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What we had
- Beijing Noodle No 9: Pork dumplings and noodles with scrambled egg and tomato. The noodles were amazing and a really nice portion in a bowl about the size of my hand. I can't wait to go back for a larger bowl of them.
- Payard Patisserie & Bistro: Dark chocolate truffles, trail mix chocolates in milk/dark/white, assorted truffles with wafer, white chocolate, and raspberry options, and another amazing truffle that I can't even try to spell right now. We also watched crepes being made.
- Old Homestead Steakhouse: New York prime sample and tater tots (best tater tots I've ever had, and phenomenal steak. It was served right after being cooked, nice and hot)
- Gordon Ramsay's Pub & Grill: Deviled eggs, Fuller (I think?) beer, and pork pate on bread
Everything was AMAZING, and I'll be going back to every single one except...
- Slice: Cold pizza. Some cheese and pineapple pizza, a pepperoni pizza, and pepperoni and sausage? The pizza was a huge let down, both in location (from a celebrity cheft to a food court, really?) and quality (even if it were warm I highly doubt the pizza would have been good). They could have ended the tour on a high note with any of the other selections. It seemed like the pizza place was trying to stay ahead of the game and have the pizza waiting for us when we got there, but they clearly set it out too early since it was room temperature and the cheese was hard. I'm not a pizza fan to begin with, so I personally was extra disappointed.
Otherwise, I was very full and happy after the tour and I'm just going to pretend the last 15 minutes of it just didn't happen. Joel was a great tour guide, and he seemed to balance the city information for the tourists well without boring us locals to death with things we already knew.
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