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Recently Jason Kottke had a terrific post on Kottke.org about Ssam Bar. He loved the place, as has just about every person I know who's gone there, but what was interesting was his take on why he liked it so much: "And ok, a word or two about the food. Is it even Asian? It's more like food that tastes fantastic and you can eat with chopsticks. I would describe it as truly international food, drawing upon many influences without being obvious about it. And who cares anyway...Chang could put Swedish food on the menu and make it work. I have no real evidence or experience to back this up, but the approach to food at Ssäm seems like a new one to me, a new type of cuisine, an approach that values the tastiness and the end result over regional influence and style. We'll see how that prediction works out."
Okay, Chang, Kottke's throwing down the Swedish food gauntlet. He wants to see lutefisk on the menu the next time he eats at Ssam Bar. In fact, I'm eating there tonight. I'll report back tomorrow.
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2 Comments:
Lutefisk is Norwegian. And awful.
gustoct at 3:26PM on 03/22/07
Pulling the old Per Se trick, eh? Hopefully Momofuku staff are perusing this site right now.
Mazzer at 6:22PM on 03/22/07