Why Michelin-starred Le Bernardin pounds its tuna

Chef Eric Ripert is not interested in making food for Instagram. Since joining Le Bernardin in 1991, the world-renowned chef has been solely focused on cooking dishes for the palate with the freshest ingredients possible. In fact, 90 percent of ingredients arrive on the morning of service. While the menu at the three-Michelin-starred French restaurant constantly evolves, seafood remains the highlight, with luxurious dishes featuring tuna, scallops, halibut, salmon, and Mediterranean sea bass.

[bracken]

Yea, we don't have signature dishes, except for our signature dish - it's great.

[alexriofrio]

It's $28 for that dish a la carte. The most expensive meal is the chefs tasing meal at $325

[michaelnguyen]

I love the custom plates that fit the mold perfectly.

[ptommo]

My dad thrashed me for pounding my tuna…..how times have changed.

[DWN]

I hear that Gohan is an expert at this, just ask Chi-Chi

[tltvubt]

Why don't they try to have signature dishes?😅

[Wumbo_the_Mumbo]

So how are supposed to eat it. Knife and fork? Hands on? I'm too poor to understand how to eat this.

[lovey]

And then we charge $400 for an ounce of smashed tuna and hard ass bread ohh lala.

[justins]

food heathens lololol...the lot of you. prob content with a 2 dollar can of spaghetti-o's 🤣

if you consider eating food to be an experience then the price they charge is worth it for the experience. ive eaten at 2 star place in chicago and nothing has compared since to that experience. for almost half the price, the experience I had at Jaleo was a very close second.

[grahamhurley]

“Hunny, get the plastic wrap, imma pound the Jesus outta the fish and put it on triscuits, Y’know all fancy like”

[tusharkakshapati]

That dish looks like and smells like fish 😏

[GuRReN]

It always baffles me how many ignorant comments saying its $300-400 do they even know that those are the price of a tasting menu which usually constitutes around 15-20 courses
At least try a proper high end dining for once before spouting bs

[loanshark]

Science can never replace culinary arts. French cuisine is immensely unappetising.

[mtavassoti]

Other dishes are so bad that the clients prefer some smashed tuna with crusty bread 😂😂

[pacmaxer]

Nice how he is ramming the plastic inside the fish. To have plastic inside the food IS surely good for you.

[andersfant]

What would a 🇯🇵 conservative chef think? That said, it looks 💯. I would like to try it in the future, and I might do just that🙂. Cheers

[BryceJamison]

How do you justify the torture those geese go through