The Perfect Room

“The single-fry technique employed at The Perfect Room produces a matchstick fry of aspirational exterior and present as a rumor interior. The sunflower is evident and appropriate. The grease is generous in the manner of a host who means it. The portion is restrained. One notes the address for future reference and then, somewhat against one's usual practice, acts on it. The fry asks only to be appreciated. At The Perfect Room, one appreciates.”

“At The Perfect Room, the matchstick fry is taken seriously in a way that does not announce itself. The single-fry method produces an exterior that is aspirational. The interior is present as a rumor. The grease is generous in the manner of a host who means it. The seriousness, once recognized, is irreversible. One returns.”

“The matchstick fry at The Perfect Room requires no introduction, though it offers one regardless: a uniformity of golden color suggesting a fryer calibrated with the attention usually reserved for precision instruments. The exterior is aspirational. The interior communicates its agricultural origins — one tastes the potato, specific and unhurried, present as a rumor. sunflower has been employed with discretion. One returns. A return visit is, at this point, a formality. One will perform it nonetheless.”