I’ve been to the prior iterations of EMP a half a dozen times or so. First time it was interesting. Got this little grid and you made a few choices. By the end and the various changes, it had become tiresome. Humm’s conceit had IMO become full of itself. The made up little stories and vignettes that went with every course were very trite. Service and cooking were stellar, but spare me your lessons. I’ve also grown tired of 3+ hour tasting menus. Best part of the meal was when they gave you the bottle of granola for the next day’s breakfast.
I’m not sure what going vegan is supposed to demonstrate. The restaurant sources the “finest” ingredients. They may be local but I expect many ingredients come from all over the world shipped by air. I can tell you that not much in the way of fresh local vegan sustainable products are available in the winter in NYC. That meal in January will have traveled further by air than most people would in a year.
