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Went to the Indo Pakistani buffet today. Superb. Really enjoyed the tabouleh, pates, and coconut shrimp curry. We'll definitely keep this on our list for potential future lunches.

Violinos in Winchester isn't far off I-81. For Brazilian fare, Tucanos is also nearby. Haven't been to either one since moving west two years ago.

Re earlier post on Guilin restaurant, price was included in tour, but I would think cost of lunch was in $15-20 range. We certainly thought Guilin and expecially Li River were among the most scenic areas of China. Although it was a side excursion, we visited a tea farm and had an educational experience learning the Chinese tea varieties and niceties of formal tea drinking. For my part, I was less impressed with the Flute Cave, but a night time excursion to see the cormorants catch fish was interesting. And you can see cormorants along the Li River as well.

We just returned three weeks ago from a China tour. While in Guilin, we experienced the most artfully presented meal of the entire three weeks at a "Tea and Drink House" across the river from the downtown area (site of Sheraton Hotel, etc.). Their telephone is 5812852, but as a non Chinese speaker/reader, we cannot decipher the rest of our souvenir chopstick wrapper. We particularly recall the soup, brought to the table in a large bowl which had been carefully poured to reveal a "yin" and "yang" symbol comprised of the white egg in chicken broth component along with an accompanying green pureed vegetable stock. Other items were presented with exquisitely carved vegetables and various fruit and flower garnishes.