order Chinese food, he gets buddhist delight. I want to order the kick-ass Columbian roast chicken for dinner, I’m on my own. I’m really bummed about it, though I’m trying to be supportive. We used to love...

Harbour 60’s menu is not “exciting” it is just big slabs of meat with over priced side dishes... they do cook their meat well but that is something you can get in any city.. I would suggest a lunch at...

mashed potatoes etc, or relatively simple light ones like the aforementioned udon. I’m not sure what i’m getting at here, but i wanted to share these thoughts with my fellow CHs and i guess get a sense of the range of...

, asked politely if the hostess thought the stroller would fit at our table (we had a reservation). She shrugged her shoulders and flounced off to get our server without a word! This was 12:30 on a weekday (I wouldn’t bring...

that oven. Best pasta fagiole I’ve had. We drive about 1/2 hour to get there at least once a week for dinner. Also close is Ayhans Mediteranean, which is very good, 379 S Oyster Bay Rd, Plainview. Excellent salads, typical...

and acquaintences are eating around you?...I’d have to say: Suck it up and chow down.

the vermicelli was my attempt to copy chow mien noodles and make it “Chinese”. It is good on jasmine rice too. I have the Italian little stars, I make a light soup with them too, is their a big difference with the...

I totally agree with you about Callebaut!! It is the single best milk chocolate I’ve ever had. In addition to eating it plain, it makes the most remarkable hot chocolate! I get it at Whole Foods here in St. Louis.

, and was an elegant dish. Another dish started off with cakes of compressed noodles over which shrimp, vegetables, and sauce had been poured. "I could get used to this." I apologize if this dish made the rounds slowly (or...

you get wacky titles on menus like: ‘Veal Sara’, or ‘Chicken Louis’...they are actually excuses for changing the original recipes...By the way, I do not mean to stay with just the Italian, this phenomenon...

and larger fun (as in chow fun) noodles, but the server and I agreed that the medium spaghetti sized were the best. The soup contained sliced beef, beef balls, tripe, vegetables, etc. They had fish sauce and other condiments. I...

for all. It would probably be better to just make no mention of gifts. Remembet, to discuss them at all is a breach of ettiquette because it presumes that a gift would be given! : ) Don’t even get me started about bridal...

Thanks for giving it a try. I’d noticed the colorful awning while driving by, but couldn’t get a reading on the place. As you can see in this photo of the front of the restaurant,...

." But now we’re getting into politics, which I didn’t really mean to do...

Josh, thanks so much for posting. Always great to get a dissenting viewpoint! Also appreciate the evidence you’ve mustered, all of it well-considered. Just a few quick points: 1. the charry crust you’re talking about...