Finding restaurants

On 2015-01-19 15:14:32 +0000, "PAS" said:

"Sandman" wrote in message
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Not at all. I like testing different food. Unfortunately, Americans don't
season their food much at all, especially not in tourist-heavy areas, where
most tourists are Americans.

I don't know much about Swedish food but if I had to guess, I wouldn't
think that the food you eat is seasoned much. My not-very-educated
impression of Swedish and Norwegian food (I know quite a few
Norwegians) is that is is somewhat bland when it comes to seasoning and
that's fine by me. I'm a picky eater, I don't like a lot of things and
I am the farthest from an "adventruous eater" as you will find. Give
me some meat and potatoes and I'm fine.

Here is what a Swedish site has to say regarding some Swedish dishes.
https://sweden.se/collection/classic-swedish-food/
....and;
https://sweden.se/culture-traditions/10-things-to-know-about-swedish-food/

Apparently Jonas is not your typical Swede.

Additional Snip

And Taco Bell most certainly served a "cuisine" totally different to what
we're used to!

If I was Mexican, I'd take umbrage at Taco Bell being labeled a Mexican
restaurant. Mexican food is extremely popular in the USA and "real"
Mexican food has nothing in common with Taco Bell.

In Paso Robles, CA, if you were looking for Mexican food there are
several places I would recommend before you should even think of Taco
Bell, and not all of them could be bothered with a web site.

Here is one that does, La Reina Mexican Grill
http://lareinamexicangrill.com
....and three that don't.
La Casa De Amayah
Los Robles Cafe
Habaneros Mexican Restaurant

As for food other than Mexican, I have my favorites;
Bistro Laurent
http://www.bistrolaurent.com
Panolivo
http://www.panolivo.com
....and Artisan
http://www.artisanpasorobles.com

Local knowledge helps.

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Regards,

Savageduck

On 1/19/2015 12:17 PM, PAS wrote:
"PeterN" wrote in message
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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.

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PeterN

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.

In article , PAS
wrote:

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.

then she hasn't had good chinese food. i wasn't a fan of mexican food
until i had real mexican food.

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.

nowhere near as good as mexican food in the southwestern states,
particularly southern california.

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.

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.

this place?
http://tellerschophouse.com/

it looks a bit better than the usual steak place and certainly more
expensive, but still boring.

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.

In article , Tony Cooper
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).

the original uno's in chicago is not the same as the chain.

i'm not fond of deep dish pizza but when done right, it's very good.

When Uno's opened a location here, I was delighted...until I tried it.
Terrible. It didn't last long.

uno's the chain sucks. a lot.

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.

there is definitely a difference with new york bagels and bagels made
elsewhere, and it's not just the baked or boiled difference either.

there's even a place in the midwest somewhere that makes what they call
bagels without the hole. those aren't bagels.

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.

It is true of the Vietnamese restaurants, though.

or cuban.

On 1/19/2015 12:54 PM, nospam wrote:
In article , PAS
wrote:

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.

then she hasn't had good chinese food. i wasn't a fan of mexican food
until i had real mexican food.

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.

nowhere near as good as mexican food in the southwestern states,
particularly southern california.

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.

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.

this place?
http://tellerschophouse.com/

it looks a bit better than the usual steak place and certainly more
expensive, but still boring.


So don't eat there.
Who I dine with is far more important than where I dine, and what I eat.

--
PeterN

In article , PeterN
wrote:

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.

this place?
http://tellerschophouse.com/

it looks a bit better than the usual steak place and certainly more
expensive, but still boring.

So don't eat there.

i like a good steak once in a while, but it's still boring.

Who I dine with is far more important than where I dine, and what I eat.

then go to taco bell and save your money.

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.


--
PeterN