Jason Perlow

I think I've only eaten there once, and I remember the food being quite greasy, in an unpleasant way. As I recall I was dragged there late at night in a state of inebriation, so I don't remember much.

Whenever I think of Reagan -- it isn't his views on Communism or Economics that comes to mind. For me, its Jelly Beans The Jelly Belly website has not yet posted its tribute to Reagan (I expect they will) but I'd like us to discuss the finer points of this totally American confection. What are your favorite flavors? Weird ones they tried that didn't quite work? Uses? Bean "Recipes"? I'll start off here. I hate those Harry Potter beans. I think they are an abomination. When I buy Jelly Bellies, I typically go the bulk route and get a standard mix, supplemented by some of the tarter flavors. I also like the Toasted Marshmallow and Popcorn flavors, along with the Chocolate Pudding. EDIT: I have found an older item on the JellyBelly.com site regarding Reagan: http://jellybelly.com/Cultures/en-US/NewsE...s+to+People.htm

I didn't realize Tony was already an eGulleteer. You know for sure that eGullet is getting so big and recognizable that when I invite food writers to the site, I find out they are already members!

Hathor, they use the Tabasco pepper, which as I understand grows natively on Avery Island. The Tabasco is different from the Cayenne, which is used in other types of Louisiana Hot Sauce such as Crystal and Red Hot.

I woke up from my afternoon nap in a cold sweat from a nightmare of a hundred chimpanzees chasing me through the Pretz factory, throwing boxes of Corn Pretz and Salad Pretz at me. There were people running in horror everywhere, except for the Pocky Girls, dressed in sailor suits, with their hands covering their mouths laughing at me. Thanks. I just needed to say that.

You could try the 6th borough, Newark.

Its been a while since I've eaten at Wo Hop. I can't say it gives me warm and fuzzy feelings going down into that dungeon of a place, though.

I'm trying to verify whether King Yum (1953) is the oldest continuously operating Chinese Restaurant in NYC. I know its the oldest one in Queens, and probably the only one that has continously operated under the original owner and family, but I am guessing there may be one or two in Chinatown that might be a little older. Anyone have any ideas of which one it might be? EDIT: Fat Guy thinks its Wo Hop (1938), but I'm not sure of that. Double Edit: Time Out New York verifies its age but I was sure there might have been one older. Wo Hop is currently operated by the original owner's son.

In doing research on finding what the oldest chinese restaurants in the US (and New York) are, I came across this cool article by Tony Chang: http://www.hawaii.rr.com/leisure/reviews/a...mbcritworld.htm Has anyone ever been to Wo Fat and Lau Yee Chai in Honolulu? Any other notable ones?

where is this stuff from? do people actually eat this sweet gloppy stuff in some part of the world? Its largely from Kolkatta (Calcutta)

Really? Just a Good? David seemed pretty jazzed on the place. I thought it was going to get a VG for sure. Tommy: I agree some of the food is sweet -- they have dishes that are tangier and spicier. The cuisine as a whole however, is sweeter than what you might be used to.

I like doing force marinades for cheaper cuts of steaks and chops, even for stuff like chicken breasts -- but for grilling. It helps tenderize and flavor the meat. I find throwing the meat into vacuum sealer bags or containers, throwing in the marinade and pumping all the air out with a Foodsaver, so the meat sucks up the marinade, and letting it sit in a vaccum state for 15 minutes to an hour in the fridge can be really beneficial -- it does the work in a fraction of the time in what it would normally take several hours or overnight. I've never used the Cajun Injector for turkeys or chicken.

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King Yum fell out of favor in 1980's because of all the "Szechuan" places that were starting up. American style Cantonese became "Bad" and Szechuan became the code name for good. In fact, this was totally another type of American Chinese food and not Sichuan food at all. A chinese restaurant in queens was totally out of style in the 80's if it wasn't called Szechuan or Hunan Something. It was just "fancier" versions of the same stuff King Yum made. If you want proof of this insanity, just do a search of "Szechuan" on yp.yahoo.com using one of the queens/nassau zip codes. I plugged in 11020, the ZIP of my howntown, Great Neck -- and got 75 listings. Interestingly enough, "Hunan" comes up with 135, so maybe Hunan supplanted Szechuan in the 90's as the new trend. Its still the same stuff. I never had -real- Hunan food or even -true- Hong Kong style cuisine until maybe 9 years ago when Rachel and I went to San Francisco on our honeymoon and ate at Brandy Ho's and various HK style places there, and didn't have real Sichuan food until we went to Grand Sichuan International in NYC until maybe 3 or 4 years ago. True Shanghainese, 4 years, tops. I gotta admit though, I really like the food at King Yum, as dated and unauthentic as it is. Its tasty, which at the end of the day is the only important thing.

That restaurant has switched hands at least 10 times, and gone under different names, but I know which one you are talking about. It was MY local chinese restaurant growing up -- my mother and father live on Horace Harding Blvd, on the Little Neck/Great Neck border. No, you're WAY too far east. The restaurant I grew up at was indeed on the south (Eastbound) side of Horace Harding, but no more than 3 blocks west of 188th St. (where the Bloomigdales was.) On that same stretch was a deli called (unless my memory clouds) Deli Masters. A little more west and you'd be to Francis Lewis H.S. where I went by the way. Are you thinking of someplace way farther east? Yeah, the one I am thinking of is closer to Douglaston.

Yeah for 4 bucks a glass, its not a bad deal.

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/199119p-171805c.html After 30 years and one frosty fight with Mayor Bloomberg, Rheingold Beer will soon be brewing again in Brooklyn. Company officials are set to announce a Brooklyn homecoming for the extra dry brew this morning at the Brooklyn Historical Society, capping another chapter in the beer's storied history.

Alas, no Wegmans in Northern NJ. I could really use some Zweigle's White Hots right about now.

I bought some about 2 months ago at the one in Florham Park. I only saw the cooked brats, but they may have been out of the dogs then. EDIT: According to the traderjoes.com site, they have a TJ in Westwood now. Cool!

Alas, in Philadelphia, all that Trader Joes carries are the cooked brats. A different beast from fresh brats. Very good, but not as good as fresh brats. Ah, ok, I may have to try ordering some of the fresh ones in the fall again.

The Usinger pre-cooked bratwursts - Trader Joes carries them by the 6 pack if you dont want to deal with shipping and you just want to try them out.

We went again tonight, it was fantastic and lots of fun. However, it is much busier now, so you want to go to the Jewish Community Center (JCC) next door and park in their parking lot if the lot at the Cathedral is full. The JCC has a free shuttle bus to the festival, so its no biggie, and its only like a 5 minute walk to the festival grounds from there. Another tip: If you want grilled stuff, go directly to the "Ouzeri" booth. It has no lines whatsoever. You can get the Souvlaki on a Stick for $3 per stick (2 or 3 of these will feed a hungry person, they are very juicy and tasty) and also the Loukanikou sausage and the Octopodi. The sandwich tent by comparison is VERY busy (because they are doing hotdogs and hamburgers for the kids as well as gyro and chicken souvlaki, which are nothing special) with like 20 or 30 minute long lines. You can walk right up to the Ouzeri booth and get food in seconds flat. The Loukomades (think zeppoles drenched in honey sauce, and then dusted with cinnamon with powdered sugar) are really good -- an order of 12 is $5 and an order of 6 is $3. Trust me, get the larger order. The taverna stuff inside the gymnasium is also very good (we had the Pastitsio, Greek Meatballs with Sphagetti and the Spanakopita tonight, all great). Saturday night apparently has a lamb shank special and on sunday, they have roasted lemon chicken. Bring your own bottled water and sodas, you'll be glad you did.

Theres a index of topics at the end of this thread of the places we visited in our last trip. All of them contain photos. http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=30965&st=60

Just bumping this up for those who didnt see it yesterday -- definitely go to this if you can, the food is great. We had the pastries last night, they were awesome.

Good question. That info was not supplied in the press release. 1) product will be available in the US end of july beginning of august 2) price is $35