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    Pho

    in Pennsylvania: Dining

    Posted · Edited by shelly59 (log)

    Thanks for the info. I LOVE Pho, but have not had a good bowl of it since leaving Tyson's Corner back in 2000.

    And thanks for the warning re: Pho Ha...food poisoning is no joke..been there, done that..."shudders" :wacko:

    Kennett Square

    in Pennsylvania: Dining

    Posted · Edited by shelly59 (log)

    Head down Route 41. There are a few Mexican restaurants down the road from you that cater to the Mexican mushroom workers..awesome food. If I think of their names I will post them but I know that they are on the right hand side of 41 going south towards Wilmington.

    There is also Buckley's Tavern on down Route 52, in Centerville. Great food there as well.

    Here is a website that may help:

    http://www.thebrandywine.com/dine/

    I'll post more if I can think of anything... :wink:

    Oh, and Welcome to the Delaware Valley! :cool:

    Restaurants open weekends

    in France: Dining

    Posted

    Thank you, Rasaib. That is a wonderful site :smile:

    Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who responded on-line and via email. My family and I are very grateful and your reponses have been an enormous help.

    I would be remiss if I did not thank those of you who were kind enough to ask about my nephew and his Cystic Fibrosis..he is as well as one can be with this disease...fingers are always crossed though as it can turn very bad, very fast... :sad:

    And he IS going to Paris :biggrin::laugh:

    Restaurants open weekends

    in France: Dining

    Posted · Edited by shelly59 (log)

    Others can probably make better recommendations on specific places to eat, but I think one of the biggest problems for your nephew in Paris is that very few places, especially the "where the locals eat" kind of places, are non-smoking.  If the weather is good, there are many places you can eat outdoors, but there are still likely to be smokers around you. 

    Much thanks for the reminder of smokers smoking in restaurants..it is banned here in Delaware..still would like to take him, but your point in well taken. I just REALLY hate for him to miss out because of his illness, which will not get better, only worse...I wonder if there is/are CF support group(s) in France who could help with questions?? :hmmm:

    Going NOW would be fabulous..but $$$$ are not cooperating :raz:

    This opportunity was so sudden and what with arranging everything with all the clan & the airline prices..need to save up a bit . We were leaning towards Oct. or Nov....or sometime next Spring....

    Bookmarked that Marais site and noted the threads..still reading through them and taking copious notes!

    I forgot to mention that I will be taking conversational French from a university student, so I hope to at least be able to be courteous in French :cool:

    Thanks for all of your responses! I REALLY appreciate them.

    Restaurants open weekends

    in France: Dining

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    I am the VERY thrilled winner of a weekend in Paris, in an apartment in the Marais quarter to be specific. While I have been to Ireland & Great Britain numerous times, this is my very first trip to the Continent. :biggrin::laugh:

    I am taking my 3 sisters and my Mom. I would also love to take my 11 year old nephew, but as he has Cystic Fibrosis that is still a maybe :sad: .

    Naturally, I have many questions ( I am reading through all the threads as fast as I can):

    1) When is the best time to go?? We are open to suggestions and fairly flexible...

    2) I tried to find info on the area in which we will be staying...couldn't find much. Any info greatly appreciated.

    3) Does anyone here have experience in traveling to Europe with a chronic illness such as CF?? My nephew, but for the CF, is a very healthy, well-adjusted boy and I think this experience would be wonderful for him...

    4) Suggestions for simple, cheap places to eat...the wonderful gourmet places are probably out of our reach, plus, and I know I am assuming here, I really would not like to be constantly rubbing elbows with other tourists...

    I can find them here :-). Much rather eat where the locals eat...

    Many thanks for letting me ramble...I cannot convey how excited I am at this opportunity as I thought I would NEVER, EVER get to Paris...

    Sad News, No more Rucker Farm Goat Cheese

    in D.C. & DelMarVa: Dining

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    Heidi Eastham has pulled the plug on her award winning goat cheeses.  Sadly she wants to pursue other farming options and was tired of dealing with over zealous city folk showing up at all hours of the day and night clammering for her cheeses.  It's a shame the few ruined it for the many... What a shame, it really was great cheese.

    What a shame. City folk, the kind you are describing, have no concept of rudeness, except when they feel THEMSELVES the victims...then LOOKOUT!

    I lived on an old-order Amish farm on and off for about 3 years, and let me tell you, the attitudes of a certain type of "city people" , or "Tourons=Tourists +Morons" was appalling... :angry:

    Not so random acts of kindness - restaurants etc.

    in Restaurant Life

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    A couple whom I am close to very recently became foster parents to a 1 1/2 year old boy. So, naturally, we took him out to his very first restauarant experience (never too young to start !) the very next day.

    It was a smallish diner, nice "comfort-food" place. Our waitress walked up to us, handed us our menus, and handed my friend a handful of crackers and a few slices of cheese for the little fella..to tide him over she said.

    It was such a nice, thoughtful gesture.

    And we were NOT charged for it, either. :biggrin:

    Jallab Syrup

    in Middle East & Africa: Cooking & Baking

    Posted

    I have just purchased a bottle of Jallab Syrup from my local grocery store. The name and the ingredients just caught my eye, so I bought it. :biggrin:

    I drizzled it over cold poached pears...that was good and my friends were impressed. But beyond that, I am at a loss.

    I would appreciate anyone letting me know what it is, where it comes from and how it is traditionally used, etc. It is quite lovely, imho...a very suave taste of grape molasses and roses...wonderful.

    Much thanks

    Indian Cooking For Dummies

    in India: Cooking & Baking

    Posted · Edited by shelly59 (log)

    It was simply diced potatoes & garbanzo beans mixed together and spooned into a very, very light & delicate little pastry. That is then topped with some kind of tamarind sauce.

      It is totally wonderful and I cannot find the name of it or a recipe for it anywhere.

    I could be wrong, but this sounds to me very much like "paapri-chaat". Paapri chaat is a form of "chaat", which is the generic Hindi term for snacks, or street food.

    In this case, this is a chaat made with "paapri" which is what you are referring to as "pastry shell". It is possible the dish you had was some other kind of chaat. Perhaps it was a "panipuri" (in which case the "pastry shell" would be more round in shape and the sauce would have been more watery).

    You should be able to find recipes for paapri chaat on the web. Try searching also with spelling variations like "papri chat" etc.

    Do you remember if the tamarind based sauce also had yogurt in it?

    Much thanks for responding :smile:

    The tamarind sauce is NOT yogurt based. It is more juicy than saucy, too.

    I watched another customer pick up the little pastry ball (about the size of a golf ball), tap the top off of it, fill it with the garbanzo/potato filling and then spoon the tamarind stuff over that.

    Wicked good. :biggrin:

    Edit: Googled pani puri and found my dish :laugh: The recipe calls for mashed potatoes, whereas mine were boiled and diced, but I can work with this...

    Many, many thanks...

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