I think I remember ordering coffee here 'regular' means cream and sugar.
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I think I remember ordering coffee here 'regular' means cream and sugar.
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Originally Posted by bvgroote
well clearly hes in the wrong state. he needs to goto massachusetts.
He is in Denver? Isn't that the only city in the country with legalized marijuana use? You sure your dad knows who he even is?
It's cool! I'd know what he meant. If he came a little further east its a different story. I'm from Atlantic Canada and I have friends from New Hampshire, Massetuchetts etc, and they have a really thick accent so when they say beer it comes out bea. I love tea, prefer it over coffee except when I'm at work! Coffee definitely need coffee there, and I like cream no sugar, my mom drinks milk though. I think the tea thing has to do only with country's who were once owned buy the British!lol!
Nah, but in Colorado the fine for possession of marijuana under like 2 ounces is a $100 summary offense (aka ticket).
Wow, and I thought California was lax.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ultima Designs
In some states possession is practically legal but attempting to obtain it is still a major crime.
How did we end up talking about weed in here?
Is bvgroote's dad looking to score or something?
I think you left off a sentence ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by admedia
Food is good depending where you go. Chances are he picked a half-assed diner.
Fleming's is owned by the company that owns Burger King and Outback. It's not bad, but if you're in the midwest I'm sure there are far better places.Quote:
Originally Posted by indivision
Food in the U.S. can be tricky. The coasts tend to have the most variety and the best food, the middle of the country has good beef, not much else.
This may sound arrogant, but I defy you to find a better city to eat in on the planet than NYC. There's an abundance of variety because of the number of different cultures and access to quality ingredients.
Tea? The only question out here is what kind out of a hojillion, and do you want organic or not.
Coastal cities = centers of commerce and trade = better stuff. That rule is thousands of years old and holds true today.
Morton's for steak.
Landry's for seafood.
Brown Palace for exquisite.
Trail Dust for cowboy.
Wolfgang Puck's restaurant...
there you go. just a few in Denver.
Blech. There's a Morton's out here. Worst $40 steak I ever had.
There's also a Ruth's Chris Steak House in Denver. Very good for steak. And a Palomino is there, too, which is one of my favorite restaurants here in the 'Burgh.
Los Angeles is equally as diverse as NYC and I believe the ingredients available in CA are better than those available in NY. There, defied. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by PAlexC
The same company also owns PF(Paul Fleming) Changs. But anyway, Flemings has about as much in common with Burger King and Outback as Michael Jackson and John Wayne. It's just a steakhouse. The main factor is the quality of beef they use since steak preparation and presentation is not complicated. They use very high quality beef there. But yeah, Im sure there are more interesting, ecclectic resteraunts in Denver. Know of any?
While LA does have some good resaurants, I only found one or two passable Chinese food places. And they were in the Valley, bah, who wants to go up there to eat? Everywhere else had that awful Panda Express type food. Blech.Quote:
Originally Posted by indivision
LA has good food, but you folks can't make Italian food, pizza or bagels to save your collective lives. Or good bread for that matter. I'll tip my hat to your burgers though. I really wish they'd put a few In-N-Out's around here.
Panda is everywhere. There is incredible Chinese food here. Mostly in China town! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ghostgirl705
Haha. Everyone always goes crazy for in-n-out. I like fatburger more because you can get them with an egg.Quote:
Originally Posted by PAlexC
Yeah. I'm pretty sure you guys have the edge on the Italian food. Im really looking forward to trying it some day when I go there. Any recomendations?
Nope, lived there for 5 years, the Chinese food down there does not compare to San Francisco at all. Even though my two favorite Chinese places up here just closed :(Quote:
Originally Posted by indivision
There is something quite marvlous about burger joint that only has 3 things on the menu. But don't you guys have White Castle? The microwave burgers suck but I heard some where that the restaurants were good.Quote:
Originally Posted by PAlexC
I would agree that over-all SF probably does have better Chinese food (and maybe better food in general). But, there are still some great places here as well. Also, some very good Japanese Noodle resteraunts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ghostgirl705
I would have to say if you want a good variety and some oustanding food, wine and beer, then Oregon is the place to be.
Portland for sure, and then down the road about 4 hours in Seattle Washington.
But then again, I am an Oregonian.
Depends on your definition of "good". White Castle is...unique.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ghostgirl705
Roam around Little Italy, stroll into someplace crowded. Or hitch over to Jersey. Or just hit Chinatown. Go into the place that looks like the most pathetic hole in the wall dump that's full of Chinese people sitting around hotpots.Quote:
Originally Posted by indivision
Best place I every ate in Hong Kong was a open store front on the bottom floor with aquariums everywhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by PAlexC
First you pick the fish you want to eat downstairs, then they serve you upstairs. The restaurant was a 1 bedroom apartment with part of the wall taken out. The tables were the rent-a-table type with dingy yellow plastic table cloths and crappy white folding chairs. And the restroom was appalling, good thing you had to walk right by the stained tile walls as you entered.
But, the food was AMAZING. They had the butter and cheese lobster dish, my mouth is watering right now. I would go back again and maybe get to go food. :p
Whoa! Shhhhhhhhhhhhh.Quote:
Originally Posted by 3PRIMATES
My brother just moved to Portland and I've heard all good things. Haven't been there in about 5 years but I'll be back this spring. The seafood there is light-years beyond what I've eaten here.Quote:
Originally Posted by 3PRIMATES
ok this is the feedback from my dad.
thanks for the advice on the food. I appreciate it.
On the food thing, apparently this is the go:
Morton's for steak.
Landry's for seafood.(ate there a few times last week including last
night, their seafood unfortunately isn't too flash, I have steak whenever
I go there.)
Brown Palace for exquisite. (What's exquisite??)
Trail Dust for cowboy. (It's right next door to the hotel, that's the
place where they batter and deep fry everything, including the cheese
sticks)and they have the fattest waitpersons of both sexes that I have
ever seen. Unfortunately I haven't had anything there that I have liked so
far)
Wolfgang Puck's restaurant... I haven't tried that one, I don't know the
address I will look it up on the internet.)
In-n-out. Best.fast.food.ever.Quote:
Originally Posted by PAlexC
On the bread thing, I think we were discussing the water content in the dough in another thread...but that's usually the factor there...for the most part, the better bread I've had in Cali is sourdough, but yes..pizza dough and bagels just don't cut it.
In reference to "better ingredients available in Cali" comment earlier...wow. Just wow. I am not saying this as a New Yorker, but as a self-proclaimed foodie. I've been to restaurants all over the world...NYC is a hotbed of food talent, not only because of the audience, but because of the incredible availability of a wide array of the best ingredients that the world has to offer.
If you want to buy a piece of Bluefin tuna that was caught off the shores of Australia...you'll be able to get it less than 18 hours after being caught. If you want Kobe beef that's been massaged by geisha girls for 5 years and aged meticulously, you got it. You want artichokes from Cali? 6 hours from the dirt to your plate. No offense, but this comment is horrendously off base.
RH
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Originally Posted by hanratty21
in an out with a jamba juice is quite possibly the closest i will ever get to heaven.
sometimes, there's no making people happy. grootel, tell your father to cook something up for himself.
or better yet, open up a proper restaurant in the US. who knows... that could be the million dollar idea.
Wow ... you think that's something, just roll into Indianapolis when the State Fair is going on. I think they had deep fried snickers bars as their specialty last year. Deep fried twinkies the year before. Absolutely. disgusting.Quote:
Originally Posted by bvgroote
I must say that cheese sticks are somewhat of a guilty pleasure of mine though. That and Rally's (or Checkers) season fries. Don't know why, but I rarely turn either down.
As for american food, different regions have their specialties. I'd tend to shy away from seafood if you're not on one of the coasts. You'll have some places that can get it fresh daily and fix it properly, but you'll probably have to do some digging and you'll definitely see it on the bill. Anything ethinic stick to your major metropolitan areas (LA, San Fran, Chicago, NYC) or find a local mom-and-pop restraunt ran by 1st or 2nd generation immigrants. The later might not be as good, but it at least gets you close.
Denver is probably a lot like Indianapolis in terms of dining experience so it's kind of a hit-or-miss proposition. You just have to go place to place, ask around, read some of the local publications to get a good feel for where the best dining is. You can find good food just about everywhere, you just need to know where to look.
thanks again guys :)
i didnt say that you cant get good ingredients. anyone can have anything shipped around for a price. the same shipping services and planes are available here as they are in NY.Quote:
Originally Posted by hanratty21
you want artichokes from cali, you get them in 6 hours. here, we get them in 6 minutes. theres a lot of other produce (seafood and other meats as well) like that here, the quality of which is not locally available to you.
do you think you're the only "hotbed" for food talent in the world and have the only audience that enjoys food? no offense but thats typical NY-Centrocism.
What about the geisha girls?Quote:
Originally Posted by hanratty21