Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Chance meeting in Philly

I'm in Philadelphia for a conference and as I often do, I'm at the hotel bar having a night cap. A guy pops up beside me who happened to be a chef at the Westin hotel (another hotel). He was classically trained in Switzerland but has worked in the States for his career. Nothing earth-shattering was learned from my chat but I was very heartened to find myself keeping up with Foodie talk with a real chef ... but then again he was plastered. He recommended a place called Oscar's which is a downtown bar where all the hotel workers hang out to drink cheap booze. May check that out tonight.