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that the head writer is listed as none other than Mick Vann, of the Austin Chronicle. Plus, CHOW seems to take advertising from local bars and restaurants like the Mohawk Bar (whose print ad is on page 2 of the .pdf file) and...

Thanks for the tip. I hope to try it next time I’m in town. The link is to Mick Vann's review in the 13 May issue of The Austin Chronicle. Jim Link: http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2005-05-13/food_mini.html

There was an article in the January 4 Chronicle entitled "Mick Vann: excellent Dumplings I have known In 2007." It’s probably still on The Chronicle website. I cut it out and put it on my refrigerator, but can’t...

You are so right about the tolerance for bad sushi, It doesn’t help that the food writers here seem to have no idea what good sushi is. Even my fave, Mick Vann, led me to the terrible Origami. At Musashino, the transcendent...

to Sushi Sake. Every other sushi bar I’ve tried – Ichiban, Kyoto, Shogun and several Korean restaurants – have been decidedly worse. I’ve never been to Musashino at lunch. The most reliable food writer in...

...my bud Mick Vann at the Chronicle has written good things...and any place that serves pork belly can’t be all bad!!!!

My tops in order are: Cooper’s (Mason) - Those in the know that I know (Mick Vann (Austin Chronicle), Mark Schmidt (Cafe 909)) claim that it is better than the one in Llano. I’d like to compare it myself someday,...

in many of the good-looking dishes around me. I heard about Asia Cafe through Mick Vann's Top 10 International Eats for 2006 as listed recently in the Austin Chronicle. I had earlier read his full review of Asia Cafe, and being...