If you invited me to Daniel, known as one of NYC’s best restaurants, to treat me to a seven course tasting menu with five of my friends, I would be beyond thrilled.
If you make that same offer to a second grader? Not so much.
Well, maybe they’d be excited initially, but once the “smoked paprika cured hamachi with osteria caviar” was placed in front of them, their excitement would probably be replaced with something else. Disappointment? Horror? Rage? The extreme need for mac and cheese?
Daniel Boulud and the NY Times tried a little experiment and the results are both predictable and utterly adorable. They should thank their lucky stars they didn’t invite my daughter to the meal.
She would have burned that restaurant to the ground.
That video is not the right one. It’s a video showing you how to make smothered chicken!
Oh wait…there it is!
They were actually much braver than I would have guessed – I have a 3rd grader that probably wouldn’t try most of those courses! lol
my kids would actually have eaten most of those… maybe not the caviar, but they would have loved the lobster salad, pasta, fish, and steak. And I know my son would have at least tried the caviar. They won’t eat chicken nuggets, hotdogs, hamburgers, or mac and cheese. Reverse picky!!
This is so cute! They’re a little like a group of drunk adults. the toast at the end is priceless!
that was so cute – the end of that was hysterical…. “A toast!….To Vampires!”
Your offspring would “burn Daniel to the ground” because she can’t handle …. food with ….. smoked paprika? I feel sincerely sorry for your dysfunctional child! Maybe you could get Daniel Bouloud to “force her to eat it” (Horror! Rage!). What an dumb article.
Calm yourself. It’s called “exaggeration”. I believe your internet wrath should find another home.
Sigh. I feel sincerely sorry for Karen L. She was clearly born without a funny bone. Tsk.
Oh and Karen L? Stop being such a Poopy Butt, as my daughter would say.
“Calm yourself” and “Internet wrath”. I’m giggling. Although the phrase I believe you were looking for was “Check Yo Self before you Wreck Yo Self”.
🙂
I loved this video and would have loved to see my own children there. They are always more open to trying things in different settings, and with a group of friends would have been even better. But they would have definitely like the dessert the most!
Daniel Boulud and the NYT got scooped on this concept! Read these – these two women have done a few in the Bay Area – including French Laundry. http://www.thebolditalic.com/categories/Kid%20Food%20Reviews
I love your blog – been reading religiously for more than two years.
It’s a little hard to take poopy trolls seriously when they don’t use proper grammar
OMG. What a great laugh! They’re hysterical! Love the boy with the hat and his critique of the steak. There’s a future foodie. And to their credit, they did try everything.
That blond kid that didn’t eat a thing until the cookies at the end. Totally my kid. I’d KILL for this experience. Plus the toast to vampires was perfect!! Loved this!!
holy cow those kids ate that meal better than i was as 22 year adult. I would have never eaten the fish after he showed it to me.
Props to those kids for being adventurous! I hope my son will be willing to try everything. My husband is a professional cook turned stay-at-home dad, so he already makes some fancier things for him at 15 months. Sadly, he doesn’t like all of them, but we’ll just keep trying!