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    If you go to Chuck E. Cheese and are annoyed by the noise, it's your own damn fault. It's my experience that many parents treat all pizza joints like they're Chuck E. Cheeses. (e.g., 2 Amys, Pie-Tanza). I suspect once Orso becomes more well known, it too would become a mad house (although the pricing may be a deterrent to hooligan parents).
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    I'd like some opinions about this. We're talking about casual pizza restaurants. I've avoided certain pizza restaurants in the past because I can't handle the romper room atmosphere. I never once considered telling the manager to quiet down all the howlers. As a new father, we do our best to keep our infant quiet but I can't predict when she's gonna puke or start whining. For that reason, we don't go to high end restaurants (or if we do, we go early). It would be annoying if someone tells me to move because our daughter is acting up at a pizza joint. Isn't that like telling parents at Disney World to keep their kids quiet?
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    The Baja episode was interesting. The seafood cocktail he had reminded me of this dish I ordered at Pancho Villa (in Fredericksburg) on the way to VA Beach. I went back for their menudo but this sounded freakishly weird that I ordered it: The cooked shrimp turned out to be the worst part (overcooked and rubbery) but the cocktail with slimy oysters and avocados was delicious. Can someone explain what "nutty" tastes like? Andrew describes many things as nutty, including in the Baja episode, bone marrow. I know what bone marrow tastes like and I don't get how it's "nutty"? The seafood cocktail concept is nutty - eating squid stuffed with balls is nutty, brain tacos, blood tacos, etc. all sound nutty - but they don't taste nutty!
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    Il Mulino - it's like she's back in the old country. Has anyone been to Pistone at 7 Corners?
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    It's true that their dim sum selection is limited but in terms of quality, they're as good as any other NOVA joint. My current favorite in the metro area is New Fortune in Gaithersburg. More variety, slightly better quality, and cheaper.
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    clam, sausage broccoli rabe, and diavola...from my wife's phone camera....
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    Friends with a 2 year old came to visit yesterday and I thought Chima would be a quick and unfussy meal and it was. We had a 5:30 reservation and surprisingly the restaurant was not empty - other families with small children were there before us. The salad bar wasn't huge but there were some nice prosciutto, sopressata, beef carpaccio, smoked salmon, shrimp salad, etc. (in addition to greens). They also brought out some cheese puffs, meat croquets, fried bananas, and I believe fried fried yuca. Then there's the non-stop meat parade - the quality is very good although you might not always get the exact temperature you asked for. There's very little wait for meat as there are plenty of gauchos. You also get your own steak sauces at the salad bar - I tried the chimichurri, two different hot sauces, and their horseradish sauce. The drawback is food coma - I fell asleep by 9 last night only to wake up in the middle of the night. This isn't fine dining - lots of people in shorts and flip-flops (including my wife) but it's fun dining.
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    By Steve Siegel on CH - I generally respect his posts but how can his description possibly be accurate? Maybe his life has previously been blessed with non-soupy pizzas but I doubt it.
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    Had dinner at Uncle Liu's but no hot pot for us. I did see other people eat it, it's a communal hot pot. Yes, you're all cooking in the same pot. For that reason, I'm not sure it's really a candidate for $20 Tuesday. The cooked dishes we ordered tonight - garlic fried fish (bland), sautéed A greens/veggies, scallion beef (where's the beef?), and spicy wontons were so so - not as good as HKP. Oh yeah, no booze of any sort yet. Actually, I don't even know if they're applying for a license.
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    Meals tax is a sales tax and not an income tax. The diners pay the tax, the restaurant is merely collecting it on behalf of the government. In this case, Donna is stealing government funds. Substantively I don't see much difference between someone who refuses to pay his income tax vs not paying over sales tax that's been collected. In either case, you're keeping money that belongs to the government but for whatever reason, one usually isn't punished as a thief for not paying his income tax. If you get caught shopliftiing, you'll probably take a trip to the local jail. If you don't pay your income taxes, you can negotiate a payment plan or even have it discharged....crazy.
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    I'm actually surprised at how little money the show actually gives to charity (or to winners in Top Chef). $100k really? I think they should up the prize money to $300k or something a little more sizeable, heck they get to deduct it so it's really only $200k after taxes. FWIW, I find Moonen's response ludicrous. He sells fish in Vegas...wow that's real environmentally friendly.
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    Went by China Wok for lunch after I read they got Hunan Lion's chef. I never did like Hunan Lion and he's not any better at China Wok. Same gloppy Chinese American food....my eggroll was disgustingly greasy. Eff that shit.
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    Not sure if it was less flubbed or he just didn't get docked points for "keeping it real." It certainly didn't sound delicious to me, whether it's authentically Ethipian or not. Granted, I don't particularly like Ethiopian food.
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    The judging is suspect and I believe Marcus won by default because Susur shot himself in the foot with that blob of tuna - which did not look appetizing at all. It was his finale to win and he could have outcooked Marcus and Rick but he screwed up with that dish. I think Susur was consistently better throughout the show but they did say the winner is judged solely based on the final challenge.
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    It aggravates me that Tom does not distinguish between Cantonese food and northern Chinese food. Willfully ignorant, imo. I can just imagine the dad bitching about "where are the carts"?
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    The tweet says he's left, not leaving. So what does that mean for those of us who have reservation for 24?
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    I haven't had the lobster at Shula's but it's a good steakhouse. FWIW, I don't think it's any worse than Morton's, Capital Grille, Palm, Ruth's Chris, & Flemming's. Another suggestion - Bond 45 in National Harbor.
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    Perhaps it's an attempt to drive away those families who think pizza restaurants are automatically romper rooms for their kids. I'm all for higher prices for a sane dining room and as much as I love 2 Amys and Red Rock, I will not drive into town for pizza if there's something just as good that's slightly more expensive but close to home.
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    Can't find it on Netflix!!
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    Examples of what's new to you would help. Oh, another thought is Eola - they certainly have some interesting and very tasty dishes (including offal) at prices lower than most of the mentioned restaurants.
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    For $75 a person - 20 bites at Poste. If not Poste, then I'm all for Palena and Corduroy. For over $100, I'd say Komi. Haven't had Vidalia's 24 yet but I'll be visiting RJ soon. scroll down for pics and reviews of Poste
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    Todd Kliman says it's closed (in today's Washingtonian chat)?!
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    Try il Canale?
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    He goes back to Bangkok and has the floating market noodle soup - does any restaurant here use cow blood in their noodle soup here? I'm not certain if Nava, Thai Sq or Saklulthai uses blood in their soup.
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    Unless the restaurant has been given a headcount and spent time and money, I'm not sure where the harm is? In this particular case, the interest is relatively low in the first place so even a few drop-outs make a big difference. I believe whether there ought to be a $20 Tuesday should be judged on a case by case basis. I think we should go ahead with La Caraquena and see how much interest there is.
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