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Cruise Ships - food?
, lobster, sates, dumplings, lamb chops in hoisin sauce. Wines were fantastically paired. Signatures the french restaurant was foie gras overdose with perfect duck. Again wines were amazing-the chateauneuf de pape was great. Even...
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Returning Dishes For Being Too Spicy or Weird
in this ragu made it perfectly clear that someone mistook the dish of ground cinnamon for the dish of ground nutmeg in the mise en place.... I felt perfectly justified in sending it back and ordering something else (and warning...
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Phoenix - Backstreet Wine Bistro?
Bourguignon came with two long slices of French bread (very similar to the better examples in New Orleans), and I used those to soak up most of the sauce. My wife hit the bread basket to do the same. I doubt that even the chef...
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Top Chef-Healthy meal
meats,could add some onions and peppers to it,since you can’t use lettuce and tomatoes.Add some sort of barley salad,and some fruit. Or do a rice or barley salad and coleslaw.Use cabbage,carrots,bean spourts,etc with a lime...
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what to bring on a 12 hour flight
I often make a spicy deli wrap at home- tortilla with some cajun turkey and jalepeno jack (boars head) a little fresh tomato and avovcado -and a smear of honey mustard. Do not use mayo or milk based dressing, a vinagrette would...
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Heres my list of L.A eateries, what do you think?
In-N-Out got a positive response and I agree. If you do not like thousand island style dressing then do not ask for Animal Sauce because they pour it on heavy. Some Chowhounds mentioned ordering a...
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[PDX] Burgers...
as the latter is to many people, I derive some measure of pleasure from a pile of mush soaked in what tastes like Russian dressing, if only about once a year.
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Going to Ton Kiang tomorrow - need insider wisdom
with wine sauce, these were revelations to me. I loved it. Then they opened two places in the Richmond and so had three Ton Kiangs for a while. Then they closed two and moved into their current larger more elegant place. In the...
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chowhound formative influences?
to have parents that were raised in the depression so any food is good food! I was a bit of a picky head when very young...but discovered...good ole stinky fish! I stumbled on cream & wine-sauced herring at supper clubs when I was...
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Raising Chowpups/Great food experiences with kids?
'm a adult so I pushed a hard course with different foods. Grown Chowpup asked last week that I should make her kidneys with a mustard cream sauce for lunch. ChowSon wants roast pork with caraway seeds when he come down for...
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5th Anniversary - 4 nights in NYC
Thanks, RGR! I was there tonight with a few friends and we were quite satisfied with our meal in the Tavern Room. I had the grilled scallops to start, which were delicious and tender, and flavorful although the cream based sauce...
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Chowhounding Rules of Thumb
and show excitement as they answer, politely thank them and find someone else to query (remember: 10% of humanity are chowhounds, and the trick is to find one!). Always order spaghetti with meat sauce when it’s a menu non...
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Suggestions please for unique,local dessert
If it’s kind of DIY, I will put in a rec for Rose Market’s rose ice cream with pistachios (try the orange one too – you can buy by the scoop or big tub) - and also buy some rose preserves there to heat slightly...
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Can't miss restaurants in NYC?
, and Chinese New Year menus (if they’re still doing the CNY menu) only. For Afghan, Ariana Afghan Kebab House is very good – 9th Av. between 52nd and 53rd Sts. Get the salad w/o dressing and dress it yourself with the...
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Why does there seem to be such hostility to low-carb?
I think JK did answer the question and is being honest about why he is prejudiced against low carb and what kind of negative associations he has to the label. I personally don’t detect any strong hostility; strong opinions...
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