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Leah Cooks Her Last Supper

Where: 50 Clinton Street [map], New York, NY, United States, 10002
February 12, 2009 at 8:54 AM | by | Comments (2)

Top Chef was down to the final five this week, and each chef'testant had to prepare a last supper chosen by a culinary god. Fabio aced it cooking roast chicken for Lydia Bastianich, Carla wowed Jacques Pepin with her perfect peas, but Leah couldn't impress Wylie Dufresne and was asked to pack her knives and leave.

We thought Leah's poached eggs and bacon looked pretty tasty, so we're wondering, what exactly did Wylie have in mind? So we checked out the menu at his molecular gastronomy super-kitchen, WD-50 on Clinton Street in New York and it looks like Leah just wasn't thinking small enough.

Yes, the photo above is Dufresne' version of eggs Benedict. Fried hollandaise cubes battered with English muffin crumbs, gelled egg yolk, and Canadian ham crisps. Come on Leah, how hard would that have been to do?

Seriously, have you readers dined at WD-50? Let us know if it is worth the hype because it sure doesn't look like it would fill us up.

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· WD-50 [Official Site]
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Photo: [Kent Wang]

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Not only have I dined there; when I couldn't figure out how he made a certain taste change mid-bite, I walked into the kitchen and asked him, and he graciously gave me an explanation. His portions do tend toward the minuscule, but I enjoyed this fact for two reasons. One, we had several courses, and for that kind of a menu you really don't want HungryMan portions. Like, you're not going to go in there and order just the plate you highlight above and a glass of wine; it's part of the bigger picture, so to speak. Two, his dishes are dense and quite complex, so not only do you take your time with each bite; you also couldn't have a lot of any one thing, or else your taste buds would probably overload and go on strike, forcing you to eat porridge for the rest of your days.
cantera on February 12, 2009 at 9:13 AM #Permalink

Ridiculous

I went to WD-50 with a small group for dinner a few years ago. We were famished when we got there. Unfortunately as you might imagine from what you know (but we did not know) about WD-50's portions, this is not the place to go when you are hungry. How oxymoronic, a restaurant to avoid when you're hungry. Anyway, the food was certainly creative (corned duck? wtf) but I was much more impressed with the presentations than with the flavors. The plates were beautiful .. maybe because they were so empty. Each dish that came to our table came on an enormous platter or bowl and consisted of an amuse-bouche sized morsel, priced at $30 and up. The best thing I liked about this place was actually the bathroom .. you walk in and your first reaction is, 'uhh where's the toilets' .. and then you see this little sign, 'push the wood' .. and indeed if you push on the wooden wall you are magically let into the inner bathroom. That's cool! Tiny portions, however, are not.
teo on February 23, 2009 at 3:39 AM #Permalink

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