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stumped for wedding gift....your go-to gift?
Donvier 1 quart ice cream maker. You keep the bowl in the freezer, and can make ice cream in about 15 minutes. People seem to really like them....
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Truth in Advertising - BBQ Restaurants
kinds of kudos going to a local (near Boston) gaijin-run sushiya that has to be good because people wait 45 minutes. I’ve been there and it’s about as close to the experience of being served by a real sushiya that has...
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Chowhounding strategy - Selecting wonderful, avoiding wretched?
me want to come back and eat here again". Sometimes that works. So far it always makes the server stop a minute and think. I know you should look at other dishes being served. That works well in non-English speaking restuarnats...
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Goodbye Zankou
You had me worried there for a minute.
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What do you do when a favorite restaurant slaps you in the face?
We loved their food, it was fantastic. And the owner kept saying, "Any minute now". : (
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Family of six report - R&G Lounge - Chinese
That place sounded like they’re just lousy cooks. Deep-frying prefabbed egg fu yung —- good grief, it takes 2 minutes to make one fresh!!! You can get tomato beef chow mein at tons of places that know how to cook....
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Bringing own condiments to restaurants?
What a minute. You never said what you do. I Call. What is more important to you? Do you care more about what strangers think or more about how much you enjoy your food? Link:...
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Family of 6 report - Aziza - Moroccan
and a slightly roudier atmosphere than Bacco, so I could rant and rave without being heard by all our neighbors)....About half way through the tedious drive (it took a good 45 minutes to get from our home in Bernal Heights to...
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Chinese Restaurants Today
a deliacate egg blossom soup, or a firey Hunan prawn dish! Excellent! When I moved about 30 minutes inland, there are only a couple good Chinese restaurants to choose from.(Thankfully there is one really good one) But I also cook...
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Butcher Shop -- really insanely expensive
They are reasonably fresh shucked. The bar has its own oyster bar and chef shucking away. They may sit out 10 minutes tops I’d imagine, less when more busy. I think you’re supposed to order beers too, but that has...
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Beer or Wine as a "Life Style" Choice
beer and wishes (if possible ) to even further cloud the flavor of an already flavorless beer (damn that’s hate). At another level there was a person I met at brewpub who could not get her head around why I would drive 50...
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NY Chowhound visiting LA
. Take Laurel for a few miles. Right on Ventura Blvd. Dupar’s is within the next block on the south side of the street. On a good, nontraffic day, the drive will take less than 20 minutes. Link: http://www.dupars.com/
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women and bad service
as you. jfood fully believes that these less than professionals think they can size up the custo in the first few minutes and figure out what the tip might be and manages his/her time for whet they believe is the highest...
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What's wrong with "full-fat"??
for you simply because it is low fat. We must learn to look at the whole picture. The diet industry will have you eating no fat one minute and no carbs the next. We do need fat and carbs but we need the right types of each. We...
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When did fake crab meat become so ubiquitous? And why isn't anyone else complaining?
what, Taco Bell isn’t authentic? anyway Jack in the Box tacos are far better and worse. I for one, don’t consider it a minute as imitation anything. We (I’m) just using a relatively neutral term (surimi) because I...
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