As a diner there last night, we didn't order the foie gras out of curiosity. We ordered it because it's delicious! Ludo is known for playing with different ways to serve foie gras. It's sad that these protesters can't see beyond the bad farms (that should be shut down) and acknowledge that there are humane farms. Reputable chefs source from human farms. These people should focus instead on chicken farms where beaks are cut down and they only have 1 square foot of space to move around in.
On top of being obtuse, the protesters were also personally attacking the patrons. Bad form all the way around.

I've seen gavage feeding of ducks in Upstate NY and they actually come running when it is feeding time. There was no cruelty involved. But of course this is low-hanging political fruit for so-called activists because foie is perceived as food for rich people. Meanwhile the scale of cruelty and environmental detriment that goes on to produce animals for fast food consumption is so much larger than the tiny amount of foie gras consumption. If people want to make a personal choice not to eat foie, then do. But interfering with my decision to do so by forcing your own ethics on me is ridiculous.

Haven't looked into the details of it, but force feeding ducks is illegal in California. It is only allowed in five European nations. Most of the bans cite animal cruelty. France's allowance is clearly stated to be cultural and is silent on cruelty.

I agree - F-word the protesters. Go spend your money somewhere else. Sod off.

There are a lot of cultural comestibles that are becoming questionable in our era, and foie gras is definately one of them. The World Health Organization now says 10% of the world population is obese, and over 30% of Americans are obese. Artery clogging fois gras, the fatty, diseased liver of force fed waterfowl should not be a part of any healthy diet. Frivolous consumption of anything and everything is leading to a epidemic of sicknesses that no "health care plan" is going to deliver us. Crying "cultural " pleas is no longer useful or ethical. The Chinese are claiming the same prejudice when marine scientists point to the demise of the keystone predator of the oceans, sharks, and the teetering extinction caused by harvesting the animals simply to chop off their dorsal fin for 'shark fin soup'. It is very uncomfortable to have anyone point out hypocrisy, especially when it seems to tread on your individual rights. It takes a stronger ethical and principled perspective to listen and frankly admit that perhaps, given the evidence, these impulses to "eat what we want" are up for evaluation. If we had been holding up banners showing the butchering of dogs and cats for human eating, as occurs in Asia in deliberately 'farmed' situations, I guarantee many of the passers-by (walking their dogs) and diners entering the restaurant would have been sympathetic and appalled.

hi Aidan,im sorry to say that but you should be really cruel to like such a terrible food,people are torturing poor ducks and all of it,is just because of their own pleasure!!!i mean,how CAN you people who like it,have pleasure when it`s fabricated by torturing animals?it`s really sad to see that in our era,there`s still humans who just pay attention to their own pleasure without thinking about how actually this horrible food is made.

Susan Rudnicki, I applaud you!!