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the INDIE CAFE!!! hahaha

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 22:32 (eighteen years ago) link

recently i went to a great pakistani restaurant in a former diner. it still has the banquettes & counter in place! awesome!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 22:32 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh, I forgot to say, my current favorite is a Carribean/South American place called Tropix in Oakland. A big deck out the back, AMAZING cornbread, Brazilian beer, jerk chicken and curry and crabcakes...fucking great.

― Yakuza Ghost Six (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 22:33 (eighteen years ago) link

i am going to a "nouveau concept" spanish place in 30 minutes!!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 22:33 (eighteen years ago) link

what does that mean?

― Yakuza Ghost Six (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 22:34 (eighteen years ago) link

La Sirena Grill in Laguna Beach.

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― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 22:41 (eighteen years ago) link

i'll see in half an hour! (xp)

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 22:43 (eighteen years ago) link

There are a lot of real food experts on ILX. I wish I was one of them!

― Yakuza Ghost Six (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 22:43 (eighteen years ago) link

you can be! just double your food intake until you know more about food!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 22:45 (eighteen years ago) link

"there is no teacher as wise as experience"

--nostradamus

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 22:46 (eighteen years ago) link

I took Alex in SF to watch a "soccer" match and in return he introduced me to the JOYS of a brunch at Memphis Minnie's. Oh. My. God.

― Yakuza Ghost Six (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 22:46 (eighteen years ago) link

droolx0r

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 22:48 (eighteen years ago) link

They fly all their ingredients in from South Carolina! Despite the dictates of cost and common sense!

― Yakuza Ghost Six (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 22:48 (eighteen years ago) link

what's the nearest cross street to it, adam?

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 22:50 (eighteen years ago) link

Not sure...Stanyan?

Did you go there?

― Yakuza Ghost Six (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 22:56 (eighteen years ago) link

No but my sis lives right off haight so I thought I'd tell her about it. so at the least she'd remember it when i was in town next.
what's that fried chicken place around there that's awesome? i went there twice.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 23:00 (eighteen years ago) link

Powell's?

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 23:13 (eighteen years ago) link

I have really enjoyed Edendale Grill in Silverlake the last couple times I went.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 23:14 (eighteen years ago) link

I have really enjoyed Edendale Grill in Silverlake the last couple times I went.

The great Silverlake food of the moment is Gingergrass

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 23:17 (eighteen years ago) link

*anyone know of a *good* - and i mean really proper, decent mexican place in london*

You need Café Pacifico (Langley St, Covent Garden) in your life!

― Mog, Thursday, 9 June 2005 09:47 (eighteen years ago) link

NB my favourite central London restaurants are:

Kulu Kulu, Brewer St (sushi)
Mela, Shaftesbury Ave (Indian)
Café Pacifico (Mexican)

and I would love to be able to eat at Claridge's every day.

― Mog, Thursday, 9 June 2005 09:49 (eighteen years ago) link

omg i am so going to MILLIE'S PANCAKE HAUS tomorrow. i passed it last week and sorta forgot about it until i started hankering for pancakes just now.

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― metal assembly (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 10 June 2005 03:18 (eighteen years ago) link

how can anything spelled "haus" be bad?

― metal assembly (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 10 June 2005 03:20 (eighteen years ago) link

I think probably West Town Tavern. Have the lamb. Or the potroast.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 10 June 2005 03:22 (eighteen years ago) link

yum, i love pot roast.

― metal assembly (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 10 June 2005 03:23 (eighteen years ago) link

ten months pass...

Well we just back from Cay Tre 301 Old Street. Found out that they were outstanding. For a experience of 5 years living in Vietnam, I can tell this one offer the most authentic so far as their menu only has 10% chinese stuff like aromatic duck etc..., The most difficult Vietnamese dish to cook is "Pho", everyone can cook it but just a few make it nice, Cay Tre does it. Viet Hoa and Khoai seem like just half way, they cover the menu by many chinese dish which you can easily find in a Soho restaurant menu.
For the dodgy big spring roll Cay tre does, I can tell you why. Spring roll is differently made through the length of Vietnam. Hanoi Spring Rolls are big, double the size and slightly different with the Saigon version. Cay tre chef must be a guy from Vietname Capitol, Hanoi, as when you go through the menu, you can find most of the dishes are Northen Vietnam, from Hanoi.

― tarbucndge, Sunday, 23 April 2006 14:23 (eighteen years ago) link

OK but the spring rolls made by the chefs that moved to Minnesota were more massive than even Cay Tre's but a million times nicer - and had pork, prawn, bean thread, onion, carrot and spices in them. Minnesota also has a lot of Hmongs amongst its recent Vietnamese immigrants. Is this a coincidence?

We've been raving about Cay Tre for a few years now.

― suzy (suzy), Sunday, 23 April 2006 15:20 (eighteen years ago) link

on the not-cheap-but-not-ourageous tip, my favorite restaurant of the moment is BARBUTO in NYC's far west village. small menu of nontrad Italian-ish dishes: interesting salads*, hearty pastas, a beautiful half roast chicken swimming in herbal green sauce. wine list isn't too daunting though I tend towards martinis, they know how to make 'em. the space itself is a former garage on Washington St, go later this spring or summer when they open up the sides.

*the salad w/squid & black chick peas is nice but ask for the unctious alioli dressing on the side if youre squeamish about richness like me.

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Sunday, 23 April 2006 15:22 (eighteen years ago) link

I wuv Raeburns in Paisley. Been going there regularly since it opened, and have never had a less than excellent meal yet. Friendly staff, fresh local ingredients, cracking house wines, imaginative menus, unstuffy, unpretentious, unhassled. Would recommend it to anyone.

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 23 April 2006 15:29 (eighteen years ago) link

Just tried Viet Grill in Kingsland Rd. Definitily this is 2nd branch of Cay Tre. Their Feudal Roast Beef and Honeyed quail with lotus seed broth are fabulous. I've never tried it in any Vietnamese restaurant.
Tips: Go to Cay tre first, ask for Viet Grill. They the will give you a discount card. Bring it to Viet Grill and you'll have 10% off the bill. Found it out last week, when I was waiting for a table at Cay tre.

― huge, Monday, 24 April 2006 15:06 (eighteen years ago) link

Does anyone live near Muenster in West Germany?

The Ruschhaus restaurant is where I want to have the end of my days.

― JTS (JTS), Monday, 24 April 2006 15:44 (eighteen years ago) link

ooh, maybe you can help me. i used to go to this vietnamese place in chicago and my favorite dish there was this kind of beef spring roll. ive mentioned it a couple times on ilx. but anyways, its the kind wrapped in the fresh ricepaper, and has strips of grilled beef, but its a deep red color and has peanuts on it. its fully cooked, but its dark red - not sure how. and then there's strips of carrots, bean sprouts, cilantro, lettuce in it - and you dip it in a spicy fish oil sauce thing. oh god it was good. do you know what this is called in vietnamese? i'd find out from the restaurnat, but they closed down.

― phil-two (phil-two), Monday, 24 April 2006 16:03 (eighteen years ago) link

We came across possibly the best restraunt in the country, surprisingly enough in Biloxi, Mississippi. According to the head chef, despite it being local, this little place has served billions and billions of people. The menu is strictly "Americana," which suited us just fine because we had our fill of Tibetan cuisine while traveling through Kansas. They served beef, chicken, and fish entrees. No lamb. Thank God! A favorite among us was one of the beef dishes that consisted of approximately a quarter of a pound of sirloin, chopped and pattied, resting in a freshly made, still warm to the touch, sesame seed roll. Another dish that was a big hit with us, also a beef dish, was similar in style, but what put this one over the edge was its "special sauce." (Don't bother asking the head chef for the recipe. His secret stays in-house.) A side of their homemade potato wedges, which they personally salt for you, and an old-style, all-American soda pop complete this dining nirvana. From the get-go the waitron was eager to push the "just like mom used to make" apple pie, which comes in an adorable cardboard sleeve. And to top it all off, they have a ball pit, a slide, and a friendly clown. What more could we ask for?

― Chris Cohen (ath), Monday, 24 April 2006 16:11 (eighteen years ago) link

four months pass...

do you really prefer green papaya to viet house, ed?

i went to green papaya the other week, and the tilapia was very nice, but the selection didnt match up to viet house, i didnt think

i dont go to restaurants as often as i'd like

― -- (688), Monday, 28 August 2006 13:22 (seventeen years ago) link

The great Silverlake food of the moment is Gingergrass

was sorta meh on this, although it was certainly passable. favorite thing there was the papaya salad.

― el borracho (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 28 August 2006 13:28 (seventeen years ago) link

oddly enough this is exactly like several restaurants here too. what are the chances?

― Kim (Kim), Monday, 28 August 2006 14:11 (seventeen years ago) link

That post was incredibly depressing.

― Danny Aioli (Rock Hardy), Monday, 28 August 2006 14:25 (seventeen years ago) link

Three way tie between Sticky Rice, Thai Spoon and TAC Quick. All real Thai food in Chicago.

― wostyntje (wostyntje), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 00:32 (seventeen years ago) link

radio maria in champaign, il.

so good. its basically spanish food with some twists.

― t0dd swiss (immobilisme), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 00:37 (seventeen years ago) link

Pho Han in northernmost Seattle was my favorite last week. $2 bahn mi. $3 fresh pork rolls. Delicious.

― Jaq (Jaq), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 00:42 (seventeen years ago) link

for me, it's still Matagali on Elm here in Toronto. their vegetable pakoras, basmati, lamb vindaloo, sweet, sweet butter chicken and oven-hot naan bread is probably the best meal ever.

― Kim (Kim), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 00:50 (seventeen years ago) link

any place with good pancakes. i am more about diners and pubs. a burger and a few beers at Chumley's is always pleasing.

― kephm (kephm), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 00:52 (seventeen years ago) link

i had some fantastic ceviche at flor's cafe over on the eastside. this is probably hardly a discovery to most ppl. but it was still excellent.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 01:29 (seventeen years ago) link

favorite restaurant of the moment: the lebanese-armenian carousel in glendale. go with friends, skip the entrees, and just basically order everything on the mezze menu.

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― el borracho (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 01:36 (seventeen years ago) link

GROCERY STORE

― broke as fuck (skowly), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 01:38 (seventeen years ago) link

NYC: Lima's Taste - obv Peruvian

― PappaWheelie, Olives, Red Wine, Coffee, Scotch, and Me (PappaWheelie 2), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 01:41 (seventeen years ago) link

My fave NYC Peruvian place is Chimu in williamsburg.

― the eunuchs, Cassim and Mustafa, who guarded Abdur Ali's harem (orion), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 04:01 (seventeen years ago) link

in NYC: Dumont (super-seasonal standards executed excellently, great burgers, greater garden), Financier Patisserie (astoundingly fresh-tasting salads, proper pastries, outdoor seating at North Cove or Stone St)

in New Haven: The Pantry (superior eggs at brunch, wooden tables and diner counter, undergrads meet tough guys, jazz festival posters and jazz)

in DC: Vegetate (high cult of freshness, boho non-scene), Capital Q (real enough Texas bbq, Lucinda and the Blasters)

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 06:20 (seventeen years ago) link

special mention for drinks service - Zinc in New Haven

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 06:29 (seventeen years ago) link

Had a glorious meal at Le Bistro in Hornsey, London N8 last Friday.

I'm salivating at the mere thought of the wild mushroom risotto I had. mmmm

― Daniel Giraffe (Daniel Giraffe), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 09:55 (seventeen years ago) link

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