. Taqueria Arandas No. 5 (South 1st): Further down from Mexicana bakery, also great. I had an early lunch there another Sunday, before it filled up. Excellent barbacoa and egg-potato tacos, along with a fine bowl of menudo...

I sure wish Houston could have as many underrated restaurants as Austin. The food in this town is horrible. Its amazing that a city with so many cultures can not have a great selection to choose from. Oh wait a minute we do. I...

Agree!! Read recently that the piled high trend is over and the next trend will be horizontal plating. What bothers me about the piling high thing is the amount of handling the food goes through before you get it – just...

it out. We pretty much winged it on the ordering and it worked out that we got a nice variety of dishes. So I don’t put words in anyone’s mouth I will give my impressions of each dish. Some descriptions are from the...

You had better luck than me at 4 in the morning. On the way home from clubbing, a group of us went in (it was open, afterall) hoping for a pre-dawn breakfast. “Sorry, we're closed” the staff said. “But you say...

don’t need to take notes, you don’t need to look up address/phone, you don’t need to search through thousands of postings for that certain tip. It means if you miss reading everything, you’ll never ever...

of cookies that aren’t harmed by hacking out a third of the sugar. Pies can be sweetened with apple juice or pineapple juice. Sugar free syrups – ED Smith makes one from concentrated grape juice – are a good...

in the city. Thai Pastry and Restaurant 4925 N. Broadway (773) 784-5399 For Thai that the board has come to consider benchmarks, search for threads on Thai Aree and Spoon Thai. Take special note of the items at Spoon Thai from the...

I’ve been to Taiwan Cafe a couple times before, but last night was my first time with a big enough group to try lots of things, and first time back since collecting dish recommendations from old threads here. As has been...

every two weeks. I’ve cooked just about everything in my smoker, from pork shoulder, brisket, sausage, salmon, steak, turkey and chicken to eggplant, stuffed peppers, onions (for soup and frying), shrimp, cheese, and...

around the fermented shrimp and anchovies it works. Kare kare is also sometimes served with tripe. It was a good size portion leaving you full but not stuffed. The wife tried the caldereta or beef chunks braised in tomato sauce...

-called food and nearly wept from disgust.

Obviously, you won’t have time or appetite for all those places in four days. My personal “musts” from your list, for a quick NO survey, would include: Cafe du Monde, for beignets and cafe au lait Central Grocery...

. sadly, she’s also exploring the option of setting up shop in manhattan because of the low traffic volume and the fact that 'at least 70% of my regulars are from manhattan anyway'. if thats what she has to do, thats what...

For all of us transplanted NY’ers, could you explain just what this Southern treat is all about. How are they prepared, what do they taste like, etc. Also, can you explain what those chilled things (fruits?)that come from...