Eating out

A temporary bliss

“Exterior of a Restaurant in Asnières” (1887), Vincent van Gogh

A friend treated us this week to a new restaurant that is tremendously fashionable, very reviewed and super expensive, no subtlety, no ease – and all of this recently hitting a point of insane din, banging-on-pans loudness that no experience, definitely no food can match.

And averse as I am …