Who cares if a barbecue place makes things other than ribs, so long as the ribs are good?

Sounds great... we will keep tabehodai in mind. We do have Japanese table barbecue here in LA (chains like Gyu-Kaku http://www.gyu-kaku.com/ which tend to be the Japanese take on Korean bbq) but to my knowledge nothing quite like...

coolers of hotdogs and hamburgers and beer and have a casual barbecue. If you do that, maybe you can keep the morning event to just cake, fruit and champagne from 10-12 (don’t have guests there past 12 if you’re not...

We have been in similar situations. A couple who are friends of ours and had taken us up on several invitations recently invited us for a barbecue at their place. We knew they were “renovating” and figured that was...

situation, but if peanut oil is a danger, or if food even prepared near or on items that have been touching peanuts, couldn’t this be a problem? Or any number of sauces/seasonings that can include trace peanuts? And what if...

Coffee milk in Providence. Egg creams in NYC. Old Bay Seasoning on everything in Philly/Delaware. Mild sauce in Chicago. (Like a tangy ketchup/BBQ mix) I love it!

Has it occurred to anyone that maybe the server was embarrassed that something had happened (maybe she forgot to order the food, or some special order had not been relayed to the kitchen :ie no seasoning on jcattles chicken so it...

dishes. The bread wasn’t necessarily stale or moldy when he was there. In the SF area, I think every critic’s going to be a novice in some cases. In the past year, I’ve reviewed (for the SF Weekly) barbecue,...

(bihon or palabok in my family), chicken or pork adobo, lechon, and lumpia. We ate a lot of sinigang too – it has a great sour, tangy flavor. One of my absolute favorite dishes is pork barbecue (I don’t know if...

was in a small town in Montana once and decided one night to eat at a local authenic barbecue place. It was one of the worst meals of my life. The next night I was at Pizza Hut and you know, it was better. In these place one...

-fried, full of crab shreds, with no lump meat at all, and seasoned with a type of tartar sauce. Not an ethereal experience... The restaurant itself was an interesting neighborhood bar and the vegetables were nicely handled;...

I have ever seen offered for purchase in Chicago was the lunch buffet at Trader Vic’s. Twin Anchors, celebrated in many parts for barbecued ribs, was a disappointment. Connie’s Pizza, beloved by more than a few South...

buddies' birthday, I dumped 1/2 a bottle of Kikoman in his Asahi. In college, a neighbor emptied a 1/2 container of Lawry’s seasoning salt on my head while I was sleeping

of the hype that goes on here, there is still hype. Next, you complain about lack of certain foods. San Francisco is famous as a city that loves food, not a city that has every possible kind of food. Barbecue isn’t...

If you liked this group of essays, then you’ll really like Robb Walsh’s cookbook w/essays, The Tex-Mex Cookbook : A History in Recipes and Photos, and his book on Texas BBQ, Legends of Texas Barbecue Cookbook: Recipes...