Hey Peppermint Pate. I love your home cooking posts (just by the by...). I think that Cafe Gitane makes a great coffee, though I always get their cafe americaine, so can’t speak to the espresso. I thought Bao 111 was wayyy...

there and they usually have good oysters too... And i agree that Shaffer City does have a great oyster selection (although the cooked food is lame, imho, so go there just for an oyster snack at the bar if that’s your...

themselves in a situation where they need to think on their feet, adapt, work on the fly, blah, blah, blah – and that’s why these “timed” challenges happen – but the keyword is SOMETIMES – let...

't actually every had it cooked before – I always get it at sushi restaurants in its raw state. The lilikoi sauce was delicious, as most things that involve lilikoi are, and the sweet corn lobster fritters were crispy and...

Traditionally, knives have been viewed by Asians as weapons, not as eating cutlery... the most common manifestation of this belief is that the Chinese believe it to be the cook's responsibility to cut food into bite-size...

% range. I worked in a place where the wait person had to be the sommelier as well as do tableside cooking. There is a push to change the standard to 20% - it comes from a sense of entitlement for the younger generation who...

in Brooklyn, pizza in Connecticut, the hippest of the hip. I’ve met dwarves with glass bone disease intrepidly trekking beer meccas in Belgium. One of the most savvy and experienced hounds in Queens is blind (he’s...

Bridges Barbecue Lodge is the one to visit. Bridges Barbecue cooks over electricity and then puts the meat to the pit. What a shame... they used to be extraordinary. Still make great hushpuppies.

'm serious. Also, the sommelier, Mark, is a frequent contributor on eG and follows this board from time to time. I have never had the kitchen table there and, frankly Bonz, if Michel was NOT cooking it would not matter. if he was,...

Sa Rit Gol in Koreatown. Good variety. Cheaper and less variety, Beverly Soon To Fu in Koreatown. SPlurge a little at Izayoi in Little tokyo for izakay food. Make sure to order from a variety of cooking styles. Philippe’s for...

, and well-seasoned. They serve comfort food, but comfort food artfully well-prepared. The bread is white bread, yes, but good white bread. If you’ve been eating lots of provocative breads from Amy's and Ecce Panis (both of...

Alfredo, very creamy soups, etc. Only eat poached or boiled eggs other than at home, b/c the preparation varies so much with other kinds of eggs. That said, I cook & bake with butter, use cream, and cook all kinds of eggs at...

in Brooklyn."-Amy · Bo Brooks (recently moved to Canton waterfront area) “serving great steamed crab and Maryland seafood”- Andy “In Balwmore: Bo Brooks on Bel Air Rd can't be beat.”-Ivan Stoler . "I went...

I get ma’am-ed...a lot. I’m 22. I guess I’m the opposite of the original poster. I’d prefer the more casual term – and where I’m a “regular” I’ve told the waistaff to call me...

was told by the owner/cook that it was closed. I pointed to open door and unlocked screen door and replied “I thought you were open.” he responded w/ a bad attitude of contempt- “Well you thought wrong!”...