....and the Israeli sandwiches in the Amoco (I THINK it’s Amoco) station just east of the BQE entrance on the north side of Queens Boulevard are not totally terrible. And there is very good Mexican food in a carwash in El...

Wow, Sichuan Chengdu is amazing! I ate at this stall a couple of weeks ago. Now I wish I lived closer to Flushing. Maybe I’ll look for apartments in Queens. I should’ve taken a print-out of the above post of...

Lala, I think Seattle Chowhounds—including myself-are turned off by expensive restaurants that think they are better than they actually are. Calvin Trillion used to write how Kansas City BBQ restaurants were better than...

organic/grass-fed/kosher, and again at reasonable prices. And they do carry some marinated meats, like the korean bbq skirt steak (bulgogi), or carne asada. Can’t remember the last time I saw bulgogi at the local grocery...

in the Metropolitan Lounge in the Chicago Union Station was enjoyable, especially after Mrs. Chino Wayne scouted out the food court on the upper level of the station and found a BBQ joint. So while fellow travelers, in the by now...

was more important to me than living closer to my friends who are scattered throughout the Park Slope/Carroll Garden/Cobble Hill area. Which is the main reason I decided to live in Elmhurst, Queens. Low rents, good cheap food,...

not saying In-n-Out is the greatest hamburger on earth – far from it. That honor goes to Hodad’s in Ocean Beach. Phil’s BBQ, another San Diego place, also makes a great one with house-ground chuck, so you can...

. For dinner in a restaurant, at least (i.e. not a BBQ or another place where one might be expected to eat with her hands). Also, of course, anything that might cause anti-social gastrointestinal reactions. So a steak might be a...

is one of Queen's Chinatowns...although the 7 train is down, curses. Still I love Chinatown NYC . But I need to get to Spicy and Tasty (Queens) next trip.

chicken in a sweet vingegar bbq sauce over fried yucca, chunks of filet with tomatoes, onions and french fries. I talk about this place awkwardly too often, but I love it and bring everyone I know as often as I can. Hope you...

Good call, meels. I usually tell my friends when I invite them what I’m planning to serve. “We're having ribs — you guys like ribs, right?” Or "come over for a BBQ," and without naming specifically what...

. Jfood’s only contention is that they do not impose their single-mind set to others, unwillingly. Many years ago jfood was in a Mongolian BBQ place where you packed your little tin and then they walked around this 5' flat...

oops. Forgot to mention that I’m a full-time student and a mom w/ 2 small children, so I am The Queen of Exhausted, Harried Cooks (the title is not official....yet).

's good to offer them ‘starter dishes’. I don’t mean apps, I mean the dish from that cuisine that seems to appeal most broadly to American palates. We eat a lot of Korean food and when we take guests I always...

bbq (it’s really just grilled meat), teriyaki chicken, tandoori chicken, California rolls (hey, it gets them in a sushi place and that’s the first step!), and Japanese curries (very mild). Move on to Thai curries,...