Accompanying Bruni’s review of Socarrat today is an audio slideshow that will send you running to … well, empty seats will now be scarce at Socarrat, so for the near future opt for Jesus Manso’s other spot, La Nacional. If this slideshow is the Playboy pictorial of paella porn, then the New York Daily News’ video of the absurd $1,000 paella at Sofrito is nothing short of sleazy, cheesy hard-core. You can even see flash bulbs going off as chef Ricardo Cardona pulls a lobster (from Maine!) from the cauldron. Look at the camera, baby! Leaving aside the hot mariscos-on-rice action, we still haven’t determined whose pronunciation of “paella” is worse, Frank Bruni’s or the News reporter’s …
Frank Bruni on Socarrat [NYT]
’Fight the Bad Economy’ with ‘Fabulous’$2 1G Paella Meal [NYDN]