Jason Perlow

http://www.epinions.com/rest-Chain_Restaur...nts-All-Burgers Many of these I've never heard of. Who's tried the most?

http://www.tiburon-belvedere.com/cgi/home.....cgi?c=In_N_Out

So what's with this faker Krystal chain? http://www.krystalco.com They apparently also have TWO BITE hot dogs. Apparently they even have MORE locations than WC if that can be believed... over 400 versus 340 odd for WC.

Are ALL White Castles open 24 hours? Or only some of them? I think the prevailing theory is, the crappier the neighborhood, the better the chances of a WC being open late at night.... EDIOT: Scratch that, they are all open 24 hours http://www.whitecastle.com/cravitivity/cra...ty_message.html

Man, I hope I still have some in the freezer.

word. It had to be before that. The only time I've ever been to WC was in 1990, when I was visiting Minneapolis. When we got back, my mom picked up some of the frozen burgers 'cause she liked them so much and there were no WC restaurants in Seattle. The frozen WC's at WC have been around for a long time... those come by the dozen. The 6 per pack WC's you find at supermarkets may very well have been introduced in '98.

I'm partial to double white castles with no cheese. And extra pickle. Another option for the frozen WC's is to get the frozen ones MADE at White Castle locations. Those are prepared with everything, I beleive. And you get more variety. You cant get doubles in the supermarket. I used to buy frozen boxes of them all the time at WC's.

Funny, we had burgers on our wedding night as well.

This is the dude that drank the bucket of wine spit.

YIKES - Herb! 3 Habaneros! You know usually a pinhead sized bit of habanero is enough to give off noticeable heat. I'd watch this carefully. It might be lethal by the time it's done. Might also make a truly ass-kicking Bloody Mary! I did a vodka with 3 RED SAVINA habeneros last summer. You have to dispense it in eyedroppers mixed with regular vodka.

So, what did he recommend? Gruner Veltliner, I hope. I was thinking alsatian myself... maybe chenin blanc

Chop the sucker down for firewood for use in meat smoking.

That thought also came to my mind, but I think he's too young to be Bigfoot.

The "Mongolian" restaurant I go to serves a complimentary appetizer salad of lettuce with a sweet and sour dressing and crushed peanuts. I doubt its authentic (as "Mongolian" cuisine itself isn't) but its a tasty salad, nevertheless.

You shouldnt use EVOO for frying, the smoke point is too low. Use pure grade, and I would mix it with a bit more vegetable oil to raise the smoke point just a bit. Essentially the olive oil should "flavor" the neutral vegetable oil.

Nobody has to do anything. People choose to do things like this. The issues are whether the TV show is entertaining and whether it makes you feel you will eat well at the restaurant. Yes, but at the end of the day, this has to be a real restaurant after the 6 episodes are over. So he's either going to have to train his freak show staff, or completely restaff the joint with experienced folks once the dog and pony show for NBC, Coors, Amex and Mitsubishi is over. So far I have ZERO desire to eat at this place.

The problem as I see it is that NBC and Rocco and his business partner have to balance what's good TV with what would be considered to be good business practices. It looks like they hired a lot of people based on their looks or their wacky personalities instead of people who are experienced in the restaurant biz. Probably the only people who know what the hell they are doing are the kitchen staff -- the front of the house looks like a freak show. The other question I have is, how the hell did this place pass inspection (health, fire, electrical, you name it, insurance, etc) by New York City to be able to serve food to people? I realize this was a "soft" opening, but still?

Man what a mess. Did anyone else get extremely nauseated when that loser drank an entire pitcher full of wine spit? Augghhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Lreda: lets keep this on one topic, thanks, I already had to merge a half a dozen of these to date.

Did anyone see the recent episode of "Faking It" (the US version) with the beer drinker that they tried to pass off as a sommelier? Oh my god that was uncomfortable to watch. Did anyone cringe when the master sommelier from the Ritz Carlton, Stephane Lacroix, asked Bill what he would match with ASAPARAGUS and sweetbreads? Yikes. I felt REALLY sorry for Fleur De Lys sommelier Mickey Clevenger. The guy they sent him had TOTALLY the wrong attitude, I would have decked the guy for sure.

Lol, that's what I'm gonna call it from now on. What would you pair Les Hamburgers de Chateau Blanche with, a Petrus? Or Le Coca-Cola? Le Pepsi Free?

Probably not. But I suspect White Castle would be absolutely mobbed in Paris if they opened one. Le Castille Blanc?

Microwave.

Well, I wouldn't necessarily call their burgers "excellent". They are what they are. But that doesn't mean that I dont crave them at 2am. White Castle burgers are unique in that they are steamed and are VERY small with square buns, they can be held between your forefingers and thumb. At best they are two bites. Maybe 3. Also known as the "Slyder" because of how they have this amazing ability to move through your digestive system at amazing speed. They can also be found in the frozen foods section of most supermarkets. Not quite the same experience of going to get them at an actual WC location though.

Cool. I did not know that.