Comments on: Holiday Dinner at Payard

By: Hot Chocolate from Vosges, Dim Sum Feast at Chatham Square Restaurant and My First Taste of Bubble Tea « The Wandering Eater

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:44:02 +0000

[...] | Tags: Chinatown, Chinese, dim sum, hot chocolate, Manhattan, NYC, SoHo | The day after my Payard dinner, I was crazy enough to schedule to have dim sum with my friends, Seungmi and Giulia, whom I [...]

By: thewanderingeater

thewanderingeater — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:34:29 +0000

steveTV: I haven't been to Arthur Avenue before. Perhaps this would call for a fooding field trip? Or you're up for anything? Either way, if you do happen to drop in Manhattan, please do e-mail me so we could arrange a certain date and time to have lunch or a multiple destination food outing.

By: steveTV

steveTV — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:49:37 +0000

It would be my pleasure. My daughter goes to Fordham so I get up there from DC rather regularly. I actually know a couple places on Arthur Avenue but am very impressed with the variety and quality of your selections so would much rather you choose.

By: thewanderingeater

thewanderingeater — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:18:20 +0000

bronxelf: I guess so. If the lab would have wanted to travel downtown, we could do sooo much better. Alas, they didn’t. :(

In regards to Payard, I guess his reputation as a great pastry chef probably propelled the thought that the restaurant would be “amazing.” Don’t get me wrong, I do think Francois Payard is a very good or excellent pastry chef but not all of his dessert creations are magnificent. As for the savory food, well, that needed to be improved upon.

steveTV: Umm…do you mean you want to go out “fooding” with me? (As in, eat out with me?) If so, WE SHOULD! That’s if you ever will be coming over to NYC.

Thanks for reading my blog and breaking your silence! Happy new year! :)

By: steveTV

steveTV — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:46:59 +0000

I would go to food war with you… if only I lived in New York City I would be happy; fat, but happy. You and your blog have been a regular part of 2008 for me. Your written descriptions and your photographs more often than not make me want to jump on Amtrak and find a table to sample whatever it is that YOU’VE just eaten. All the best for a happy, health and foodie 2009.

By: bronxelf

bronxelf — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:43:41 +0000

Your review is pretty much on par with every review I’ve ever read from a foodie about Payard- the service is pretentious(and many times lacking), the food is okay(but nothing more than okay) and no one can quite figure out why this place has such a big reputation.