A great suburb is Oak Park. They have 2 B+Bs (The Harvey House and Under the Ginkgo Tree) and two hotels (The Wright Inn and the Carleton) Oak Park has a arts district that may as well be in the city, an excellent downtown...

I remember when I first saw something like this ... two asian girls all giddy because they had stumbled upon a very prolific ginkgo biloba tree and were picking up the fruits off the sidewalk. I’m a fairly adventurous...

JinJiang was once my fave chinese place near Westwood when I lived there. They had great “shanghai” specialties, wonderful dish with oysters and ginkgo nuts, very good huaiyang style seafood. The problem – the...

I just found out that Ginkgo Leaf does lunch only on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

tasting clams in a nice, if somewhat forgettable sauce. Following some service mishaps, with incorrect dishes brought out twice, we received our main courses: Ginkgo chicken with a reduced merlot wine sauce, crispy whole fish...

I’m curious about Jin Jiang. When they opened years back they had great Lions Head, oysters, xiaolong bao (known on this board for some reason as soup dumplings – the steamed dumplings with soup and meat inside)...

Grilled ginkgo nuts?? Time for another trip to Richmond... thanks, Pincus.

I know a tree grows in a Brooklyn, but does a Ginkgo tree grow in Manhattan? I appreciate the advice, though. I usually just buy them in the store all dried. But its nice to know that and maybe one day I’ll have a Ginkgo...

Why do you HAVE to go to Fuji-san? Ginkgo Leaf (spelling?) on Union near 7th is a unique and interesting little place that has a most impressive sake list. Impressive because they provide a detailed description of well over 20...

This is a losing battle, I’m afraid. Ginkgo nuts. Not gingko.

scaldling hot (they cooled down). 6. roasted ginkgo nuts (ginnan) lightly salted. Had to peel but tasty and refreshing served hot. 7. thin slices of flash-fried sting-ray fin. Tasted to me like fish jerky – my pal said they...

and delicious//sweet rice with duran- not very distinctive//pumpkin custard- exc. flavor but baked at too high a temp, causing the custard to be rubbery, with lots of holes, instead of smooth and creamy// taro...

. The foie gras was especially good, as was the o-toro – bluefin belly – which was rich and buttery and just about perfect. Monkfish liver was also excellent, as was a small salad with a few slices of sashimi and a...

and other gluten and textured protein (I used to get ginkgo nuts and kaofu served on a spirit lamp), they had “red cooked” dishes, good crab and oysters. It was wonderful. They also had no clientele. So the inevitable...

of oysters and ginkgo and the like. They’ve cut back because the neighborhood really didn’t support the “odder” dishes and the items were perishable so we all lose out. However, the last time I went, they...