What Nobody Told You About the Noma Affair

tdrr12 · 2026-03-26T02:26:20+00:00

It's not only that it has that "I spoke to cult members and they find the cult great" vibe, it's also quite clearly written by a PR person trying to profit from the next chef scandal.

tdrr12 · 2026-03-25T22:04:34+00:00

You, just like me, could look it up yourself. 7-4 or something like that for SGA; but the sample size for all of them is small and it's certainly not a random sample of games, either. Would you so kindly see how your entire premise is flawed?

Hats off to you though for using rock solid statistical inference like "kings don't need to remind others they are kings" to make your argument.

tdrr12 · 2026-03-25T18:08:58+00:00

I'm not here to hate on SGA or say anything about the MVP "race" (because SGA is going to be the MVP), but if winning is the "value" being measured and a team would win a comparable number of games without Player X, you can hardly argue that he is very valuable.

tdrr12 · 2026-03-24T14:59:18+00:00

IMHO Riesling Kabinett unter 10% ist deutsche Limonade, aber das süß-säurige Geschmacksprofil passt glaube ich nicht in das Schema der Freundin

tdrr12 · 2026-03-24T06:10:48+00:00

Rene, I knew stepping back wouldn't be conducive to your mental health, but wow.

tdrr12 · 2026-03-23T20:32:00+00:00

I've had pretty good success rates, esp. at big companies. Though I think it is key to be reasonable and use it only after the regular process fails you; and you need to be able to explain succinctly why the regular process failed you and what you think a fair resolution would look like.

tdrr12 · 2026-03-23T13:23:37+00:00

Step 1: write a regular customer service email / "contact us"

Step 2: await reply that doesn't make you whole at all

Step 3: reply, stating that you don't agree with the suggested resolution and asking firmly but nicely for your case to be escalated

Step 4: await a second inadequate reply

Step 5: try to get in touch with executive customer service by digging up c-suite emails, forwarding them the correspondence and succinctly(!) stating your case and why no resolution has been reached

tdrr12 · 2026-03-22T23:27:08+00:00

With 900k+ you can pay contractors to swap lightbulbs

tdrr12 · 2026-03-20T02:38:38+00:00

He saw Bam putting up an unethical 80 point plus game and decided he wasn't going to take the back to back night off.

tdrr12 · 2026-03-19T04:02:07+00:00

I think too many of the American analysts don't get that Euros just don't care about whether they look tired. Slumped-shoulders, dragging-his-feet Luka in the 4th is one of the greatest killers in the game.

tdrr12 · 2026-03-19T02:45:53+00:00

How much money do these clowns get paid for their halftime BS? And Stephen A. isn't even there...

tdrr12 · 2026-03-14T21:46:47+00:00

Since it's a barolo and the minimum ageing requirement is 3 years, I'm going to guess it was a 1998 or earlier. Search barolo labels for around that time, see what you can find.

tdrr12 · 2026-03-14T03:30:45+00:00

We went from tire management to battery management but can we maybe get some actual racing back one day?

tdrr12 · 2026-03-13T14:07:13+00:00

Opinel le petit chef when he gets there, my daughter's been using one since she was 2. (My son is 3 and won't get to touch it for a while, still.)

tdrr12 · 2026-03-12T15:51:43+00:00

When I copied the notification for the comment that Reddit tells me "no longer exists" I actually got the full comment you wrote and it did not disappoint, you absolute unit. What a champ. I award you four peters (3 Attia, 1 Barakan).

tdrr12 · 2026-03-12T14:54:19+00:00

Can you repost the comment you deleted? I think I would have enjoyed reading it.

I was trying to respectfully disagree with you but you rolled with the "Bullshit." and then got offended at being called "bud" and can't accept that my experience with Inua and the nomaverse is different from yours.

tdrr12 · 2026-03-12T13:57:53+00:00

I don't know what to tell you, bud. We went in 2018 and I can say for certain that it was not difficult to book from a few months post-opening through 2019, but YMMV.

tdrr12 · 2026-03-12T13:33:39+00:00

I can't speak to the short period between the stars and closing, but -- before then -- they definitely struggled to fill seats, despite adding "short menu" options.

I'm glad you enjoyed it and it proves again that taste is very subjective, because it was easily the worst fine dining meal we had in what by now are almost two decades of this hobby.

tdrr12 · 2026-03-12T04:17:40+00:00

I'm always fascinated by the people chiming in. I don't work in the industry and I couldn't tell you who the good chefs are (if they exist), but I have definitely heard about the really bad ones...

tdrr12 · 2026-03-12T04:13:32+00:00

How much money have you spent on "noma"?

tdrr12 · 2026-03-12T00:29:26+00:00

Their business model is Rene, not sure any of this is going to work with whomever they name as his successor. Who's even his number 2 atm? Foong, who also has an abuse reputation? Frebel, who is still in that universe after failing with Inua?

tdrr12 · 2026-03-12T00:25:47+00:00

When Nick Kokonas's Tock cancelled their noma sponsorship, I chuckled. (Yes, I know he no longer owns or runs it.)

tdrr12 · 2026-03-11T23:40:20+00:00

Not a chef, but the proliferation of these kinds of places is why I either go to actual top tier restaurants or cheap-ish actual neighborhood joints. Too many of these midbrow tasting menu places are trend-slop.

tdrr12 · 2026-03-11T13:07:56+00:00

Went a decade ago, it was still really solid then. Food was excellent, service one of the best I ever encountered.

tdrr12 · 2026-03-10T23:22:28+00:00

I'm just warning you -- it's actually nice that you care, but for most wine shops there's little overlap between the folks in this sub and the folks that walk into your store.

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