.When OpenTable is actually a co-host of your party, you recognize the food is actually heading to be actually far better than good. Such held true last night when Bach Mai invited visitors to a dinner at Le B, the West Village-based principle coming from gourmet chef as well as restaurateur Angie Mar (of The Beatrice Lodge and, very most recently, Les Trois Chevaux). At around 6 PM, guests like Misty Copeland (a longtime patron of Mai), actor Bailey Bass, and also Trend's very own Leah Faye-Cooper and also Jose Criales-Unzueta collected in the beautifully selected dining room, whose glossy window curtains had actually been drawn instructed shut for added dramatization. A lot of every person had been actually thoughtfully dressed through Mai, so suffice it to claim, the space was actually filled with velvet, duchess satin, as well as a couple of bombing plane coats (a Bach Mai trademark). After a 1-hour alcoholic drink, throughout which Mar's sent decadent fried poultry lower legs in crystal bowls, everyone took their seat for a three-course supper. But initially, appreciated statements coming from OpenTable's chief executive officer Debby Soo. "If you like this dress, it's too bad due to the fact that I acquired the last one at Neiman Marcus!" she teased.Next, Mar took the flooring. "I enjoy to become surrounded by wonderful traits, gorgeous artwork, as well as astonishingly artistic people, therefore when I met Bach, I right away felt like, his concepts are for me, as well as I'm gon na create him a portion of my globe, and so I did ... alright, I have to go back to the cooking area-- the food carries out certainly not cook itself!" After main dishes of Le B's signatures like salmon filet or even roast duckling with cherries flambu00e9, Mai then cheered accept and thank his attendees. "Many of you have actually been there considering that the first assortment it's been actually simply a little over two and an one-half years-- the lengthiest as well as quickest, pair of and a fifty percent years of my lifestyle!-- given that the initial launch, and also I really desired to deliver every person with each other for a beautiful evening.".