We always feed them, (as I type this my son’s college roommate is sleeping on a air matteress in his room and we made a special run late last night to pick up his favorite soda). It can be hard on the wallet sometimes but I...

I understand the seafood problem but if there’s any chance you can put together a dinner for your group in a larger room or something, you might do the stone crab thing. It’s terribly expensive to get in a restaurant...

, fairly priced, romantic dim subterranean rooms with candlelight and vintage jazz playing. An air of kindness permeates the place – as I mentioned in my first post I like the idea that the owners donate 10% of profits to...

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palate before hand. Like certain green teas, I find that if I’ve eaten anything strong in the few hours before I have these noodles, I can’t quite fully taste them. The first time I had them, I kind of gobbled them up...

where there are so many mediocre restaurants that serve pasta and copycat regional dishes that all taste like they came from the same kitchen named Olive.

be disappointed. I consider Musso’s an absolutely can’t miss. I don’t mind it for dinner although you can get better food just about anywhere but the room is so magical... The martinis are legendary but you...

make out a bicycle rickshaw still under wraps as well as a near-to-life-sized single horse-drawn carriage carved from mahogany. The new owners have knocked down the back wall separating the former dining room from the karaoke...

) and “potato pancakes” which were less like any potato pancake your Jewish grandmother made and more like fried balls of mashed potatoes in a peanut-tasting gravy. The effect was sort of like mixing the kugelis from...

" when I have to send it back. Now, I don’t like the taste of beef, but I would never send back a dish if I did not notice that it contained beef and ordered it. I would eat around it and/or give the beef to my SO.

Thanks for update on how your Ann Arbor chowing has been going, J. Made it out to Tomatoes Apizza yet? We were just there a couple weeks ago, and they’ve added a much larger eat-in dining room. I’ve only been to...

Green papaya deli is great — I spent 3 weeks in Laos in December, and their food tastes as close to the real thing as I’ve had out here. When I was in there, they made the papaya salad to order — they had me...

by Flo Braker The Fanny Farmer Baking Book by Marion Cunningham Secrets of a Jewish Baker: Authentic Jewish Rye and Other Breads by George Greenstein Room for Dessert and Ripe for Dessert, both by David Lebovitz Diner Desserts by...

to French Bistro would be Johnny’s Bistro downtown. They are quite expensive but I guess they have recently changed the menu to offer less costly items and are now also serving platters of fruits de mer. Beautiful room. For...

. There are lots of Bia Hoi joints around that area too in case you still have room for beer. Little Hanoi is in the guidebooks I’m pretty sure. Da Lat link: http://www.chowhound.com/boards/intl/messages/12679.html General...