Yesterday marked the fourth annual “D’Artagnan Duckathlon,” and TONY was on hand to take in the action. The culinary relay race draws teams from some of the city’s top restaurants (Annisa, Oceana, Chanterelle, DB Bistro Moderne and Jacques Torres to name a few) to compete in such absurd challenges as correctly matching the testicle to the animal, crêpe flipping and bobbing for lemons. Blatant product shilling notwithstanding, we had great fun meandering about the Meatpacking District (when’s the last time we said that?) and popping into participating restaurants to watch the teams at play. At the end of the day, Cercle Rouge took home the win, with Anita Lo’s contingent picking up second place. See some shots from the day, including Florent’s bawdy “Saucisson Fan-Dangle,” after the jump.
 

 
Team DB Bistro Moderne nominated this fellow to lift his hoop skirt and direct a dangling sausage into a milk can at Florent. Homoerotic chitter-chatter accompanied his success.
 

 
At CraftSteak teams were asked to match the meat to the part of the cow from whence it comes.
 

 
“Duck, duck spoon” went down at Hogs & Heifers to a chorus of hooting from slutty, leather-bikinied barkeeps. The Oceana crew was none to enthusiastic about taking on the challenges—note the palpable glare of diminished manhood at far right.

Photos by Daniel Krieger