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    "Healthy" homemade pop?

    recipes. Have also heard that boiling the lemons before use and using the water from boiling in the recipe makes a better 'ade. Almond or hazelnut flavors would be interested in a soda. Ginkgo nut is kind of similar to hazelnut....

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    Congee Village

    ) Sauteed Lotus Root with Special Bean Paste Sauce (one of my perennial favorites on the menu – the dish is not complex but is inspired) Assorted Vegetables Buddhist Style (includes ginkgo nuts and bamboo pith!) Eggplants...

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    Sick bed ideas!

    I’m partial to congee, esp. with ginkgo nuts.

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    review of Dumpling HOuse, temple city and a find at jasmine -chengdu snax (long)

    , they did offer the apples – and drove by SY aka SHenyang restaurant. Shenyang oddly had the dish on the menu as Apple fritters or some such in english but the Chinse had baiguo (white fruit) which usually means ginkgo....

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    Bakeries/Coffeeshops in St. Paul/Nearby Suburbs

    and Randolph, across the street from a brand spanking new Caribou). Bean Factory at 1518 Randolph Ave (couple blocks east of Snelling Ave) Cosmic’s Coffee at 189 N. Snelling (just north of Selby) Ginkgo at 721 N. Snelling Ave...

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    Review and Comparison of Brooklyn Blue Ribbon Sushi

    I found Ginkgo Leaf to be pretty bad. I’d never go back. The service was awful and the food was nothing to write home about.

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    Osaka Style Sushi

    Also at Ginkgo Leaf on Union just off 7th.

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    Wowed at Roxanne's

    tasty. Started with an herbal potion – the Unwind was a mellow blend with passionfruit, guava, strawberry, lemon balm, etc....others tried the Diamond Mind (for mental clarity & memory) with amaretto java, ginkgo biloba,...

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    Olives New York @ W Union Square

    I’ve been meaning to comment on Olives for over two weeks. I guess the ginkgo biloba isn’t working. I agree the bar/lounge space is a little hectic. The fact there is no smoking (at all)and that the bar space adjacent...

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    CONGEE BOWERY SUGGESTIONS PLEASE

    steamer and also includes lily buds, ginger, tree ears, and scallions) 704. Sauteed Lotus Root with special bean paste sauce (red bean, not black bean sauce – somewhat sweet) 705. Assorted Vegetables Buddhist Style (includes...

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    BEST cup of coffee in the Twin Cities??

    I’d have to vote for Ginkgo on Snelling Avenue in St. Paul, and a newly opened little shop in my neighborhood called Java Train on Pascal St. There are lots of coffee shops out there that serve pretty poor coffee, IMNSHO.

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    Walking the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan

    ditto...you’ll be there at prime dimsum time...i’d say go to 88 Palace in the grungy mall at 88 E.Broadway...or XO Kitchen on Hester and get congee w/ dried scallop and ginkgo nuts... a totally different, more upscale...

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    In-shell ginko nuts

    A local market has in-shell ginko (ginkgo) nuts. Now what do I do? Reading up on ginko nuts it seems they have lots of health benefits and one health drawback ... too many will kill you. Reputed benefits: Reverse memory loss,...

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    Duck place in Korean Town

    is luxurious by any standard. Its sweet rice stuffing, an assemblage of nuts, seeds and dried fruits, includes whole glazed walnut halves, roasted chestnuts, ginkgo nuts and perfect fig halves. A mysterious, spindly tonic herbal...

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    Green VIllage

    Monica near veteran (near westwood). At one time they had good Huaiyang dishes on LA’s west side. Ginkgo nuts served with that spirit lamp, oysters like in Shanghai, Lion’s head, silver thread rolls, red cooked...

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