New York City College of Technology, CUNY
Department of Hospitality Management
Janet Lefler Dining Room
MEMORANDUM
To: Professor Abreu
From: Janelle Clarke, JC
Date: February 28, 2018
Re: NY Times Restaurant Review
Why did Pete Wells start his review for Tetsu in a negative tune? I didn’t know how bad this review was going to be just from him “bracing for the worst.” I feel that his style of critiquing has drama. Wells began by painting the picture of Tetsu in Vegas, a buffet style of everything in a Vegas mall. On the contrary, the restaurant islocated on Leonard Street and is totaling different from what Wells thought it would be. With style of industrial, neutral, steel, iron, brick and wood, Tetsu is on to something new.
Tetsu’s pricing and menu items have changed. Where you would pay up to $600 to eat in Vegas, New York displays $20 menu options. Chef Masayoshi loved serving caviar and truffles, he has now opted for less expensive items prepared very similar if not the same as the higher priced ingredients. At dinner, Wells is impressed with the salads/slaws with their pairings, quail eggs, shrimp and sausage. Raw seafood appears a couple of times on the menu, however nigari wasn’t a hit. The dessert- olive oil cake and green peppercorn ice cream was created outside the box and enjoyed. Lunch became minimal including burgers and ramen. The ramen, you can never go wrong with it, seems fool proof. The cheddar cheese beef was a no-go and the fries aren’t consistent, either lumpy or hard. They have to fine tune the recipes and production.
Tetsu is a restaurant that I may go to. I am not a lover of sushi, I don’t like the rice/vinegar portion of it. I will eat a Vietnamese spring roll with fresh vegetables and herbs though. I may try the burgers and most likely want to see them prepare my food in front of me. I know I would critique them but also watch for new techniques I could possibly learn. Converse with the Chef, to ask him or her a lot of recipe or food questions. I wont have any problem sampling desserts because I love sweets. Only a two star rating, Pete is a tuff critic. He started out negative but I feel the positive could outweigh the negative here.
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