Vile, Terrible, Nasty, and Ugly

CHOW talks to A. A. Gill about the business of reviewing restaurants, organics as a style statement, and the dark evil of Starbucks.

WestBeach (seafood) just got a good review in the Times and looks pretty nice... http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/a_a_gill/article2215817.ece http://www.west-beach.co.uk/

A.A. Gill gave XO a shockingly bad review in last weekend’s Times. Whether that pushes you closer towards making a reservation or running away like your hair is on fire, I’ll let you decide. -mighty

. 10019 Tel. 212-586-4040 Shaliga Thai Cuisine / ªÅÔ¡Ò ä·Â 834 Second Ave., New York, NY. 10017 Tel. 212-573-5526 Siam Gill / ÊÂÒÁ ¡ÔÅ 586 Ninth Ave., New York, NY. 10036 Tel. 212-307-1363 Siam Inn / ÊÂÒÁ ÍÔ¹¹ì 916 Eighth Ave., New York, NY....

I live in the USA and have been reading the London Times online for years. I love A.A. Gill and Winners Dinners. Their reviews are the best written, biting and funniest of any restaurant reviews that I read. I do not know how...

I got chanterelles growing in my backya-aaa-ard....o-h-h-h-la-la-la-la....and boletus, to-o-o-o....and probably morels in season (la-la-la) but I haven’t found 'em yet... So I have a bunch of ideas on how to use them (there...

What makes me laugh is that someone has posted against the Sunday Times review that the 'ingredient combinations are actually 100% authentic". http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/eating_out/a_a_gill...

I recommend that anyone interested in this thread read A.A. Gill's excellent book “Table Talk”. He’s the acid-tongued reviewer for the Sunday Times, and is both profane and brilliant. Because he barely bothers...

his staple while attending Uni there. Anyhoo, have a memory (Chowhound perhaps) that said Halifax Donair differs from A&A and similar by having sauce that’s less sweet and also no radishes, or is it pickles…? He intro’d me to...