As I mentioned in my smackdown post I didn't bring a camera or notepad to Babbo, preferring to be a plain old diner enjoying an evening out. Obviously, my dining companions cook eat FRET and Mother of FRET discussed the food for 80% of the evening so I have no shortage of opinions, but there will be no photos, no dish-by-dish dissection of the evening. But frankly, I feel that it's much more important that you learn about Ethel - Mother of FRET - than about Babbo. Because while there was memorable food, there was nothing more ...