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HONEYMOON! New Year's Eve in Bangkok, Phuket Chow?!?
) Thai food in a small, stylish restaurant. Linger until about 11 and then stroll down to the river to watch the fireworks. There will be lots and lots of people out (keep a watch on yr wallet). An excellent spot is at the water...
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Miami Beach for Art Basel
dearth of good seafood joints despite the fact that we are surrounded by water. Ortanique is one of my top choices for its “nuevo” Caribbean influenced dishes. In addition, Ortanique has the advantage of being off the...
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Epicurious Garden -- What's going on here?
Haven’t been there myself, but from the mix you know it’s not your father’s Berkeley. Or mine. Or the Alice Waters of the Free Speech Movement Days'. If you see Country Joe McDonald there with a gelato in his...
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Tonali: Nuevo Mexican in Durham. A Gem!
My husband and I ate at Tonali tonight. The atmosphere, as others have mentioned, wasn’t great – the cash register and ice machine should be moved elsewhere, but that was the only negative the entire evening. Service...
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Tex-Mex Essentials
... that is fun food for kids & teenagers. Chains like Danchos sell fresh fruit licuados, ice creams, frozen yogurt, tortas made from cold cuts etc., as well as their speciality.... Nachos. Nachos in Mexico are largely faithful...
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Dining out with dietary restictions -- wasting our $$$? (long)
our downtown right now and I can tell you there is no ice cream worth eating (short of gro sto Haagen Dazs), there are no good pastry shops. The closest artisinal bread baker is 35 mins away. I might as well be satisfied eating...
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Do you blame the server if...
more?" one night, i explained that our freezer had broken, and i’m sorry but we are not serving ice cream tonight. i had THREE different tables ask, “why is the freezer broken?” gee, if i knew that, i’d...
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Chowathon 2002 Aftermath
or samples of Parky french-fries. Again, perhaps another time. - Yet, we made it to Johnny’s Italian Beef stand almost exactly on time at 7 pm. It hardly bothered anyone that we had just eaten big cups of Italian ice cream....
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Article on American food -- "the second-worst culinary tradition in the world"
at the fried clam place could invent onion rings (on a steamship in California actually, or so the legend goes). And the guy at the drive-in will find a way to bastardize his hamburger meat, and cover it with sauces to confuse the...
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Omakase: subtle meaning other than "trust me"?
liked, and started to serve us small dishes of amazing stuff. NO reservations. (Bourdain, sliding across the ice...)
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Jfood Can't Bake - Any Other Home Cooks Have This Problem
for how many shells? Apples are a high water content item, as in they cook down. Dropping a pie shell, is just that. You dropped X. I bet you have dropped lots of Xs but are just hyper aware of this one. Same with slicing the...
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Quality Indian in MSP
but honestly the waiter grabbed my water glass out of my hand to refill it. That’s a bit intrusive. Basically we might head back there again if we’re visited friends in the area but I don’t think we’d...
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Embaressing Dining Partner- What to Do?
always complain that her food was "ice cold" and send it back regardless of whether or not the plate was so hot that the server had to use a towel to handle it. She would do that everywhere she went. Your relative won’t...
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Home Appliance help needed for a Kitchen Reno
a double drawer model and only use both drawers when entertaining or when I go nuts in the kitchen. Most days I just use one. Saves on water and energy. and they look good, take up the same space as a reg dishwasher.
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