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Article: Cold Fusion: Chow No Fun at Chinoiserie.(Arts&Entertainment)(Review)
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- The New York Observer (New York, NY)
- Article date:
- January 22, 2001
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Byline: Moira Hodgson
There are two flights of brightly lit steps leading down to Chinoiserie, then three black invisible ones at the bottom. I nearly went flying-;as, I imagine, most people do, providing many an entertaining moment for the staff standing by the desk at the entrance. It';s a fitting metaphor for what awaits you in this new, wildly popular restaurant in the basement of the Hotel Giraffe. It belongs in a movie by Jacques Tati.
"Tempered with cultural overtones, Chinoiserie evokes the playfulness of classical ';Chinoiserie'; as only the French would know it and the British adore to this day!" says the press release. I always thought ...