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    Take a flight to Bologna. Eat three pasta meals. I’ve got a bottle of wine waiting for our discussion. Great Italian is precisely those raw ingredients assembled and served. I think the takeaway away I got from that episode though is that there’s an inherent bias that prevents even great Asian food from charging similar prices as Western cuisines in the States. Great food is worth more in my book. Can’t say I’m a huge fan of soup dumplings but I’ll definitely pay up for chef driven Asian cuisine.
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    Forty-five minutes in the car and $50 could resolve this. Just go. FWIW - I enjoy RdV but simply prefer to keep my price points lower. Also - did and RdV/Linden wine dinner and most at the table preferred the Linden wines even before they knew the price disparity.
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    David Chang confessed (nay, resolutely defended) to liking and frequently ordering Domino's. We're worried about cooking a meal with the correct portions delivered? Life's busy. Not every meal can or should be gourmet.
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    I saw that. I've lived in Italy and I never once saw anyone do that, for what it's worth. Glad people brought this up - really enjoyed the whole first season. Will definitely tune in for the next if it gets made.
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    A waiter at a nearby restaurant told us mid-January that it would not reopen according to staff that worked there.
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    I'll sous vide eggs at a low temperature to pasteurize them. Can't detect any difference in taste, but I'm typically not using them for omelettes, etc., so not sure if I would pick up on any change in flavor profile. I use it mostly for carbonara, aioli, where it's behind other flavor profiles.
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    I can provide an in-depth review of the Sri Lankan airlines airport lounge. Guessing that's not what you're looking for, though. The food is actually good. Make sure to try whatever curry they have out as well as some of the compressed rice sides (forget what they're called due to way too much travel just prior to all my visits).
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    I didn't realize Capital One allowed balances that high. They're infamous in the industry for keeping credit limits low.
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    This right here. Good wine dinners are becoming more and more scarce as far as I can tell.
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    It does. There's a VA sparkling wine that I very much enjoyed at a lunch in Middleburg. Went looking for it in Middleburg and Charlottesville (where it's produced) and found it at a reasonable price ($20-25 if I recall). In the DC area of VA it was scarce or $15 more, which made it fall off the QPR (thanks Don for that term!) for me. But I'm happy to drink it when I go back to central VA. For what it's worth, I enjoy 5-10 VA vineyards. I can find a wine or two I like at more, but my measure if 50%+ that I enjoy to merit my return. Haven't found a MD one I like yet, but I've heard good things about Black Ankle and that's really shame on me for not getting there yet. For what it's worth, I'm not a fan of big, hearty reds, preferring lighter reds and more acidic whites, which may drive my own biases.
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    Thanks all for the recommendations - not surprisingly we ate well. Was a bit surprised that the daughter chose the Zoo, but we actually had a blast there. Of course we also walked through the French Quarter and Market as well. Fortunately, I'm going to have many opportunities to visit again over the next few years. Oh - and Galatoire's is going to have to wait. Was not about bringing a coat and tie with me on this trip.
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    Trader Joes Cauliflower rice, sautéed for about 10 minutes comes the closest for very low carb. I tried the keto diet once - for about two months to support a certain someone who was put on it - and that was a mainstay, as was cauliflower mash.
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    Perhaps if MoCo residents simply refused to vote for candidates that support the DLC, that would get the message across. What groups are working on the broader business issues? After nearly a decade working in MoCo, I'm running across one of these for the first time - but it's completely absurd.
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    Also a couple doors away, but did get to go a few times (working on the same block for 6 years). Enjoyed the casual, cheap vibe but not a big beer drinker, so didn't do much for me. Will miss seeing people's reactions when we took them there for the first time.
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    Girl - who will be with her father. We'd like to be able to look each other in the eye after all this.
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    Question for the New Orleans experts here. Any recommendations on where to take a 17 year old who could use some fun after a rough few weeks? We've already got a nice meal planned - and I'm sure it will be fun - at Herbsaint, but are there any places that I should hit up more for the fun aspect? This is not for Mardi Gras celebrations, so I'm expecting things will have died down.
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    ChiKo and Q are doing a prix-fixe event dinner at Q restaurant on Chinese New Year (Feb 20th) for those that can't get down to DC for restaurants that don't take reservations.
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    I've stooped to making my own wings at home the wings in MoCo are so bad. Don't have a deep fryer (and don't love doing it on the stove top), so I either steam or sous vide the wings, then bake at 450 until golden and crispy. Buffalo style, of course.
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    I think this might make the list of Top 10 things never to say to a woman. We may get to see a new drop kick record from Tyson's. I set the over/under at the Key Bridge.
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    He's arguing that this was not a full review. It says review at the top, but doesn't include a stars ranking. I can't say I disagreed with his assessment of the pho - too much star anise for me as well. I did enjoy my meals at TapaBar. Was sorry to see it go.
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    Congrats!
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    Try Artechouse with the kids. Saw some pretty neat augmented reality exhibits there. That plus a lunch makes for a great afternoon. Plus you can pick up seafood to bring home.
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    This was my gateway cider while living in London.
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    It's just half smokes now. Mostly burgers, actually.
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