out of the fridge now and bring it up to room temperature?) (I remember my mother steaming her christmas pudding in a pyrex bowl every year... until one day she put it into the pan and heard a CRACK and it broke cleanly in half!...

be easier on the reader, if they could just view the reviews, that interest them, or might fit into their itinerary. I’ve reflected on my dining experiences, and also on previous articles/reviews of some of these restaurants. One...

I’m interested in reading chowhound reviews of the Iron Chef battle between Flay and Morimoto that aired last night. (I didn’t know crabs had brains.) I thought it was way too long and drawn out. I didn’t get the...

of Fine Chocolates, 3109 N. Broadway. Though I’m in this area frequently (Intelligentsia Coffee is a few feet away), I never realized that they had so many pastries here, and none of them overly made-up with fake colors....

the other downtown place is Mehran at 21st and Pennsylvania. Popular with World Bankers and students. For more info, check out the site below. It has reviews (more from a halal perspective, but interesting nonetheless) of quite a...

're looking for. Good luck. By the way, I work downtown Miami and live in east Hollywood. I can’t wait to get out of there every day when I’m done. It’s changed so much over the years. It used to be quite nice.

disappointed and misled. Same thing with BBQ (check out the Ontario board for a thread on this). There are a bunch of places here that claim to offer “authentic” Texas/Memphis/Carolina/KC BBQ, and they are all...

look forward to seeing you, if you or any of your family can’t make it, please call and let us know before May 1" ? How much can I spell it out without insulting the people who actually know how to behave? Thanks!

pretzel (preferably just out of the oven) from Fisher’s 4. A cannoli or other pastry (lately it’s been the pig ears) from Termini’s 5. An apple fritter or cinnamon bun (the ones with the brown cinnamon on top, not...

few years. Again, feel free to add to this list. Ding Pangzi: 115-117 N. Lincoln Ave., Monterey Park Suitably grimy joint that has quite good danbing, really bad shaobing and big, pillowy buns. I quite like the Mushroom & Pork Bun...

chatting with. Blame it on all those wonderful wines. My favorite line from the evening concerned the dessert that you suck out of a glass tube (it tastes fabulous). After telling us how to do it, the waiter, perhaps seeing some...

On a recent trip to North Wales, PA, ught a huge sign in front of a large store caught my eye, titled “Assi ... International Food.” Turns out the store was a huge supermarket specializing in Korean food. I had never...

Limit pasta? I.Live.For.Pasta. I’m a pasta whore. Lisa would be so sad w/out her pasta :( And being half Asian I couldn’t give up the white rice (don’t tell me brown rice 'cause it just doesn’t taste like...

" and well thought out list. Insanely cheap corkage at C B, too, although the stemware is clunky.

helped out when so few here responded, myself included. Link: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/show/20028#68335