you know basically what you are getting. Food purveyors distinguish themselves by technique and sauce. Oh, for this to be true in the states, and not just for Thai food (but maybe especially for Thai food). Yesterday, when I was...

I don’t want to add to the problem RST describes whereby Chicago sits shyly by with its culinary light under a bushel, waiting to be validated by the media in NY and California. However, the following address is for a nice...

people identify themselves more closely with Lao culture than with Thai and Isaan cooking could be said to have far more similarities to Lao cooking than to Thai. However, this area was “yoked” into the Thai state in...

' place, but seems much more owing to a sense of humor than any sort of corporate vision. A small caveat: weekends are jammed (a universal norm for breakfast) and you don’t get the cool elongated plate for your eggs...

I’ve never been able to find a fresh one here in the States - and truth be told, I never took one apart myself when I lived in Africa, only watched it being done. As near as I can figure, the giant, watermellon-sized fruit...

they have for 50 years and they know it’s worth it." A new place is, by definition, pretty much going to be yuppified to a state of Hollywoodesque perfection, as F&O is. That said, what’s not to like? As you say, a...

't believe I’m actually paying for this." The restaurant was called Darya, a Persian place in Orange, California. Very schmancy-looking place, and totally empty. (I should’ve taken that as a warning sign.) I’d been...

I have to second most of the motions already stated. I really enjoy the pies and cakes, chocolate covered raisins, and Hebrew National dogs up front. I’m most happy with the meats. I most frequently buy the Rib-Eye, boneless...

that. Many of us have limitations on what we will or will not eat. But I am willing to accept that chowhounding is a state of mind, and not necessarily about what actually gets into one’s mouth.

Google is your friend, 1st listing: http://www.mashtimalone.com/ Mashti Malone’s Ice Cream 1525 North La Brea Avenue Los Angeles, California 90028 Toll Free: 1-866-767-3423 Order whatever you like but do be sure to taste some of...

Lee Ann’s TC blog does state that they had use of the pantry items, so a lot of the “basics” were probably already available and they didn’t have to use part of the $10 to cover those items. Without...

." This was the greatest meal of our lives. And we knew it was, almost from the moment we approached the door: if any place were to dethrone The French Laundry (Napa Valley, California), our previous number-one experience, Guy...

of Valencia and 22nd, SF)Also best price (need to cross-reference with Berkeley Bowl) for cans of Sicilian anchovies in salt. 2) For fine and unique cheeses: Artisan Cheese (just off the corner of Fillmore and California) I think...

a fabulous new cheese one of us found, or the outstanding BBQ joint he discovered in the most unlikely of places, our new favorite recipes, the state of his raspberry brambles, etc.,.

be excluded. But that’s ok...chowhounds have a right to be picky! I myself try to appreciate as wide a range as I possibly can. By eating like a universal radio receiver, open to the full spectrum of deliciousness, I can...