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Persian and Italian Prix Fixe Traveling Meal
I ignore a lot of press releases, but I got an interesting one recently about a Persian/Italian dinner done by Lala Rokh and Bin 26 enoteca.
I had to reread the description before I figured it out. This is not some fusion dinner, per se. It involves two courses at Lala Rokh (Persian homestyle food) before getting up and walking over to Bin 26 enoteca (for the Italian portion). You can also pair it with wine for a surcharge, of course. Click through the jump to see the menu and deet – it’s every Tuesday. I actually might go.
I’m also doing a review soon of some cookware (ehm, I’m thinking of a chef’s knife or a cast iron skillet) sponsored by CSN who sells all kinds of crazy stuff in their 200 niche e-commerce stores – shoes, kitchen tables, etc. They’re also Boston-based, which is cool. I wonder if they deal with wholesalers or dropshippers. How many people doing SEO. Whether they outsource support staff. Anyway. That’s the ecommerce/Tim Ferriss-obsessed nerd in me.
Inside Menton’s server training for Boston Grubstreet
Barbara Lynch
It’s what separates the men from the boys, the ghost chili burn from the Habanero weak sauce. It’s why you pony up the cash in the first place. It’s service, that finicky, OCD element of the dining experience that cannot be quantified in timely water glass refillings or spotless silverware.
I had the voyeuristic pleasure of writing about highly-anticipated Menton’s server training for Boston Grubstreet. Menton is the latest venture in Barbara Lynch‘s Boston dining empire – she’s already responsible for No. 9 Park, The Butcher Shop, and Sportello, not to mention a really sexy cookbook.
And yes, they really do get to taste all the wines as part of training.