Just finished up a nice Friday dinner at one of our favorite little bistros. While we were eating dinner, she who must be obeyed and I were having a discussion about the difference between going to a local restaurant in Belgium and going to one in Maryland, where we used to live. There are the obvious things like better beer, dogs in the restaurant, no one speaking english, etc. But the one thing that really stands out is the fact that the food is not tarted up. There are no tall dishes, no compound butter, no instructions on how to eat the meal from the waiter. There are plenty of ingredients that we have never heard of, but that is only because they are in dutch. The interesting thing is that while you cant go to a restaurant in the US without having some kind of culinary gimic, here it is the complete opposite. The food is generally basic, well put together and absent of any tarting up.
It would be nice if restaurants in the US would realize that good quality and flavorful food, trumps fishnets and garish makeup.
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