Reminds 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).
Reminding 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.
It 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.
"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.
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.
Yeah, 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.
> It sucks that Blaine Wetzel is apparently a dirtbag because holy crap could that place put together a dinner
I totally support voting with your wallet
I don't really understand the outcome that people want to occur with cancelled people. Ostracized from society ... permanently? What we have now where its not thought out at all but some kind of professional harm is put on a pedestal as accountability?
perhaps some sort of society could be envisioned where even people who have demonstrated they cannot be trusted with their professional responsibilities don't have to worry about a place to sleep and food to eat as a result of such evidently necessary ostracization. if you take care of everyone in your society as a matter of course and principle, you gain the ability to simply remove people from positions they abuse without doing ongoing violence to them by preventing them from immediately finding further positions to abuse. under capitalism, these are linked, which is to everyone's misfortune.
The French Laundry is very fancy and expensive but it is ultimately just extremely well prepared french cuisine with excellent service and wine. It doesn't focus on the experimental or high concept stuff that many younger haute cuisine restaurants have become known for and which is taken to the extreme in The Menu.
