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Reminds me of The Menu.
by jjmarr 1y ago
Reminds me of The Menu.
- satvikpendem 1y agoReminds me of The Bear which has scenes like this. It is quite common in higher end restaurant, like those at the Michelin level to customize the experience for each guest (at least to a small degree, not necessarily changing out the entire menu for them).
- pbh101 1y agoWhich itself draws from the book ‘Unreasonable Hospitality’ and iirc the Chicago restaurant ‘Ever’ featured in the show applies this approach.
- brookst 1y agoAnd the Four Seasons has been recognized for this for many years; it was a case study in business school for me.
- tptacek 1y ago(The "Ever" in "The Bear" is a composite of many restaurants).
- pbh101 1y agoGood point :) the show’s Ever definitely utilizes it but my understanding is the real one does too.
- mingus88 1y agoThe Bear is literally the lead-in paragraph for the article
- satvikpendem 1y agoYes, that is why I mentioned it.
- aspenmayer 1y agoReminding one of something seems like it would exclude directly surfacing or naming the thing, because reminding implies a network hop between the one doing the reminding and the thing one is being reminded of.
- mingus88 1y agoExactly. It’s super weird to say “that reminds me of X” immediately after reading about X. Somehow I don’t think OP actually read the article before commenting.
- satvikpendem 1y agoIt was a somewhat sardonic response to "reminds me of The Menu," I was specifically referencing the actual media that was in the article itself. The words "reminds me of" in this case weren't actually related to any reminder, it was a repetition of the prior comment. You can think of it as similar to the phrase "it's almost as if," as in, the user of that phrase already does know whatever they say next is true but the phrase itself is meant to be a sort of slight mockery of whatever preceded it.
- fakedang 1y ago"Forks", the episode from the second season of The Bear, remains my most favorite episode of the series and I believe is the highest rated episode of the entire series. Also love how the episode ended. Every second counts.
- yieldcrv 1y agoGoing to The French Laundry has many similar to The Menu and felt like it was what the movie was satirizing
- satvikpendem 1y agoThe Menu is specifically satirizing the show Chef's Table [0]. Notice the same sort of music and compositon of the plates as well as the font. [0] https://youtu.be/BkN9dDGTgtw https://youtu.be/BkN9dDGTgtw
- yieldcrv 1y agoThanks, I was curious
- munificent 1y agoThe Willows Inn is an even stronger parallel. Literally a tiny island that people travel to and stay at the inn just to eat dinner. When you're there, it appears that the staff outnumber patrons about two to one. My wife and I went there for an anniversary dinner (and breakfast the next morning). It was an incredible experience. Certainly the best meal of my life and one of the best evenings. But I watched The Menu later and that movie hit a little too close to home.
- yieldcrv 1y agoOh noo I missed the experience https://www.bonappetit.com/story/willows-inn-closed-allegations-abuse?srsltid=AfmBOorCi0VeIK03XeLI0ceM0CY3Xc1jS7NOFrMPsf6-tZB0Gd_CL9-4 https://www.bonappetit.com/story/willows-inn-closed-allegati...
- munificent 1y agoYeah, the creepy chef taking advantage of his staff also reinforces The Menu vibe of the place. It sucks that Blaine Wetzel is apparently a dirtbag because holy crap could that place put together a dinner.