoyance was badly expressed, but somewhat justified - Tom Colicchio in the middle of the afternoon is a completely different audience than Kathy Lee Gifford at 6 in the morning. His dish didn't stand a chance in that venue no matter how well executed it was.