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Everyone's dinners looked awesome! We only had two dinners (as opposed to 15). No pics, because by the time I'd finish taking pictures, there wouldn't be any food left.
Sheetz, that chicken looks so good!! I haven't had that it a looong time. Can you share the recipe? No need for a pictoral.
Next was the piece de resistance--boneless crispy skinned chicken stuffed with glutinous rice. I've mentioned this dish before as being intimidating, but I decided to just bite the bullet and go for it. (And in case I messed up I had a store bought soy sauce chicken for backup.) Traditionally, the chicken is deep fried to achieve the crispy skin but here I pan fried it on both sides and served it in a cast iron skillet.
Inside:
It tasted great-the skin was thin and crisp like parchment, but was very time consuming to make. Probably took more time to prepare than the rest of the dinner put together.
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I'm with the majority here. I think that the restaurant acted not only appropriately in the situation, but beyond expectation. The customer us trying to milk this situation for all that it’s worth.
Fresser beat me to it. It is on the INSIDE of the coat. The only people who will know that the stain is there is the said owner of the coat and Superman.
I don't have FOH experience, but I have fallen victim to a similar food mishap. We were dining at a jazz club with VERY tight seating (no coat check) and the waiter managed to spill some cocktail sauce on every piece of clothing that was exposed — the cardigan, inner sweater, pants, even my socks. (BTW, I still refer to that cardigan as my cocktail sweater.) The ironic thing is that I noticed that the waiter seemed a little nervous, and actually predicting something like that would happen. When we brought the incident to the manager's attention, she offered to pay for my dry cleaning. (I actually felt bad for the waiter at this point, because it was his first day.) We politely declined, since everything was machine washable, but they did comp my meal. Case closed.
If I were the manager, I'd probably tell her politely that I'm sorry she felt that way, but would secretly be thrilled that she and her friends would never come again.
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eau de cuisine - the smell that permeates you and your clothes after you've been cooking. (Can also pertain to restaurants with poor ventilation, e.g. eau de McDonald's)
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hzrt8w? That's Sacramento, no?
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17. Another easy one: People.
"Soylent Green is people!"
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OK, I cheated on this one--it's been driving me bonkers, so I did some googling.
#2 - a spaghetti-proof bib, two pork chops and a few slaps round the chops........
Saturday Night Fever
And I'm going to guess #9 - A breakfast tray with a bowl of hot cereal, a teapot, a teacup and saucer, and a mouse.
Stuart Little?
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Our big dinner is usually celebrated on the day. A smaller low-key is held on the eve. Interestingly, CNY is the only day of the year that we sat down for breakfast together. I remember going to sleep to the smell of the ha peens being fried, and waking up to the smell of lawbok gao. We'd greet our parents with gung hay fat choy, and sit down to lawbok gao, fat chee, and sui gok(?)--while eagerly waiting for our hung baos.
It'll be different this year, since CNY eve falls on my brother-in-law's birthday, and my sister wants to throw him a banquet. So we're having a family dinner (sans my favorite niece, who will be in France) on the eve, and dinner in a restaurant on the day of.
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I suppose it depends on the bread, but I generally prefer the crust.
I'll throw another question out there...when eating crusty breads, do you prefer the bottom part of the crust or the top part? (Kind of like the muffin top-muffin bottom debate on Seinfeld)
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Right, azureus!
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In which movie does a character imitate a zit using a hard-bolied egg?
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Rebecca, I totally understand. But the broken cookies have no calories (just like chips!), and the animals need a change of scenery.It goes back to my childhood, when I always had to eat the broken cookies and such. I just felt sorry for them. I also rotated my stuffed animal collection every day, one to the left. To be fair, you know. Ack, I'm sicker than the doctors know.For practical purposes, the drums are easier to eat, esp. if covered in any type of sauce, but my order of preference is: tips, flats, then drums.
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a moo point: "It's like a cow's opinion. It just doesn't matter. It's moo."
I'll have to credit Joey Tribbiani (from Friends) for that expression.
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Think I've seen them at the Union Square Greenmarket.
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Don't forget that sweet story about Michel eating a burger at Luke's in honor of Chin Chin.
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4. A pint of chocolate ice cream, eaten directly from the container, and a bowl of Wheaties with milk. Neither got finished.
OK, here are two clues: The movie is set in North Carolina. The bowl is unceremoniously tossed into the sink.
Bull Durham?
Oh, and I previously guessed Jaws for #9.
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Ooh...#11 - Jaws!!!!
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Wow! What a fantastic-looking meal. What a treat to have a meal made by Daniel and Alicia.
The foie gras nuggets remind me of these incredible bone marrow croquettes I hade at Vidalia in DC.
Thanks, Megan, Daniel, and Alicia for sharing your dinner with us.
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"...but Moses supposes erroneously. Moses, he knowses his toeses aren't roses...as Moses supposes his toeses to be." My favorite niece loves that movie too. Now I have the song going through my head.
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If I go with Mr. Duck I always wind up with at least twice more than what's on my list. Yes, I'd probably pick up one or two more things that aren't on the list, but going shopping with him is like going with a five year-old. "No honey, put those cookies back...we have three boxes at home already." "What are we going to do with three bricks of cream cheese? And just who do you think is going to make that cheesecake?" "There's no room in the freezer for that side of beef...we're still working on that whole goat we bought last time."
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Here's another easy one...(from my favorite movie of all time)...
chestnuts, cheddar cheese with chewy chives.
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Would 9 be Field of Dreams?
Yep! The corn was a given. The daughter choking on the hot dog was a pivotal scene towards the end of the movie.
Congrats to you and Insomniac for getting that one.
I_call_the_duck, don't give up!
A new movie (easy!):
There's shrimp kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo, pan fried,
deep fried, stir fried. There's pineapple shrimp and lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp,
pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp in potatoes,
shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich.
I didn't mean I'd stop playing, I just meant I'm not very good at it. Like sports. I stink, but I still have a good time because I revel in my ineptitude.
Toliver, you did this one for me (thanks)...Forest Gump.
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Megan, onion roll, right? What was that lovely confection to the left of the fruit tart?
Do you have any good cart food in either of your neighborhoods? Last time I was at the Modern, no one was to be found, though one of my friends said it's the favored spot of one of the majors.No food carts around the Modern? Hmm...hen was the last time you were there? Every time I go by, right across the street I see your standard hot dog, pretzel, and coffee carts, plus carts that sells empanadas and Middle Eastern food. There might also be a crepe cart, but I don't remember.
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I promised my doctor that I'd lay off the foie after I returned from Paris. That was last May. So I still indulge in foie in moderation, but even thinking about participating in an experiment such as this will be suicide. I'll live vicariously through you guys, and look forward to the results.
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I don't know why I think #3 is from Eat, Drink, Man, Woman, only because the father was such a terrible cook.
You're being facetious, right? I was actually trying to think of one emblematic food from Ang Lee's early films and just drew a blank, though the child's gorgeous school lunches come to mind with their layer upon layer of dishes.
Now I'm embarassed to say I wasn't.
It's been several years since I've seen the film, but I remember that, as beautiful as the dishes were, they tasted horrible. Of course, I probably just mixing it up with another movie. As fun as this game is, I already discovered that I'm not really good at playing.
eG Foodblog: hzrt8w - A week of Chinese New Year celebration
in Food Traditions & Culture
Posted · Edited by I_call_the_duck (log)
Kung Hey Fat Choy!
Ah Leung, I'm just catching up on your blog. What great fun. It's great that we get to share your CNY week.
So judging by your clues. I guess you're 48. We have two pigs in the family--my BIL, and my nephew. I am not a pig, but I certainly acted like one this weekend.