WWWWow: Weasels, Wendy, Other Wendy and Wosa

After our cocktails at Brasserie Julien, the two Wendy’s and I headed up to 24 East 81st. We were going to the beaucoup chic Bruno Jamais. Wendy’s friend Wosa (okay, her real name is Rosa, but we changed it for the sake of making this an evening of W alliteration ) had met Bruno in the island of the beautiful people, St. Barts. And, speaking of beautiful people, Wosa is a Latin goddess and it is no wonder that Bruno gave us VIP status, thanks to her.

Bruno Jamais restaurant club is in a beautiful brownstone on East 81st Street. When you enter the brownstone you feel as if you have entered into a secret haven of luxury and beauty. We walked through a long hallway of wines--- to meet Rosa, I mean Wosa, at the bar. Moment’s later we met the charming and enormously hospitable Bruno.

Thanks to Wosa’s pal status with Bruno, we were given a great table right under the mirror (see the picture below). I was dazzled by the design of the room. Bruno has a great eye, both for the ladies and for design. He hired architect Tony Chi to create a ‘home away from home.’ It is not surprising that Bruno Jamais received the “Best Restaurant Design” Award by Hospitality Design Magazine for 2004.

Not only is the room ultra luxe---the colour story of Bruno Jamais is overwhelmingly red and you know how I love that. I wanted to take many of the artworks home with me in a doggy bag. I love the lips portraits---I want both of them. The art is for sale and yet I was afraid to ask how much the lips were—as if I learned it might have only increased my longing.

Bruno has an impressive résumé of restaurant experience; he has worked at Ducasse, Daniel, and Chez Regine. The chef at Bruno Jamais is Andrew Karasz. Chef Karasz, formerly of Nicole’s, 11 Madison Park, and Union Pacific. Pastry Chef, Francois Payard from Lexington Avenue Patisserie has created the dessert menu. And, the wine list is a who’s who of the best wines available.

Okay, now to the good stuff. The 4 W’s enjoyed a tres soignée supper. This weasel had Terrine de Foie Gras in a Port wine reduction and sea salt to start and then the Scallop 4 ways: Flash seared w/ ginger and scallion / American caviar and Meuniere sauce, asparagus / Wild mushroom, bacon vinaigrette / Parsnip puree & truffle sauce. The scallops were amazing and the sauces, OMG---if I had been home alone with these scallops I might have completely lost my couth and regressed into animalistic manners and taken to licking the petite scallop plates until the sauce was completely gone. We all split a chocolate soufflé that's decadence, deliciousness, and delight was emblematic of the entire evening.

Wosa picked two bottles of amazing red wines, I have no idea what they were, but Wosa has amazing sommelier skills. And, two bottles of wine and more champagne with dessert may sound excessive, but, all of us W’s were laughing and talking so much which created a powerful thirst.

Speaking of fluids. This weasel knocked over two glasses of water. Note to self: limit wild gesticulating when you have had several glasses of wine and table space is limited. And, I almost lost a fork to the floor, but it turns out the WendyB has super Ninja powers, a la Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. WendyB caught my fork in mid-fall. Impressive. I have never before met an uber-chic Ninja. ( See below a picture of WendyB the super chic Ninja receiving synchronized weasel kisses, in stereo).

Another fabulous feature of Bruno Jamais is the music. Bruno plays music from the 80’s---which inspired some crazy dancing. As we supped on our sumptuous supper we were entertained with dancing from a bevy of blondes who had the Boda-Bing dance style down. Soon, the wine had gotten the better of Bruno’s guests and there was dancing everywhere. As we had a table by the mirror we attracted dancers who enjoyed watching themselves in the mirror. It was an exceptional floor show of rich and powerful men dancing with the young and well-extended girls. When I say extended, there was one gal who was rocking some Crystal Gale length hair extensions. This same gal was intimidated by the fabulous WendyW and wanted her out of her personal space(I think she was afraid that WendyW might cut in on her action---as WendyW is a powerful force to be reckoned with). There were moments of mild concern that a cat fight might breakout---if it had come to that all WendyW would have had to do was go for the roots and it would have been all over.

The W’s, She-weasel and the NYC He-weasel danced, too. And, sadly, the He-weasel was accosted by a gal-gone wild that did unspeakable things with her tongue to the He-weasel. The She-weasel was mildly traumatized watching her date being accosted by another woman.

I wish, I could somehow put into words how much fun we had. It was an absolute delight of an evening. We had the best time. Truly, this evening was the highlight of our trip and the most fun I have had in a very long time. Thank you, WendyB, for everything. You were too-too-too generous.

I am starting to plan now how I can create an evening for you, Wosa and Waul that will match the fun and fabulous factor of what you did for us, when you come to visit in Chicago. Merci, beaucoup!! You are too kind, generous and fabulous!!!! We cannot thank you enough.

And, WendyB, I thought you would want to know, since you are responsible for this love connection, that the She-weasel and the NYC He-weasel are getting along fabulously( as you can see in the frisky picture---NYC weasel has some serious Casanova moves). As we discussed, NYC-weasel is going through some withdrawal, being in the quiet of the suburbs. I feel confident he is going to talk La Belette Rouge into a return visit to NYC.