Bauer Power

San Francisco Chronicle critic Michael Bauer did a lot of eating while he was in New York last weekend for the Beard Awards. On Nougatine: "The tuna tartare we ordered was like baby food, as if it was overprocessed in a Cuisinart; and the veal Milanese was covered with shriveled peas and mint with stems so woody they had to be picked out of the mouth. Maybe Saturday lunch isn't the time to go there; in the past I've had superb dinners in the bar." [Inside Scoop SF]