Popcorn at Per Se

Anybody stopping by Per Se for a glass of wine with a distant view of the Sherry Netherland Hotel and a close-up of the Edward Durrell Stone building may be charmed by popcorn with truffle butter. Also by fresh-roasted peanuts from (I think they said) Virginia.

You see, this is one reason to love the city, especially at the end of a workday. Take something very common, very ordinary, and amp it into stratosphere. Just to try every once in a while. (Although, the roasted peanuts were terrific. Still, I would go bananas if I went to a ball park and the only choices were haute-roasted peanuts X, Y, and Z.)

Just sitting within feet of the Per Se dining room was nice. I wondered what everybody was eating, and how exactly they could afford this dining experience. Imagine having a meal there. The vision would have to include a way of exiting the restaurant that doesn't involve actually walking through the mall afterward. Maybe being lowered out a secret window in a piano case.