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On 1/19/2015 12:54 PM, nospam wrote:
In article , PeterN wrote: If I see a "Chinese" restaurant with table clothes and forks on the table I don't go in. if you see a chinese restaurant without chinese customers in it, don't go in. i unfortunately was dragged to one place where not even the staff was chinese. needless to say, it was horrible. when i was a kid, i went to a chinese restaurant where there were no forks at all, even if you wanted one. you either used chopsticks or you didn't eat. not surprisingly, the food was very good. most chinese restaurants in the usa serve americanized crap. chinese patrons will order stuff *not* on the menu. We haave a lot of Chinese and other Asians here. There are some restaurants that cater to both. We used to go to a Mandarin restaurant where the owner would order for me. He never ordered somethiing bad, or Americanized. There are many different styles of Chinese food. Our favorites are Hong Kong Shanghai & Mandarin. I personally prefer sichuan, but it's much too spicy for my wife's taste. -- PeterN |
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On 1/19/2015 12:54 PM, nospam wrote:
In article 2015011909302511137-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom, Savageduck wrote: Local knowledge helps. which you won't find in yelp or some tourist book or the flyers in a hotel. However, I have found out that one can get really good places by asking the concierge. I don't ask for a straight recommendation. i usually ask where you you eat on a special occassion. It worked well for me in Marbella, Amsterdam, and Orlando. -- PeterN |
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On 1/19/2015 1:05 PM, Tony Cooper wrote:
On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 12:17:18 -0500, PeterN wrote: On 1/19/2015 10:43 AM, Savageduck wrote: snip McDonald's is not in anyway considered to be "good food" even in the USA. However, it has clean bathrooms and surprisingly decent coffee. At my age, restroom availability is essential on road trips. I'm less concerned than my wife about clean restrooms because I don't need to touch anything in the room. Yup! I usually stop in a McD's, use the restroom, buy coffee to go, and continue the cycle. I average .5 restroom stops per gallon of gas. Check your PSA. When Our daughter was about 4, we would make a pit stop, but she would insist she didn't have to. About five minutes after we left, ..... I'm sure you know the story. I found a sinmple solution. I bought a cheap portable camping toilet, with a bag. I told her the next time that happened she would have to use it. I never had to even open the box. It was sold at our gararge sale for $5, which was more than I paid for it. Win. Win.;-) in a small town I look for a Rotary club sign. It may not be the best, but for a lunch it is usually passable. That's a good tip. Never thought about it before. Visitors from Boston might think a Rotary Club is place for people who like to drive in circles, though. -- PeterN |
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In article , Tony Cooper
wrote: If I see a "Chinese" restaurant with table clothes and forks on the table I don't go in. if you see a chinese restaurant without chinese customers in it, don't go in. Not a good rule in this area because there are few Chinese here. then the chinese food there is probably not all that great. Probably not at all authentic, but there are some very good Chinese restaurants in the area. "Authentic" is not necessarily great, and great is not necessarily authentic. depends what you call good and i'm not talking about authentic. It is true of the Vietnamese restaurants, though. or cuban. Visually, it's hard to tell a crowd of Puerto Ricans from a crowd of Cubans. The women of both nationalities wouldn't be caught dead in public not wearing stiletto heels. i'm not talking about the people. cuban food in florida is good, and something sandman should have done rather than to go olive garden or taco bell. i doubt there are very many cuban restaurants in sweden, if any. |
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"PeterN" wrote in message
... On 1/19/2015 12:17 PM, PAS wrote: "PeterN" wrote in message ... On 1/19/2015 10:14 AM, PAS wrote: big brevity snip Chinese food, or what passes for Chinese food on the USA, wreaks havoc with my blood sugar levels because of the sauces - lots of sugar. I stay away from it now. You have to get out of the East End. I agree there are no decent authentic Chinese restaurants there. While there is one near us, we prefer to go to Flushing, especially for soup dumplings. If I see a "Chinese" restaurant with table clothes and forks on the table I don't go in. Not likely to happen - my wife is not a fan of Chinese food and rarely will eat it. She loves Mexican, there is a small place in Eastport called "El Rodeo" that is an authentic family-run Mexican restaurant. I'm not too keen on Mexican food but, like most restaurants, I always find something on the menu that I like. As it is said: Happy wife, happy life. fortunately my wife and I have similar taste in food. (Though not 100%) Speaking of finding something I like, my wife took me to Teller's in Islip to celebrate my 55th this weekend. Their menu has a lot of great choices for me. There's nothing like a great steak and potatoes for me. Happy B'Day. I agree. Tellers is excellent. In that category, I have a personal preference for Rothman's because it's close. I loved Ben Benson's Steakhouse in Manhattan. It's sad that the landlord forced him out and the restaurant closed after decades of business. |
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"PeterN" wrote in message
... On 1/19/2015 1:24 PM, Tony Cooper wrote: On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 12:54:26 -0500, nospam wrote: it's like trying to find new york pizza on the west coast. some places claim to offer it but they definitely do not. similarly, trying to find good chicago pizza outside of chicago won't result in much success. I spent several years living in Chicago and was a regular at Uno's. (Although I don't order the deep-dish style). When Uno's opened a location here, I was delighted...until I tried it. Terrible. It didn't last long. New Yorkers claim it's the water in the dough in pizza and bagels that make NY products good, but I'm not sure I buy that. Well if the flour, yeastand attitude are the same, what's left? The water only makes a difference in the dough. IMHO this place made the only bagels I enjoyed in FL. http://brooklynwaterbagels.com/ I know of several who wanted to ship NY water to FL for bagels, but the shipment cost was crazy. Many years ago, my first job was for a window and door manufacturer in Hicksville. We had a small plant in Kansas City, MO. Anytime any of traveled there on a business trip we had to bring two dozen bagels with us. They had nothing like it there. |
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On 1/19/2015 2:32 PM, nospam wrote:
In article , Tony Cooper wrote: If I see a "Chinese" restaurant with table clothes and forks on the table I don't go in. if you see a chinese restaurant without chinese customers in it, don't go in. Not a good rule in this area because there are few Chinese here. then the chinese food there is probably not all that great. Probably not at all authentic, but there are some very good Chinese restaurants in the area. "Authentic" is not necessarily great, and great is not necessarily authentic. depends what you call good and i'm not talking about authentic. It is true of the Vietnamese restaurants, though. or cuban. Visually, it's hard to tell a crowd of Puerto Ricans from a crowd of Cubans. The women of both nationalities wouldn't be caught dead in public not wearing stiletto heels. i'm not talking about the people. cuban food in florida is good, and something sandman should have done rather than to go olive garden or taco bell. i doubt there are very many cuban restaurants in sweden, if any. Google is your friend. http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Cuban+Restaurants&find_loc=Stockh olm -- PeterN |
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On 1/19/2015 2:46 PM, PAS wrote:
"PeterN" wrote in message ... On 1/19/2015 1:24 PM, Tony Cooper wrote: On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 12:54:26 -0500, nospam wrote: it's like trying to find new york pizza on the west coast. some places claim to offer it but they definitely do not. similarly, trying to find good chicago pizza outside of chicago won't result in much success. I spent several years living in Chicago and was a regular at Uno's. (Although I don't order the deep-dish style). When Uno's opened a location here, I was delighted...until I tried it. Terrible. It didn't last long. New Yorkers claim it's the water in the dough in pizza and bagels that make NY products good, but I'm not sure I buy that. Well if the flour, yeastand attitude are the same, what's left? The water only makes a difference in the dough. IMHO this place made the only bagels I enjoyed in FL. http://brooklynwaterbagels.com/ I know of several who wanted to ship NY water to FL for bagels, but the shipment cost was crazy. Many years ago, my first job was for a window and door manufacturer in Hicksville. We had a small plant in Kansas City, MO. Anytime any of traveled there on a business trip we had to bring two dozen bagels with us. They had nothing like it there. i have a friend who moved to Lake Quivera, just outside KC, who said the same thing. -- PeterN |
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"Tony Cooper" wrote in message
... On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 13:31:44 -0500, nospam wrote: In article , Tony Cooper wrote: If I see a "Chinese" restaurant with table clothes and forks on the table I don't go in. if you see a chinese restaurant without chinese customers in it, don't go in. Not a good rule in this area because there are few Chinese here. then the chinese food there is probably not all that great. Probably not at all authentic, but there are some very good Chinese restaurants in the area. "Authentic" is not necessarily great, and great is not necessarily authentic. It is true of the Vietnamese restaurants, though. or cuban. Visually, it's hard to tell a crowd of Puerto Ricans from a crowd of Cubans. The women of both nationalities wouldn't be caught dead in public not wearing stiletto heels. Now that's funny! |
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In article , PeterN
wrote: cuban food in florida is good, and something sandman should have done rather than to go olive garden or taco bell. i doubt there are very many cuban restaurants in sweden, if any. Google is your friend. http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Cuban+Restaurants&find_loc=Stockh olm 2 is not very many and i doubt they're any good anyway. |
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