-too much peanut sauce spilled in an entree. He avoids all completely, but if you are adventurous, I think Ayara Thai is very careful and seems extraordinarily clean. Have you tried it? It’s close to you, I think. Peruvian...

WHEW!!! You made me work to find the answer (but I gladly did it to repay you for your answer!). I had to back-track through my searches but found the abalone mushrooms in the taro root risotto entree at Plumpjack Cafe in...

for both food and drink and rather expensive tastes. at the end of more than one group dinner when someone suggests splitting the bill evenly she’s spoken up and said "no, that’s not fair – i had more drinks...

This topic was split from a discussion on the Los Angeles board. If you have tips on where to find Cantonese snails with black bean sauce in the L.A. area, please see this thread: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/518541

[ Note: This post was split from the SF Bar Area Board at:http://www.chowhound.com/topics/427658#2811297 — The Chowhound Team] Kare… there are definitely some Veracruzanos in the Bay Area. Where? I am not sure. Last year I...

(Note: This thread was split from the South board at: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/585045#4301282 — The Chowhound Team). You CAN wear just about anything to most of the restaurants here, but do you WANT to? There are...

Well if I were eating with you I’d feel guilty about ordering/drinking twice as much, then splitting the tab evenly. Are you not “close” enough to any of these people to say something subtle like, "my God, you...

So I have a hambone with a good amount of ham still clinging to it left over from a tree-trimming party, and I HATE split pea soup. What else can I do with my bounty? TIA!

with a Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand. I don’t remember the entrees, since at least mine was a house special, fish dish. This is a lovely restaurant, as you can see from the pictures of just one of their diningrooms. It was a...

bread and maybe apps if the 5 order them. A 6th and 7th arrive 20 or 30 mins later and server (on a busy shift) has to go back to the table and do drinks orders again, bring another app or 2, more bread. Table does not know...

better than the crab. He had ordered the duck confit salad for his entree but it was forgotten and since I didn’t care for my fish we told the waiter to not worry about it. We did order dessert and they were the high point...

! Don’t order this dish unless if it’s made only with long green beans. (Eaten with sticky rice and a meat entree...tastes best with deep-fried fish or grilled pig intestines). -Ping Sai (Grilled intestines) - comes...

Kathleen M, I know that your thread was split from the SF board, so most of your comments are aimed at that particular market. Still, for a little discussion, on a bit broader concept, there is currently a “BYOB”...

. Mediocre pho broth is. So... I just don’t order the pho there anymore. I get the Vietnamese entrees.

[We’ve split this digression from the thread at http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/568710 — THE CHOWHOUND TEAM ] This may be a naive question but... Many of us will routinely pay $15+ per pound for fresh fish at Point...