The Week In Yum April 19-25 Luckee, Squid Ink, Late Night Tamales and My Big Lentil Win!
It was not only Easter weekend, but the birthday weekend for The Kid so there was a whole lot of eating going on. The first stop on our birthday weekend culinary extravaganza was a visit to Luckee , Susar Lee's brand spanking new Chinese restaurant in the Soho Metropolitan Hotel on Wellington. You know, I don't think that Susar Lee has ever actually served straight up Chinese food in the city before? The first time I ate at one of his restaurants was a million years ago at Lotus, his first, tiny restaurant located in an old house downtown. It was the late 80's and I was in my early twenties and knew NOTHING about fine dining. I would save up my pennies, make a reservation for 1, get all dressed up and go there alone to enjoy a meal like nothing I had ever tasted. I had my first taste of lamb at Lotus. I dined alone because nobody I knew would spend that kind of money on dinner and although I didn't really understand what I was eating, I knew it was special and it...