Harold Dieterle's restaurant Perilla opened earlier this week in the West Village, almost exactly a year after he was named Top Chef. When we checked it out last night, Ruth Reichl, the former Times dining critic and current Gourmet editor, had just vacated the premises. But there were still personages and signifiers ample enough to give a taste of what Perilla really is.

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