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Last Post - Biscuit technique & other matters
After thinking about this over night I will no longer post or participate on the board. Lets just say I have a problem with some selective deletion of posts and let it go at that. If I have learned anything at my age it is to mean...
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Am I too picky?
snippets of old reviews that are so out of date, sometimes the places are barely even open (Soul Kitchen). So, I only check out the well-reviewed, interesting sounding places in my area. Not the breakfast place on Queen E that...
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need yummy reccomendations for SF
! No gloves, no utensil—the “good,” old-fashioned way. No thanks! The mussels were pretty good but about 2/3 of my clams did not open. I did not get back to them because it was a very busy time for me—right...
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Sripraphai -- perhaps the best, but only half great
ate amazing thai in Sydney almost every night for 2 weeks and I never tasted a bad Satay. ANYWAY It wasn’t the sauteed catfish, which had a completely delicious sauce — even if the bones threw off my gringo...
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Toronto - Top 10 Chowhound Picks
serves the best Pad Thai in Toronto. Also serves Burgers for those Chowhounds who travel with the unconverted. BUT at night becomes a Reggae club (after 9:30) so theres sometimes a cover charge. About $40 with beer....
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San Pablo - Gou Bu Li - Xiao Chi Advice?
almost as Melanie described in the link below. Open nicely browned wrappers with a juicy ground pork inside. There was no leek or ginger. If Melanie had not mentioned it, I would not have noticed the heat in the soy sauce, but I...
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Northern Chinese breakfast, really.
. I have to explain that this Da Bing (which I had purchased and tried the night before) is one of the two versions. The “Shou” Da Bing is the one they’re having. It’s not as wide, but thicker with several...
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Guides for travelling and eating in Italy (Was Fodor's or Frommer's)
, or to visiting industrial places like the Ferarri car factory, or who knows, disco, night life in Italy, or guides to farms, especially popular are olive oil farms and wineries (agritourism has become big in Italy). Obviously,...
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The Myriad Guises of Quesadillas.
fold and roll. The basic filling is beans and rice, but meat can be added, or machaca (stringy beef with chilis and eggs), or just about anything else you can wrap up. But a burrito is completely folded like an envelope, not left...
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Chicken Dish mention on Beyond Computers
The literal translation for the Cantonese name is Glutinous Rice chicken. The rule is to order it 24-hrs. in advance. However, one time I called in the order at about 11:30am for a dinner at 7:30 pm the same night. The hostess...
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Safety of raw oysters etc.
Vibrio vulnificus infections with a mortality rate of almost 50% in the reported cases of bloodstream infection (it can also cause an infection of the skin when open wounds are exposed to contaminated, warm seawater which may...
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Moving to SD - where's the best food?
. There IS good food in San Diego. There have been some intrepid researchers of Chinese restaurants lately. Chinese: I heartily recommend Dumpling Inn on Convoy, they have vegetarian dumplings and greens with garlic. Those seem...
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Union Square area
Yama’s is super. The sushi is very, very fresh. We just had dinner there last week and after a pretty long wait for a Monday night (about 45 minutes), we dug in at the sushi bar and splurged. For a huge plate of sushi...
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Roast Pyunchae
Last night ate at local Korean restaurant. Actually have been eating there lots lately; virgin experiances for me in the Korean dept. aside from Kim Chee and Bul Go Gi. Question: on the appetizer page is an item called Roast...
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Luger Virgin Needs Advice, Please
Thanks to everyone for the great advice! I’ll check back in next week with our review! And what a week it will be. Starting today, Tuesday, through Saturday night, these ex-NY’ers (OK, OK, actually Queens ;-)...
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