December 10, 2002
lone fatkid scouts Muse

In what I'll categorize as a follow-up to last month's wacky adventures in fine dining, I was invited to dine at Muse, a new restaurant in Calgary where the chef is a friend of a friend. I could really get used to sitting at the chef's table and having the food and wine chosen by people who know what they're doing. The past two months have involved more fois gras and arugula than the past 20 years and I'm not complaining.

Dessert was an amazing chocolate cake thing with cherries inside and melted brie with walnuts on top. Being uncooth, I blurted out "Hey, chocolate and cheese!" After all, I listened to it only a few hours earlier during the drive back from Canmore. After the meal, the chef came out and asked us what we thought of the dessert. "You see, there's this band called Ween..." he said. Awesome.

I also got to use "catharsis" in conversation. The girl I was talking to seemed like the type who would say stuff like that normally and I don't think she realized that I was joking around. Really, the only way the evening could have been better is if we'd run into Mike's dad there.

Posted by tim at December 10, 2002 12:34 PM
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At least you didn't tell him there were "flies on your dick"... or bust into the anthem of "Poopship destroyer" that's one of my favourites.


....I've been chewin' on this brownie
And I thinks I'm almost through

Let's cruise, the chocolate stew was you know who
I told you to jam the frequency
This sector's chartered by you ....

Posted by: chris on December 11, 2002 03:47 AM

I love the story about Dave Cox, who's the chef you're talking about. Amazing guy, amazing chef, and a Ween fan... what could be better!

Posted by: Leon on November 3, 2003 09:24 PM
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