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Originally posted by TalkSock
PHILADELPHIA - The traditional Philly cheesesteak has gone precipitously upscale at one new restaurant, where the chopped steak and melted cheese standard includes goose liver and truffles — and costs $100.
“I believe you will have the rich guy in there who will say, ’Cheesesteaks for the table. And buy one for the guy over there,”’ said Starr, an acclaimed restaurateur who has opened 13 eateries here since 1995. (personally - I don't think so)
Served with a small bottle of champagne, Barclay Prime’s cheesesteak is made of sliced Kobe beef, melted Taleggio cheese, shaved truffles, sauteed foie gras, caramelized onions and heirloom shaved tomatoes on a homemade brioche roll brushed with truffle butter and squirted with homemade mustard.
“You shouldn’t mess with the Philadelphia cheesesteak,” groused Samuel Lehrer, who was eating takeout Chinese several blocks from Barclay Prime. “Let it alone.”
Will not fly in California where fois gras will be illegal in 2006.
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I like what Starr has done for this city, I really do, but his food is overpriced, oversalted, mostly-paying-for-ambiance fare. This is a wise publicity stunt and he'll no doubt fleece the spending-my-entire-check-on-a-dinner-at-the-Starr-joint-discussed-in-this-week's-Philly-Magazine crowd, which is exceptionally large (in fact, its about 90% of his clientele) penniless with this gimick.
I want to kill myself every time I read about this city. Cheesesteaks, Rocky, losing in the playoffs, people with no lives other than local sports, fuck... the list goes on forever. Its a shame a city can't be taken out behind the woodshed and put down like Old Yeller. Burn it down - start again.
