| Wednesday, May 17, 2006 |
| Xtreme Cuisine |
I was looking up restaurant reviews and recommendations in advance of my vacation to Phoenix this weekend, and came across this article. I don't suppose there is anyway to categorically verify the events described, although the article does come with a series of photos (which could have easily been staged I suppose). To be honest, it sounds like a Snopes hoax, but then someone went to an awful lot of trouble to write it all up. I did a little searching on Google, but got nothing. The article drops a lot of names. If true, I suspect a lot of people could go to jail over this, but regardless of the article's veracity, it is an engrossing read - if you liked "Silence of the Lambs" that is.
For the past three years, Yamamoto has maintained his movable feast right under the noses of law enforcement authorities, placating the jaded palates of the wealthy, famous and powerful with such bewilderingly bizarre preparations as monkey brain stew, roasted flank of gazelle, and dry sausage crafted from the pink, lardaceous hindquarters of the great African hippopotamus.
Yet in spite of such health benefits and Yamamoto's obvious genius for preparing such super-exotic fare, his methods are unlawful, distasteful, excessive, and, at times, leave you wondering about the chef's sanity.
"The Phoenix zoo have lot of monkey," shrugs Yamamoto. "Sometime they lose one. Maybe they think it escape. Maybe they should pay their employee better. For guard on night shift, $500 is lot of money. Same for sea lion at SeaWorld. If sea lion not perform in show, sea lion go bye-bye."
Needless to say, I won't be attending dinner at "Le Menu" in Phoenix.... |
posted by Broadsheet @ 11:00 AM   |
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That is unbelievably disgusting. I like the fact that they saw no problem rendering his speech in racist pidgin, too.
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That's one of the (many) reasons I think, in fact I HOPE, the entire article is a hoax. Just seemed pretty elaborate if it is one.
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Eh. Read Geoff Nicholson's "The Food Chain" if you want a better example.
Isn't satire supposed to have a point?
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"My Year of Meats" by Ruth Ozeki is a great read too!
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That's on my wish list. I have a birthday coming up, you know...
:o)
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That is unbelievably disgusting. I like the fact that they saw no problem rendering his speech in racist pidgin, too.