Last Night's "Autism Speaks to Wall Street" gala at Capitale was a power scene, all right; any event where tables cost up to $100,000 and Bob Wright is there making small talk has clearly left the foodies behind. Which is a shame, because the level of the food was magnificent. The gala's format called for chefs who had been previously “bought” at auction to cook a dinner right there at the table: Thus, Eric Ripert cooked at an oven right next to Wylie Dufresne, Michael Psilakis next to Larry Forgione, who was next to Chris Lee of Gilt, and so on. The tables were close enough to allow tasting and trading, had anyone been interested in doing so (it didn't look like they were). Maybe Darrell Hammond's painfully unfunny routine at the evening's start put off their appetites. Or maybe it was just all the deal-making.">
昨晚的"自闭症对华尔街讲话"晚会在把握住是一场权力场面，好吧;任何餐桌价格高达10万美元、鲍勃·赖特(Bob Wright)在场闲聊的活动，显然都把吃货们抛在了后面。真可惜，因为食物的水平非常棒。晚会的形式要求之前在拍卖会上被“买”的厨师在餐桌上做饭:因此，埃里克·里珀特(Eric Ripert)在威利·杜弗雷纳(Wylie Dufresne)旁边的烤箱里做饭，迈克尔·普西拉基斯(Michael Psilakis)在拉里·福格内(Larry forone)旁边做饭，后者在克里斯·李(Chris Lee)旁边镀金的等等。如果有人对品尝和交易感兴趣(看起来并没有兴趣)，这些桌子足够近，可以让他们品尝和交易。也许是达雷尔·哈蒙德在晚会开始时那令人痛苦的无趣表演打消了他们的胃口。也可能只是所有的交易。
从美食的角度来说，这场活动到处都是:在鸡尾酒会上最受欢迎的两道菜是乔治·门德斯(George Mendes)的冬南瓜汤和注入葡萄的“意大利饺子”，以及乔伊·坎帕内罗(Joey Campanero)的肉丸滑块．但在里面，最有趣的可能是保罗·李勃朗的晚餐。它看起来(从他递给我们的东西来看，尝起来也是如此)棒极了。他的菜单上写着他的新餐厅的名字“利布兰特餐厅”(restaurant Liebrandt)，其中包括鹅肝酱配鸡肉和Hon shimeji(精致但浓烈);用孟买咖喱和韭菜调味的慢煮hamachi(也很棒);还有一道牛肉二重奏，牛排放在部分融化的黑醋栗凝胶里。(没机会尝试，但想试试!)萨姆·梅森(Sam Mason)还在为当天早些时候对他褒贬不一的评价感到痛苦，他做了一道典型的美味甜点——曼切戈芝士蛋糕、康科德冰糕和鼠尾草。有一个晚上，梅森只是另一个工作的厨师，他和其他各种超级明星似乎真的是这样享受。
把瓶子放下，站着别动!照片:梅丽莎力宏
