As previously mentioned, now that he’s officially running for office again, President Obama is hoping to have the same support from Wall Street he did in 2008. Some financial service employees have remained loyal, others have vowed to never trust him with their hearts again, and others still seem like they could potentially be won back, should Obama play his cards right. Several weeks ago he invited them over to his house to have an intimate talk about where their relationship stands and last night he took them to dinner at Daniel. True, he made them pay ($35,800 each) but perhaps the fact that he took time out to get personal and fed them braised short ribs and citrus marinated strawberries did the trick? Here’s the full dinner menu from last night- is there a particular item that would get you to give him another chance or will he have to try a lot harder than that (perhaps by making you dinner himself and feeding it to you doing the airplane sound) if he wants you to even think about letting your guard down again?
DINNER
Thursday June 23, 2011
Reception
Rock Shrimp Spring Rolls with Ginger Soy Dip
Vodka Beet-Cured Hamachi with Horseradish Cream
Crisp Parmesan Basket with Soft Goat Cheese and Fines Herbs
Brochette of Seared Kobe Beef with Pickled Onion and Tartare Sauce
Zucchini Pomponette with Fontina and Tomato Confit
Comté Gougères with Beaufort Béchamel
Dinner
Maine Lobster Salad with Satur Farms Roasted Beets
Horseradish Cream, Mâche “Nantaise” and Walnut Vinaigrette
Sandhi Santa Barbara Chardonnay, California 2009
Duo of Black Angus Beef
Braised Short Ribs with Young Spinach
Roasted Tenderloin with Stuffed Potato and Hen of the Woods
Copain Anderson Valley Pinot Noir “Tous Ensembles » California 2008
Citrus Marinated Strawberries
Vanilla-Raspberry Gelée, Sablé Breton, Yuzu Sorbet
Chocolates, Madelaienes and Petits Four
they should have gone to Per Se or Gramercy Tavern
Gramercy Tavern is a low-rent Chili’s compared to Daniel.
why is that?
You’re going to have the peanut butter soup with smoked duck and mashed squash. New York magazine called it a ‘playful but mysterious little dish.” You’ll love it. And then…the red snapper with violets and pine nuts. I think that’ll follow nicely.
How much is $35,800 in LightSquared shares?
- P Falcone
After the Lakers’ performance this year, I don’t blame Kobe for branching out into cattle farming.
-UBS MD
Meet me at Daniels. I’ll be in the Uncle Sam suit, bitching about the Crysler re-org yet keeping an open mind toward making a campaign contribution. If you’re the President, whisper furtively into my ear so that I know it’s you.
the equity is worthless, so all of them
Chardonay and Pinot Noir? Might as well have been BYOB.
He won’t get my money if he fines me!
+1
salt in the wound.
-Wilbur
He didn’t go into cattle farming you idiot! They carved up his ass and served it.
- Leh quant
I feel like there’s a Charlie Sheen joke in here somewhere, but I’m more or less checked out for the week.
there isn’t.
Let’s hope our higher ups are smart enough to realize that he’s only playing nice becuase its election season… I pull the same Mr. nice guy shit on my MD during bonus season… usually doesn’t work on him.
So they served $20 bottles of wine. Are you shitting me?
I am surprised the dinner was not at KFC.
It’s not Kobe ham it’s Kobe beef.
- another former Lehman quant
$35,800 just doesn’t go as far these days.
That’s where I suggested we go.
PTJ
The ultimate limousine liberal.
I could never figure out what that phrase meant, “more or less.”
- Major Bennett Marco
Why aren’t we at Dorsia?
Because you’re a racist toolbag or for some other reason?
Only martinis and Champagne: Mrs. Melon’s orders!
-Ramon
Nobody goes there anymore.
Too crowded?
Y. Berra
and grape soda
Leave the gun. Take the cannolis.
- Guy who doesn’t have anything better to do than make staid Godfather references
I guess you are right – KFC is a little hash – I suppose they could have hosted it at RUB.
He’d get a lot of my sugar for some of that sweet Maine lobster salad. Oh, and a side of a Presidential Pardon.
-WJ
I could have gotten us a reservation
I’d vote for Obama if he 1) Found a way to get rid of Barney Frank and 2) Got rid of (or at the very least, changed the name) Dodd-Frank Act. I still can’t believe BF was in charge of Fannie and Freddie oversight, then resigns only to turn around and accuse them of improper oversight.
Please examine your motives. That being said, gimme some of that purple stuff…
-Jesse Jackson
Maybe if you were better at your job you could dispense with the Mr. Nice Guy routine. And I’m sure your faith in “our higher ups” is not misplaced. Plus, when is it not election season for politicians? Other than that: my concerns = none.
Now now, you are not naive enough to think the President of the United States was going to take these cum dumpsters to Chili’s for a Bloomin’ Onion. Part of the job of President is schmoozing and dining. To level with your allies sometimes you have to say, “when in Rome”.
But alas, I suppose it’s easy to hate when a dinner at Daniels = your monthly budget of frozen pizza rolls.
You take a $20 red to a dinner party you didn’t want to attend, and don’t want to be invited to again, not serve it at a fund raiser where you are literally wining and dining potential donors. Wow.
A summer intern must have put the wine list together. More Thunderbird or Champale for you, sir?
It’s Daniel, not Daniel’s. And I probably eat there– and at comparable NY establishments– with significantly greater frequency than you.
By the way, wtf is a frozen pizza roll?
Popeyes?
Remember this: “Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula?” the senator said. “I mean, they’re charging a lot of money for this stuff.”
Nothing “when in Rome” about it. Of course there’s nothing wrong with having fine tastes, unless you’re a pedantic hypocritical sophist who routinely vilifies those with such. But then I suppose that’s why you and Obama get along so well.
The Bloomin’ Onion is at Outback. C’mon Man.
I wonder how many of the Republicans running for president would have supported TARP.
f2WUYV Very informative blog post.Really looking forward to read more. Will read on…