Thursday, June 12, 2008
Food & Life The good ole days of $30 TV dinners
Posted by Cliff Bostock @cliffbostock on Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 5:17 PM
I received this email yesterday:
The Loews Regency Hotel on Park Avenue in New York City is bringing back the staple TV Dinners of the 1950s, turning retro dishes into chic fare.Served on traditional sectioned plates, the TV Dinners of the past have been upgraded to satisfy the palates of Loews Regency’s high-powered clientele. Executive Chef Andrew Rubin’s twist on traditional comfort-food brings guests back to a time when families sat around their TV sets, watching the classics and enjoying, pot roast, fried chicken and other favorites. Today, Rubin elevates these plates with upscale ingredients, a spin on side dishes and even a completely new take on the “traditional” – introducing favorites such as salmon onto the sectioned plates for the first time.
These Park Avenue TV Dinners are offered at the 540 Park restaurant, the Library and in-room dining at a cost of $30.
Call me crazy, but I don't want to go back to the time families sat in front of the tube eating TV dinners of fried chicken (left) and wasabi-crusted salmon (above).
My family never did that — thanks, Mama — and I can't see a big difference between these supposedly retro meals and the stuff served on airplanes.
People pay $30 for these things?
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