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  1. Ericandblueboy
    Them chicks are feisty eh? That makes sense.
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    Oy! I can't believe Tennille is still on the show. BTW, do restaurants really pre-cook risotto rice? I'm assuming the answer is yes, so the follow-up question, does it taste any different if pre-cooked?
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    What kind of carnage are we talkinga about here? I mean, so a chick gets lucky, what's the big deal?
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    That sucks. First it was the little eatery inside Great Wall, not it's Peking Village. Now where am I gonna eat when I need to shop at Great Wall? ETA: There's an Asian buffet next door to Great Wall, it's not expensive but it's not really good. Their buffet does include pho, some cantonese dim sum (chicken feet, turnip cake, siu mai, etc.), among other stuff. More quantity than quality. I do not recommend eating there.
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    Each culture has its own basic sauces, and they're not all or even mostly built on French sauces. Why not ask everyone to do a vindaloo next week?
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    I'm not entirely sure why this show would require anyone to make any specific sauce (unless it's specified somewhere in the fine print). Is this Top Chef or Top French Chef?
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    LOL, we don't normally eat out on a weeknight so that's never been an issue. As for splitting the wine...I enjoy making my wife drink my backwash.
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    Yes, we drink from the same glass, and no restaurant yet has offered to split the wine into 2 glasses (but we've never asked).
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    We do this all the time and I've never had to receive approval from the restaurant. Not sure why a restaurant would care?
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    Do they offer food a la carte at lunch? If so, do they give people who order a la carte the naan too? I use to go to Cafe Taj in McLean for their lunch buffet. They do give you naan as part of their buffet but it's not on the buffet table - that way you get fresh naan.
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    I think $125 is fairly priced, unless you factor in the time value of money of getting there. We also ate at a much faster pace than you. We had the earlier seating on a Saturday evening and were done in about 2.5 hrs, IIRC. Lastly, if Bryan wins Top Chef, then this place could get national attention.
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    The menu online is exactly what's served at the restaurant, no off menu specials. So we picked from 6 appetizers and 6 entrees, none of which were particularly appealing to me. We settled for cream sweet corn soup with crab meat, which turned out to be fantastic. My wife's crab cake starter was also fantastic, with mildly sweet crab meat. The fried green tomato that came with the crab cake had no flavor and resembled a hockey puck. The entrees were decidedly less fantastic. Neither the duck breast nor the black angus beef had much flavor - needed seasoning for sure. The duck confit was nice as was the beef hash that came with the steak. Overall, not very exciting food even if they were perfectly exectued (in this case they weren't). I'm more or less writing off both restaurants on that block (the other being Oval Room).
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    if he's given notice, you think he's still busting his ass?
  14. Ericandblueboy
    Thought Kevin looks a bit like a feral pig but hey there's lots of intelligence behind those beady eyes. And what's the big deal with Hector frying a steak? Why can't a hispanic chef deep fry a rib-eye? Seems like the judges are judging based on preconceptions as opposed to just tasting the food.
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    I actually should thank you for bringing it to my attention. It was the only place where we could sit outside with our dogs. It really wasn't bad for Warrenton, just not great. The one dish to avoid was the fried calamari. We never made it to Iron Bridge, got up and went back to DC so I can get some work done.
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    I read in "Chop Suey: A Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United States" today that crab rangoon was invented by "Trader Vic" Bergeron.
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    Not impressed with brunch - had a disappointing da lu mian (overcooked shrimp and mostly inauthentic ingredients - made with typical lo mein noodles), chicken roll (better at Bob's Noodle Bistro), scallion pancake (flavorless) and you tiao (better than A&J's but not as good as Peking Village). For northern Chinese brunch, I still prefer Peking Village. If anyone knows of other places, please let me know. I haven't been to Joe's Noodle House yet.
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    How was the pizza average or less than? Please give specifics. You didn't mention what you ordered and what's wrong.
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    Bailed on golfing but we had lunch at Mojitos & Tapas - they have outdoor seating and we have the dogs with us. The good - lechon asada - shredded roast pork with diced onion, very flavorful and tasty Galician octopus - very tender The middling - fried yuca - this is fine by itself but the sauces weren't as good as Crisp & Juicy's beef - empanada - too much fried crust and the filling was mediocre cheese quesadilla - I threw some lechon in there to spice things up manchego cheese with serrano ham - lots of flavorless cheese The poor - tortilla espanola - not seasoned at all...needs salt and pepper! The inedible - fried calamari - looks like Sysco product.
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    Will try to squeeze in 9 holes at South Wales before the weddng starts at 4:30. Thanks for the rec on mojitos & tapas. I'm thinking lunch there either Saturday or Sunday and hit Iron Bridge the other day.
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    A pathetic attempt to garner more attention from 1 already doomed and 1 soon to be doomed D list celebrity wannabes?
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    I only saw the show once. It seems that people were grabbing fridges and Michael didn't grab the one behind him before Anita's crew grabbed it. There's no rule that entitles Michael to the fridge behind him. As for Dale blowing his lid, I don't know why and I think it's over the top if the only reasons is being called a "young man."
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    Why do people go eat at Spike's restaurant? He is a tool yet people want to support this tool?
  24. Ericandblueboy
    The guys can cook steaks!! What a shock
  25. Ericandblueboy
    This is my observation as an outsider who has tried several Philly cheesesteaks. They don't salt the steak so if you don't get it with cheeze whiz, your sandwich is likely to be extremely bland. The whiz makes a world of difference. Everyone gets it with provolone first but after they get a taste with whiz, they all switch.
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