Comments on: I Sing the Dinner Eclectic http://tleaves.com/2005/12/07/i-sing-the-dinner-eclectic/ Creativity x Technology Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Amos the Poker Cat http://tleaves.com/2005/12/07/i-sing-the-dinner-eclectic/comment-page-1/#comment-2167 Amos the Poker Cat Wed, 14 Dec 2005 05:24:28 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=521#comment-2167 Ya, vietnamese food in PIT sucks. I go to CLE (3 places, all average, Phnom Penh, 13124 Lorain, Minh-Anh, 5428 Detroit, Number One Pho, 3120 Superior), or AC (excellent, good sized hock, blood pudding, yum, Little Siagon, 2801 Arctic near infamous White House Subs). There are 3 vietnamese places in Harrisburg. Not sure if they have bun bo hue. I have not checked out stuff in Philly either. DC area has got tons of great vietnamese stuff. As good a reason as any to move. Ya, vietnamese food in PIT sucks.

I go to CLE (3 places, all average, Phnom Penh, 13124 Lorain, Minh-Anh, 5428 Detroit, Number One Pho, 3120 Superior), or AC (excellent, good sized hock, blood pudding, yum, Little Siagon, 2801 Arctic near infamous White House Subs). There are 3 vietnamese places in Harrisburg. Not sure if they have bun bo hue. I have not checked out stuff in Philly either. DC area has got tons of great vietnamese stuff. As good a reason as any to move.

]]> By: iliopsoas http://tleaves.com/2005/12/07/i-sing-the-dinner-eclectic/comment-page-1/#comment-2166 iliopsoas Sun, 11 Dec 2005 17:38:46 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=521#comment-2166 Where do you go for bun bo hue around here? Vietmanese (lol) food is terrible in pittsburgh. Where do you go for bun bo hue around here? Vietmanese (lol) food is terrible in pittsburgh.

]]> By: Amos the Poker Cat http://tleaves.com/2005/12/07/i-sing-the-dinner-eclectic/comment-page-1/#comment-2165 Amos the Poker Cat Sun, 11 Dec 2005 00:46:33 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=521#comment-2165 Imagine living in a city where you did not have to make a road trip for dum sum, or pulled pork, or bun bo hue. Sigh. Imagine living in a city where you did not have to make a road trip for dum sum, or pulled pork, or bun bo hue.

Sigh.

]]> By: Mark Denovich http://tleaves.com/2005/12/07/i-sing-the-dinner-eclectic/comment-page-1/#comment-2164 Mark Denovich Fri, 09 Dec 2005 01:53:29 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=521#comment-2164 I can see no reason not to celebrate and take great interest in food. What other pleasurable activity do you do, consistantly, at least 3 times a day? Even the end result of eating is quite pleasurable in its own way. I believe people who fail to appreciate good food (in all it's many forms) and strive to seek it out, are missing out on life. I'd add that set and setting are also key to the eating experience (and many other experiences too.) I had one of the best steaks in my life this week, and it was just some random utility-grade supermarket NY strip... but after a few days of camping on a nearly deserted tropical island, when cooked over a plain charcoal fire and sawed into pieces with a fishing knife, it was elevated to near perfection. I can see no reason not to celebrate and take great interest in food. What other pleasurable activity do you do, consistantly, at least 3 times a day? Even the end result of eating is quite pleasurable in its own way.

I believe people who fail to appreciate good food (in all it’s many forms) and strive to seek it out, are missing out on life.

I’d add that set and setting are also key to the eating experience (and many other experiences too.) I had one of the best steaks in my life this week, and it was just some random utility-grade supermarket NY strip… but after a few days of camping on a nearly deserted tropical island, when cooked over a plain charcoal fire and sawed into pieces with a fishing knife, it was elevated to near perfection.

]]> By: Weiguo http://tleaves.com/2005/12/07/i-sing-the-dinner-eclectic/comment-page-1/#comment-2163 Weiguo Thu, 08 Dec 2005 19:07:50 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=521#comment-2163 Bright Pearl is for the tourists. I was there about 2 months ago, on curiosity, and I posted this about it elsewhere: --- we saw an endless parade of dim sum of dubious origin (rice flour roll of...long bean and mushroom and baby bok choy??), washed-out flavour (siu mai so bland that I really believe they used the meat for soup, before forming the siu mai), and servers who wouldn't even speak Chinese to us. --- it's sad because the building that houses Bright Pearl used to be home of _Hsin Kuang_, the best Chinese restaurant (dunno about dim sum) in Toronto, but that was a good 15+ years ago. Before all the money moved up north. And, amusingly, folklore about that building is that it used to be a morgue, which is why all the restaurants that have been there since have (what looks like) the main door boarded up, and entrance via a side door -- the main door is where the bodies used to come in. I was in a t-shirt and jeans the last time I went to Lai Wah Heen and didn't feel intimidated. In general, dress codes in hotel-based restaurants seem to be more relaxed. Underdressed is a state of mind :) (I like to dress up to make an occassion out of a nice dinner, but I don't let it bother me too much if impromptu plans are made) Bright Pearl is for the tourists. I was there about 2 months ago, on curiosity, and I posted this about it elsewhere:
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we saw an endless parade of dim sum of dubious origin (rice flour roll of…long bean and mushroom and baby bok choy??), washed-out flavour (siu mai so bland that I really believe they used the meat for soup, before forming the siu mai), and servers who wouldn’t even speak Chinese to us.
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it’s sad because the building that houses Bright Pearl used to be home of _Hsin Kuang_, the best Chinese restaurant (dunno about dim sum) in Toronto, but that was a good 15+ years ago. Before all the money moved up north. And, amusingly, folklore about that building is that it used to be a morgue, which is why all the restaurants that have been there since have (what looks like) the main door boarded up, and entrance via a side door — the main door is where the bodies used to come in.

I was in a t-shirt and jeans the last time I went to Lai Wah Heen and didn’t feel intimidated. In general, dress codes in hotel-based restaurants seem to be more relaxed. Underdressed is a state of mind :) (I like to dress up to make an occassion out of a nice dinner, but I don’t let it bother me too much if impromptu plans are made)

]]> By: psu http://tleaves.com/2005/12/07/i-sing-the-dinner-eclectic/comment-page-1/#comment-2162 psu Thu, 08 Dec 2005 18:12:23 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=521#comment-2162 Actually, they ask because people order not realizing what the food is, and then send it back. Actually, they ask because people order not realizing what the food is, and then send it back.

]]> By: Chris Winters http://tleaves.com/2005/12/07/i-sing-the-dinner-eclectic/comment-page-1/#comment-2161 Chris Winters Thu, 08 Dec 2005 17:11:11 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=521#comment-2161 Maybe they ask you twice because of stories like this :-) http://fray.com/drugs/worm/ Maybe they ask you twice because of stories like this :-)

http://fray.com/drugs/worm/

]]> By: psu http://tleaves.com/2005/12/07/i-sing-the-dinner-eclectic/comment-page-1/#comment-2160 psu Thu, 08 Dec 2005 16:10:34 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=521#comment-2160 oh. steak tartare is not organ meat. it is the sort of thing paranoid waiters will ask you about twice if you are a tourist and you order it. oh. steak tartare is not organ meat. it is the sort of thing paranoid waiters will ask you about twice if you are a tourist and you order it.

]]> By: psu http://tleaves.com/2005/12/07/i-sing-the-dinner-eclectic/comment-page-1/#comment-2159 psu Thu, 08 Dec 2005 16:02:08 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=521#comment-2159 My wife is still bitter about the tragically bad food planning that I did when we travelled to England ... next time I will do better. Fish and chips and Indian food! Lai Wah Heen is probably my favorite dim sum place on the north american continent. Purists will scoff at the service style and the lack of carts and the price, but I challenge anyone to find better food. I've only been to a couple of places in SF (Yank Sing) that even come close. Nothing I've had in NYC or Boston was any good in comparison. We have, in fact, been to Ambassador, and it is nearly as good as LAI WAH HEEN and less expensive. I also loved the big Chinese mall out there. My wife is still bitter about the tragically bad food planning that I did when we travelled to England … next time I will do better. Fish and chips and Indian food!

Lai Wah Heen is probably my favorite dim sum place on the north american continent. Purists will scoff at the service style and the lack of carts and the price, but I challenge anyone to find better food. I’ve only been to a couple of places in SF (Yank Sing) that even come close. Nothing I’ve had in NYC or Boston was any good in comparison.

We have, in fact, been to Ambassador, and it is nearly as good as LAI WAH HEEN and less expensive. I also loved the big Chinese mall out there.

]]> By: peterb http://tleaves.com/2005/12/07/i-sing-the-dinner-eclectic/comment-page-1/#comment-2158 peterb Thu, 08 Dec 2005 15:58:58 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=521#comment-2158 psu, we must go to Toronto now now now. I want to go. Let's go. I need Dim Sum. Now. Let's go. Now. Weiguo, what do you think of Bright Pearl on Spadina? We've been to Lai Wah Heen. The food is great, but I am intimidated by the service and always feel underdressed. psu, we must go to Toronto now now now. I want to go. Let’s go. I need Dim Sum. Now. Let’s go. Now.

Weiguo, what do you think of Bright Pearl on Spadina?

We’ve been to Lai Wah Heen. The food is great, but I am intimidated by the service and always feel underdressed.

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