you are getting hungry: Dining: Supper Club

Dine About Town

I hadn't done Dine About Town for a few years but my buddy Bianca was in town and the timing was perfect. Dine About Town is an annual event where several (pricier) restaurants around town have a prix fixe menu at more affordable prices - $17.95/lunch or $34.95/dinner.

Most of the items on the fixed menu tend to be different than their regular menu but you still get to experience the ambiance, cuisine style, and chef's abilities at the fixed price. Be aware that some participants price points aren't that far off from the fixed menu cost. For this reason, I opted for a restaurant that was less known for amazing food and more known for its memorable experience.

i am very impressed with my friend's camera's abilities in dark rooms.

Supper Club

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Slightly, I mean VERY, different than your typical fine dining experience. With locations in Amsterdam, Istanbul, Ibiza, SF and LA, the international chain entertains each night with one seating of a fixed menu (typical $45-80) and dinner is accompanied with a show.

My old roommate went in college and reported her experiences to me. I remember her mentioning eating on beds, strangely dressed dancers and a woman that descended from the ceiling then pulled a tape measure out of her nose. Disturbing, but memorable was my impression.

Despite having one seating, Opentable had RSVP various time slots. We thought we were late to our 7pm reservation and speedwalked/jogged a couple of blocks. Arrived sweaty, hungry, and frazzled. To our surprise we were greeted by an angry (not-so)gentle-man sitting behind a table demanding what we had to show for ourselves (yikes! they take being late to your reservation seriously here!) and scooted us off to Detention.

detention

Apparently the theme of the night was academics. I felt a bit bad for my friend because she just wrapped up her school year and the last thing she probably wants to think about is school. I won't give it all away but there were old-school desks with the tops that open, an equally-upset teacher, grilled cheese sandwiches, brain juice, and of course, the bed tables.

bed tables. remember to wear nice socks.

The performances are more sparse on weekdays and luckily no one pulled a tape measure out of her nose. But there was a woman with incredible abs more defined than SJP in Sex in the City circa Season 4 (the episode Margaret Cho convinces Carrie to be in a fashion show, she becomes fashion roadkill on the catwalk, and ends the episode strutting in her briefs showing the world her washboard abs). Well, Incredible abs woman performed with aerial silk and another woman sang one of my favorite songs "Summertime". The DJ was great, the chef danced to footloose, but we left before the restaurant opened up as a club.

i assume this area is for when the place turns into a club at night.

Entertainment was great, unfortunately the food was another story. My original hope was to eat something light for dinner. I glanced at the menu and saw that token word "salad" and thought I was safe. Unfortunately, to my dismay the salad was topped with a giant piece of fried chicken. One delicious hunk of fried chicken. The following courses were delicious, but also heavy, leaving me with an unsettled stomach before a night of dancing. Never a good combination.

I spent the rest of the night drinking soda trying to burp myself.

1st course

Crispy lime chicken salad
Wild mizuna, Carmelized pineapple
Chayote, Spring pea puree, Tomato anchovy salsa
(aka the salad with a giant fried chicken)

We were so hungry this one didn't get a chance to be photographed.

2nd course

Black angus NY strip
yukon potato and basil mash, wax beans, pickled shallots, pink peppercorn sauce