and was taken to Congee Village and my impression is that their congee was not good at all. Other dishes were equally not good. Take a train ride to Flushing, there resides the real stuff. By the way in Oakland I never spent more...

room, and best of all: there were more folks (not including our table) enjoying the place than I remember from any or my many visit to the old location! The bad news is: on weekends you might want to call ahead for a reservation,...

that subtly grew instead of smacking you with a loud hello. We also ordered the chive dumplings, which they were out of, so we tried the sweet corn patties instead: deep fried cakes with kernels, taro, sweet potatoes, a hint of...

on his plate with what looked like bread crumbs – guessing it was supposed to be a broiled tomato but the crumbs were barely a pale yellow, much less a crisp golden. My French toast would have been great... BUT for some...

with basil, grilled pork on skewers, and a chicken in red curry without coconut milk. Everything was a notch or two spicier than when ordered off the normal menu (and also a little less sweet)Though it could still have been a...

poll: Five under-$15 joints where you’d take houndly visitors on an ethnic crawl. 11. Results reveal a breathtaking range – 104 restaurants were worthy of votes – of favorites providing a variety of outstanding...

sum. The steam table stuff looked even less appealing than Wing Lee’s, so we only tried the take-out dim sum offerings. Good har gau here with thinnish slightly chewy skins and big pieces of shrimp, among the few take-out...

certainly has a catchy appeal. Of course, the analogy breaks down once you slice London Broil the wrong way or too thick, but that’s beside the point.

What are your favorite spice/seasoning blends? It can be homemade or purchased (please mention from where). How do you use it?

" to go is. They advertised outside an all-you-can-eat buffet during the week for lunch. Maybe it’s better then...I don’t know. I did enjoy the prices (highest thing on the menu was $9.99) and also my dokh (Blended...

What do you cook when you're too tired to be inventive? I’m presently eating mine- I had mixed beans cooking in my crockpot all day, planning on freezing some and maybe doing dip with the rest. When it got late and I was...

because i was hoping for more food and less nostalgia. an omelette and a glass of wine, elizabeth david. i can see why she’s so highly revered, but i find m.f.k. fisher more to my taste. french lessons, peter mayle. highly...

the tomato was a bit nondescript. The menu reads well and the specials, which our waiter recited, sounded outstanding. We started with Ferrari’s signature appetizer, and Chicago Magazine recommended, Italian Sashimi, call it...

construction going on. Zero activity. I wonder whether they’ve acquired a spot there or how committed they are to this now that they’ve invested millions at Time Warner center. Go by that spot and you'll see what I...

with little prior dim sum knowledge), I have eaten more dim sum in the last year than all of my family members (40+) have in their entire lives. And you know what’s really exciting? Since the South’s last offering is on...