Nostalgiadesserts. The next big thing. I can’t wait till Jello with fruit or marshmellows or other stuff floating in it becomes big again. Let’s try an experiment, and begin hyping fancy gelatin desserts on here, and see...

't such a good choice if it’s really hot out I suppose. Also, our nieces have enjoyed Homer’s — a kind of malt shop with floats and sliders and such.

I’ve been meaning to try Kyo Ya for months, so this may just put me over the edge. And not to threadjack but at Hiiragiya weren’t you already paying for dinner in the room rate? I assume that’s one big thing...

What I’ve seen on the TV wedding planing shows are couples who choose to have a couple tiers of real cake on top of a couple of fake cake. It makes sense for those who want the big multi layered cakes but don’t have...

uni, o-ya and oishii are the upper tier as far as sushi pricing. their target is $100 per head check average. places like douzo look to hit about $35 pp. especially with sushi, you get what you pay for. i did find some interesting...

. Most Chowhound favorites are not near a Metro stop. Myanmar (ginger salad, goat curry, whole roasted fish) and Thai Square (tile fish, floating market soup)are the kind of places you are seeking. If you are curious about these...

Just please remember that on every second and fourth Wednesday it is closed. The super smog ( Amazingly American) concierge in super fancy top tier hotel in Tokyo did not know this or did not tell us for some reason after we...

, we’d get a marginal meal and probably second-tier service. You might say I went into the place with the “open-minded” attitude of a supreme court nominee, but Oceanaire made that attitude melt away like a...

I’m going to guess Eli will head up the new high end place. BTW, from what I heard, John’s Drinking Emporium and the mid-tier breakfast/lunch place are targeted for opening around Labor Day. The high-end joint will...

's floating your boats in local Chinese restaurants these days?

Well, too much time has past , and in fact the wedding we were heading to Lisboa to celebrate was this past weekend ( and I made the two wedding cakes, a three-tier lemon and a chocolate grooms cake, so I’ve been busy! ),...

Weyerbacher makes a fantastic spiced pumpkin brew, but my fav. is Southern Tier's Imperial Pumpking. It has a distinctive hazelnut and spice flavor in addition to the pumpkin!

I have never been to La Tulipe, but I have ordered 3 cakes from Lulu’s in the past 4 months. The most expensive was for my son’s 1st birthday party. It was a 2-tier custom cake and it cost $225 (this was for about 50...

in the lcbo. the one that definitely comes to mind would be the rogue dead guy ale. anything rogue that you can get your hands on is a guaranteed winner and will cost $30 at a beer bar. they also brought in southern tier which is...

organic chicken (3 or 4 small pieces) with roasted fingerling potatoes, foraged chanterelles, fishbowl farms rainbow chart and porcini vinagrette. 4) champagne sorbet with native blueberry compote and candied lemon zest. 5)...