Maitre d'ess; Cuisinier; Lucky Family; Ants on the Tree

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NEW YORK LUNCH BOOK
by Joan Hamburg and Faye Hammel
World Publishing Co, NY
1972

Pg. 113:  It's cafeteria style, but you are served by a maitre d'ess (a liberated maitre d').
(At La Potagerie, 554 Fifth Avenue--ed.)

Pg. 138:  Ask if they have the green tea ice cream (it may not be on the menu) for a special dessert treat.
(At Kegon, 80 East 56th Street.  See my Japan notes from last year on "green tea ice cream"--ed.)

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WORD OF MOUTH:
A COMPLETELY NEW KIND OF GUIDE TO NEW YORK CITY RESTAURANTS
by Jim Quinn
Mixed Media, Philadelphia
1972

   Quinn is not afraid to give bad reviews.  He destroys Tad's Steak, for example, and gives it an "F" grade.  He destroys Nathan's, too.  Lutece gets an "A."  Shocking!

Pg. 47:  ...a tasteless icecream roll covered with something called "chocolate whipped cream" (which tastes like jello pudding).
(At Riverboat, 34th Street in the Empire State Building.  Some company is now making "chocolate whipped cream"--ed.)

Pg. 63:  Lucky Family is extremely large, filled with pork and shrimp balls, excellent Chinese ham, lots of snow peas, tasty chicken slices and abalone which does not seem to have come from the same can as most Chinatown abalone.
(At Chi Mer, 12 Chatham Square--ed.)

Pg. 68:  Ants on the Tree ($3) is a combination of translucent noodles, stewed brown and soft in beef broth, and little little flecks of well done roast beef; it's interesting but small.
(At Lotus Eater, a Chinese chain--ed.)

Pg. 134:  Saketini...  Kobe cocktail ($1.25) is Suntory whiskey and quinine water, another excellent and unusual drink.
(At Kobe Steak House, 10 East 52nd Street--ed.)

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NEW YORK MAGAZINE

   More food items from NEW YORK magazine.

CUISINIER:  5 July 1982, pg. 63, col. 1, "And though Lawrence P. Forgione will grill only a Michigan steak, his position is for some reason not 'cook,' but '_cuisinier_.'
(At the River Cafe--ed.)

SANKAPUCCINO:  3 May 1982, pg. 45, col. 1, "...and the waiter offering Sankapuccino."
(At La Gamelle, 59 Grand Street--ed.)

POTATO SKINS:  8 March 1982, pg. 40, col. 2, "These days almost everybody starts with potato skins, a recent Manhattan island rage here rendered in one of its best version."
(At The Ginger Man, 51 West 64th Street--ed.)

POWER BREAKFASTS:  12 April 1982, cover, "Power Breakfasts, By Gael Greene."
(Long article.  Supposedly, it began in 1976--ed.)