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tsure

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  1. You might want to check Slate for a guide to TJs: http://www.slate.com/id/2138178/
  2. No wonder the sushi and sashimi are good...Korean sushi chef...some of the worlds best sushi chefs.
  3. If what you end up with something that is remotely similar to Montreal smoked meat, please post the recipe. I miss the smoked meat on Mount Royal and Rue de La Montaigne and if I remember correctly, Ste. Catherine (and the pastries too, but that's another forum).
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    BBQ in NNJ

    6th Street (Ave?)...lots of bars, lots of music, lots of BBQ...lucky bugger!!!
  5. Wow! the Grease Spot...been there forever (when I was a kid before I even went to grade school much less to the U)...but for good food, you might want to go to the C&O but I'd advise calling about reservations before you go.
  6. Here's a place in Mahwah in Bergen County I really like. Nagoya 1007 MacArthur Boulevard, Mahwah (201) 818-9933 Nagoya replaces the excellent Oyama restaurant. The fare here is traditional Japanese (teriyaki, tempura, and noodle dishes) as well as sushi, sashimi, and hand rolls. Seafood and vegetables predominate, but there is a smattering of beef, chicken, and pork. Everything we tried was fresh, tasty, and attractively presented. The decor is lovely and relaxing. (sorry for the commercial). The owner and his assistants have a traditional sushi bar and everything is made to order. Every trip I make to the area, I stop in.
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    Jasper --

    Sounds like a hot pot. If it is, coals are placed in the middle and around the central chimney is a trough filled with broth and noodles and seafood and other goodies that cook while you wait...if indeed that is what it was, order it and find out how good Chinese food can be...(this is one of my favorite dishes and one I ordered often in Taipei)
  8. Once upon a time a long time ago, I lived in Ottawa and ate at Nate's a lot (didn't make much money in those days, couldn't afford the Chateau Laurier). Also hung out in the Byward Market and ate at the cheap Indian places at the back of the market (a couple of blocks off of Rideau). Are any or all of those places still there? Seems to me the last time I was in Ottawa, they had closed off Rideau St. beyond the Art Center and made it into some kind of mall.
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    BBQ in NNJ

    I'm not sure I get the gist of this reasoning. Isn't enjoying BBQ part of the palate? Or is it an experience? Sure, there are Regional differences in terms of what is acceptable. Deep Dish Pizza and Dunkin Donuts Bagels don't go over here in the NY Metro, either, but that is a matter of what tastes we find acceptable. Is a Regional Difference what you mean by "" state of mind"? ← Who makes better mac & cheese than your mother? Who fries better chicken than your grandmother? The tastes you grow up with are the ones you're most comfortable and familiar with. I'm not saying that makes one thing better than another, it just gives you a starting point when you begin to compare. If you grew up with beef BBQ, you'd taste pork BBQ and have to establish a whole new set of criteria as to taste, flavors, textures, etc. and you'd still be comparing it to what you are used to. I hope that makes the statement a bit less obscure.
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    BBQ in NNJ

    Oh my...what a debate you may have started. As far as I can tell, the only real BBQ comes from North Carolina and those other guys are pretenders. NC BBQ is pulled pork and the whole hog is pit cooked for a l-o-n-g time until it's falling off the bone. As far as I can remember from Texas BBQ, they use beef (no self-respecting BBQ can ever come from beef)...NC BBQ is hand pulled, never sliced. There are at least two authentic BBQ sauces, one that uses vinegar and is (obviously) tart and one that is mustard based. The spiciness varies depending on the BBQ place. One of the best BBQ places in the world is in Lexington, NC. Barbecue Capital of the US (maybe the world) Of course, YMMV.
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    BBQ in NNJ

    Hmm, thought I had answered this somewhere above, but here goes again. Mason Jar is a BBQ place. They do have a BBQ pit and do slow-smoke meat. Unfortunately, BBQ is as much a state of mind as a piece of smoked meat. Their BBQ is all right for northern NJ but being from the south, it's a pale imitation of the real thing. I only go to the Mason Jar when I absolutely totally have to have slow smoked meat...I should ask my brother to open a North Carolina BBQ place around Mahwah. He'd make a fortune.
  12. If you have a bit of time to kill and want something a bit more adventurous than hamburgers, I'd head to either Majestic Cafe or Restaurant Eve. Both are up King Street from the metro. Majestic Cafe is new southern and Restaurant Eve is noveau American (if you can apply a label to what Cathal A. creates). Majestic is a bit more casual, Eve is more 'edgy'.
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    BBQ in NNJ

    I've spent some time in that area and I hate to tell you but I haven't found any decent BBQ at all. Mason Jar is a pale imitation of the real thing. I can tell you where to find good sushi or pizza but I have no idea where good BBQ is hiding. I have the advantage of living in Virginia so I can get my BBQ fix but Bergen County is a BBQ wasteland. (dammit!)
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