lobster and crab cooked any possible way, the preserved egg with pork congee served during dim sum hours 8. Splash Cafe (pismo Beach) — clam chowder like I had it as a kid, my one indulgence. But bring your own peppermill...

it....the fair. makes it all the more special. we then sit and eat it next door and breathe in the aroma of all the christmas trees...and complain that pretty as they are, they are too full and thick. (we like charlie brown trees...

. On the first plate were small portions, nicely arranged, of Tamale de aceítunas con salsa de dos tomates (olive corn tamale, tree and pear tomatoes salsa), Omelette de fínas hierbas y champíñones (fine herbs omelet, mushrooms),...

white rice w/sugar and butter as a vegetable. Orange County, Southern California - In the day when there were more orange trees than people, there was Orange Ice. A small wooden booth by the side of the road next to the home...

Hamburger Burgers Mandalay Burmese Cajun Pacific Cajun/Creole PJ’s Oyster Bed Cajun/Creole, Seafood Angkor Borei Restaurant Cambodian San Tung Chinese Restaurant #2 Chinese Taiwan Restaurant Chinese Hunan Homes Restaurant Chinese...

-Ital, or Californian-Italian. You could do this kind of “family tree” with any assimilated cuisine in the US. I’d also like to ask you to please watch the words homogenization and fake. These words have judgment attached to them,...

with cream sauce or cheese sauce. Cheese sauce makes everything better! In fact, if I had seriously anti-veggie kids, I’d probably try making broccoli and cauliflower trees and letting the kids DIP them in the sauce. Most...

I like their seafood and hot pots, the eggplant with diced chicken and salted fish has a distinctly chinese flavor that is not available in chinese-american places, oyster casserole, seafood hotpot. I also like the sesame...

invited his favorite teacher over for a whale of a dinner. What could I do? Hurt his feelings? And roundup time on my students' ranch in New Mexico when I was in my twenties. Not only was I challenged to eat the Rocky Mountain...

Are you referring to Bodhi Tree bookstore? The one next to Urth Caffe? chica

with oysters was crazy for the sushi-ya, even served in a french context, outside his bar, in any culture. Trust me, people in every culture can be arrogant, even japanese people. Let’s all have adventures. I concur wildly....

this thread is great for self-reflection. I’m not embarrassed about any of these. (all Pasadena/South Pas) Saladang/Saladang Song Pasadena Sandwich Co. Gerlach’s Grill Kahana Hawaiian Grill Senor Fish Union Bakery Lemon Tree...

well with a fig paste or conserve or jam or something. Epiphany was very most definitely influenced by the fact that the Napa Valley vineyard where I work has this wonderful fig tree and let’s just say that figs are part of...

Uhhh...they did. Quickfire to debone chicken, french rack of lamb and shuck oysters...... and they used strange meats to make a meal...not desserts but that would have been too gimmicky and actually a bit unfair for an elimination...

is an experience to be tried at east once. Fresh Maritime oysters from cool waters, and even canned clams (Arctic Surf) can’t be duplicated further south. How about bannock? Is it avalaible in ‘the States’?...