Appetizers at Telepan

While in the city this week Sylvie offered to treat me to appetizers and drinks at Telepan. Sylvie Bigar is a New York-based freelance writer who specializes in food and travel and writes for an endless list of sites like Time Out NY, The New York Times, New York Resident, Gayot.com, Insatiable Critic and Passport magazine. I met Sylvie during a trip to France last year. She's a fantastic writer with a discriminating palette for pastry shops, house smoked brook trout and all things French. I trusted Sylvie completely to pick a place with style, comfort, ambiance and, oh yes, great food. Telepan was it - a funky, well-reviewed restaurant on the West Side (72 W 69th St, btwn Columbus Ave & CPW) whose works of art (dishes) are creatively served up on dilapidated floor boards. The chef peaked out from the kitchen to say hello to Sylvie and offered us some appetizers as starters. I can't quite remember the ingredients of the mini pizza slice or the dainty cup of pumpkin soup because I scarfed it down before taking notes. Someday, I'd love to cover restaurant hopping in Manhattan with camera in hand and a fork in the left. Truly, a profession too cool for words.