-crispy), and pickled vegetable dou jiang – soy milk tian dou jiang – sweet soy milk xian dou jiang – salty soy milk – somewhere between solid and liquid - seasoned with vinegar, topped with extra-crispy you...

and meringues. Central european style. B & L GOURMET PASTRIES 8556 W 3RD ST 90048 LOS ANGELES link – see below note, pages 3 4 and 9 are the most interesting. page 6 has a printout coupon. Around the corner at Michel richard,...

for a Vietnamese restaurant. It’s not a place to have a quick weekday dinner. The place wasn’t too busy – only 4 tables occupied. I’d hate to see what would happen if they were even half full – given...

on the Hudson uses White Plains Linen. No skimping – anywhere. When a restaurant skimps on such a small detail, think they won’t do it with other things? 4. Rail Liquor. Are they serving Red Roses whiskey for their house liquor?...

wandering from office building to office building (floor to floor) or by young guys with the basket attached to the handlebar of a bicycle. The form emerged as an exigency: the need to have tacos that are enjoyable lukewarm. The...

was much moister, but had a slight out-of-the-box taste. The frosting was surprisingly tasty—it had a slight tang, and I think it’s cream cheese based. Both cupcakes were fairly small, 3 or 4 bite affairs. All in all,...

Once upon a time (and a very long time ago it was), Vikki Lee’s in Newton WAS a place I would have rated “A”. Divine dacquoise, First-of-the-season Strawberry cake with buttercream TDF and the staff were willing...

. Crispy fried pastry, with a snappy crunch enclosed well-seasoned ground beef. These were the highlight of my meal. It may be worth exploring further. I’m not sure.

Singapore crab is not at all like Baltimore crab. For one thing, the crab itself is rather larger. For another the dish is made with a sweet/hot chili sauce that is nothing like Old Bay seasoning. Once again, I have a pretty good...

on the menu. A lot of the fish is frozen, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. However, the fresh catch will probably be the tastiest. On some long menus maybe only one or two of the fish is not previously frozen. That is...

Annie, have you been there recently? I haven’t in a couple of years, they were always SO nice to me (I used to work at Adams and Oakley, was there 3-4 times a week for lunch) and the food was good, every time I’ve...

As a very small person in Japan (ages 1-4), I used to sneak around and swipe my other family members little squares of seaweed. My first chowhoundish memory.... I must say that I do think we are all born pretty darned...

I went to Ocean Jewels this weekend with some seasoned veterans of the restaurant and they took care of ordering. Good fish maw soup, good sauteed pea shoots, a very good house roasted chicken topped with fried garlic, scallions...

the changes to seasonal veggies, the menu seems static. I only ate there once, so maybe things change more than I know, but IIRC, the most recent report had a lot of what I had for my lunch.

a clean cycle with the dishcharge hose in a measured bucket. The normal cycle used 4.8 gallons total. The dishwasher doesn’t continuously use water. There are three “slugs” of water on mine (JennAir) for the...