Here's a video of Alinea from Savory Chicago.
http://www.savorychicago.com
I haven't eaten at Alinea either but from what I can see - between Reichl's photos and Savory's video, it looks like a meal that a real foodie wouldn't want to miss. Definitely one for the list in '07
So Robert Brown, how was your meal at Alinea? Anything to report?
I agree that palate fatigue sounds like something silly, but I actually believe it's a sound concept. It's not that I tire of flavors necessarily, but I do experience them less as I eat more. The taste does diminish for me. When I only have a few bites, I really enjoy each bite equally.
Some more Alinea porn, as well as some short vids and play by play podcasts of my 31-course tour with Ronnie "Ronnie_Suburban" Kaplan from eGullet (longest Alinea degustation to date) back in early june, and a Grant Achatz podcast:
http://offthebroiler.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/chicago-dining-alinea/
If your interested the recipe for Alinea's Hot Potato Cold Potato is available at Project Foodie.
What happened to " I can't get enough of it "? Palate fatigue is another self-serving, recently-coined catchphrase that doesn't mean anything. It's badly-made food that makes for tired, bored palates. I'll be at Alinea December 31 and if it does anything to me, I'll put in my two cents.
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