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Click on the 2nd picture on amazon. The oz markings (and Tbsps) are on the angled part inside. It will definitely help with drippage.
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Yeah, maybe that's why I tend toward drinks with equal parts (Negroni, Boulevardier, Last Word, etc.) or ones with easy ratios (Martini, Manhattan). (Really, I go with bourbon neat 98% of the time, because it's delicious and I'm lazy.)
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This is the best thing I've found for cocktail measuring: OXO Good Grips Angled Measuring Cup
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I get lunch from Woodland's Vegan Bistro on Georgia from time to time. I particularly dig the garlic kale, and the floret fusion. The veggie burger is ok, but not amazing. -
Yeah, I was thinking that if this has been a complaint since Carlin, it can't be a particularly new phenomenon. (Though maybe the "taboo" topics change over time.)
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Wow...We've gotten reasonably solid takeout from them from time to time. A bit of a bummer.
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Isn't that kind of the point, though? That even Seinfeld's anodyne pap unlikely to offend anyone is now (sometimes) found offensive?
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Has anyone else ventured to the newish Ethiopian joint on H St.? I stopped in for a late lunch last week around 2, and (unsurprisingly) had the place to myself. Decor-wise, it's much more casual than Ethiopic, with a couple televisions strangely located around the dining room. The lone waitress was very nice, and eager to please. I had a vegetable sambusa and the smaller of the 2 vegetarian samplers. The sambusa was delicious, with a nicely-spiced lentil filling. The ones I've had elsewhere have tended toward blandness. The sampler was underwhelming. The spicy lentils had a strange sweetness to them that I haven't had before, and the kik alicha were really, really bland. The potatoes in the "dinich karot" were terribly dry and basically inedible. It would be great to have a lower-priced Ethiopian option on H St...I'll still give them another try, and look forward to other reports.
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I stopped in Monday night for takeout. I stuck with dumplings, as I've found the bao to be a bit too much dough (not $) for my tastes. I took home a few veggie, triple delight, and chicken and mushroom. All pan-fried by default. We've had dumplings here a few times, but these were the best of the lot. Each variety had a subtly different shape, and all had a nice combo of soft steamed tops and crunchy fried bases. Definitely making its way into our regular neighborhood rotation, and a real lifesaver for nights we don't feel like cooking, but don't want to pack the kid up for a dinnner out. (The cocktails upstairs are great too...it's just been a while since I've been up there.)
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Agreed on both points.
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Well, he did grow up Jewish in the 50s and 60s, so he might have some clue about what it means to be discriminated against... Seinfeld is just the latest comedian to voice this criticism ... Chris Rock and the late, great George Carlin felt the same way about performing on college campuses.
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Absolutely tell them about the grounds! I plan on spending a good amount of time there, and want to make sure they know how to properly brew the coffee I'll be drinking.
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Apparently Imm will be opening a branch on H St. NE in DC:a "'Thai Cuisine' Coming to H Street Gets Proper Signage - Imm on H - Check Out Their Menu" on popville.com
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I once had a 2 hour drunken discussion/argument about whose voice one should want as their own in a perfect world: Sam Cooke or Otis Redding. I can't remember from which side I argued.
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I notice there isn't a thread on one of the finest songwriters of the 20th century - Townes Van Zandt. Unlike some other "songwriter's songwriters," I always always prefer Townes' versions of his own songs over the covers. As the (also) great Steve Earle said, "Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world, and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that." "Pancho and Lefty" "Waiting Around to Die" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDymc0CJ6pQ And my favorite of all time: "If I Needed You"
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The iPhone has made the need to spread out a selection of toys obsolete...for better or worse. I will say that I have no desire to know what it was like to take long flights with toddlers before the advent of the iPad.
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My wife and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary a couple weekends ago at Per Se. There was a family 2 tables away with 2 children under the age of 8 or so. They were totally well-behaved, but really...why? We have a 2 year old who is a very adventurous eater, but there is no way we would even think of bringing him to a restaurant at that level. For that matter, I have a number of adult friends I wouldn't bring along simply because they wouldn't appreciate the experience on a level high enough to justify the cost. We asked our waiter if the kids had the full tasting menu. He said these in particular did not, but he's seen kids as young as 4 tackle it with some success. I guess once you have a certain level of wealth, taking the kids for dinner at Per Se is no different than heading out for a burger and a beer with them at Brookland Pint.
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Yeah, I think you'd want something a little more substantial than the authentic bread, but what they used was much, much too thick and dense. A regular baguette would've worked nicely, I think. I did get the notice about the fee when I made the reservation on opentable. Other than Per Se, this was the only place we ate at that weekend that had a cancellation fee. Given what I've learned on this board about the problems that no-shows cause restaurateurs, I was happy to give that "guarantee." (FYI, we went for a weekday lunch, so the reservation was really not necessary, but I imagine it's helpful for dinner or weekend brunch.) And yes, it is a fascinating place. I would really like to go back for dinner with a group and really tear into the menu.
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Real deal ethnic holes in the wall struggle there just as they do here. They come and go and folks that don't live there are never the wiser. Ellis Island is a thing of the past. NYC is a playground for the uber rich. The outer boroughs are turning into the playgrounds of the B-team rich. The (culturally, culinarily) rich enclaves in the outer boroughs aren't long for this world. (I hope I'm wrong, but I don't think I am.)
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Seems like Eric mentioned a number of good restaurants that are still around. And you complained about a lack of good options in cuisines that NYC also lacks. I came here from there. It ain't a panacea.
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I could, and I started to, but I foresaw someone coming up with reasons why, for instance, Bangkok Golden wasn't really a deep ethnic restaurant, but rather one that was "somewhat accesible to WASPs." The many, many Ethiopian restaurants in the area are certainly a good example. I would throw out Da Rae Won in Beltsville. Taqueria La Placita. You could take your pick of a few Chinese joints in Rockville that have been around a while without pandering to the dull palate of the White man. We'll see how long a place like Thai Taste by Kob can last, but Ruan Thai has done pretty well, and is a place I would consider authentic.
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Um, ok. You're welcome, I guess? Anyway, I think you're probably not so right about this but the way you have framed your argument makes it impossible to disprove.
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Define "somewhat accessible by WASPs."
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On the strong advice from a friend (and Pete Wells), we had lunch on Monday at Dirty French. One of the things I miss about living in NYC was how wonderfully empty the city was on long weekend holidays, and this Memorial Day was no different. We stayed in SoHo, and the neighborhood felt like a ghost town as we made the walk east to the LES. So for lunch at noon, we had the restaurant to ourselves. Our waitress was charmingly odd, recommending things not by saying "this is one of my favorites," but "Oh man, I totally want you guys to get this...it's just so cool," and then stopping by later to make sure we thought it was as cool as she did. She also wanted us to get a particular dessert just because she hadn't seen it before and heard it looked cool. Like I said, odd, but a little endearing. The grilled flatbread that comes out gratis with fromage blanc is addictive. It lasted about 90 seconds before we completely devoured it. The mushroom mille-feuille is as amazing as it was cracked up to be in Wells' review. The buttery mushrooms paired with a thick Thai green curry, crunchy snow peas, and lightly pickled red chiles and ramps. Go here and order this. (Paired nicely with a Loire rose.) A salad of kale with chèvre, fried sun choke chips, and pear was a refreshing counterpoint to the heaviness of the mille-feuille. A "banh mi" of foie gras and duck confit was totally ruined by being served on a thick, dense, sesame seeded roll. We ended up scraping out the innards, and leaving all the bread behind. We passed on dessert, planning to grab some gelato near the high line later, but the selections sounded promising.
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Lunch here last Saturday... The wife and I split the Tokyo shoyu and a cold ramen with a lemon/shio broth and poached shrimp. Top notch bowls of ramen. The broth on the shoyu was nicely porky, but not overly so. I think broth-wise, I may prefer Daikaya by a hair, but it would be close. Ivan really shines when it comes to noodles, though. The skinny, rye noodles in both bowls really took the noodle game to a whole new level. Wonderfully chewy in both hot and cold versions. The cold ramen was super-refreshing. Compared favorably to the cold citrus tsukemen I had the other day at Toki in DC. The broth at Ivan was a bit subtler, with less of a heavy citrus presence. Thinking on it now, I might have loved it even more if it came as tsukemen rather than a bowl of soup. Strangely enough, the real showstopper was the appetizer of shredded daikon radish topped with XO sauce. I could have eaten 4 more plates of that. The daikon was lightly pickled...the acidity of the pickle paired with the funk of the dried seafood in the XO sauce was fantastic, as was the interplay of 2 levels of crunch (daikon vs. dried shrimp/scallop). There are a ton of great ramen options available to you in NYC, but the rye noodles alone make Ivan worth a stop if you're in town.
