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That dish was great, Pan! Very tender squid, soft cucumber, scallions and sheets of a waterchestnut-like vegetable. The dish was spicy and the sauce, unlike the red oil that seems to immerse and flavor many of the dishes at GS, was lighter, a bit more like broth.

They deliver, but that particular curry isn't on the pared-down delivery menu. But if you ask them about it, they'll do it. Here's the delivery menu. Thanks for the menu. Awesome. Thai salads and panang curry are the dishes I usually order to test a Thai restaurant, just because I've had the most experience with them, and because the divide between good panang and bad panang is so great and so apparent.

Sounds good. Do they deliver? I'm in delivery range of GS, so if Pam's delivers, I could be swimming in kidneys within minutes!

This sounds like a very interesting dish, which I probably would not have ordered if I based my decision only on the appetizer's menu description. This menu description reminds me of those at WD-50, where the ingredients are listed but their role in the dish is not explained. Will any other dishes at Hearth surprise me as the tuna appetizer would have?

Thanks, marezion and bpearis! I'm going to have a lot of exploring to do this month based on your recs. I just realized this last week, but DiFara's is ten minutes away from my apartment by car! And I often have my car. Also pretty close is Sunset Park, though whenever I go, I seem unable to resist Ba Xuyen's banh mi.

Mancora! Thanks. They have a substantial-sounding and interesting $8 or 9 lunch special. And some of their ceviches are very different than the usual suspects. (Or so I've read on the menu.)

I don't think so. And their list is pretty small.

mjr, Have you ever tried that Peruvian place on Smith?

I've always wanted to try that pasta with shrimp, cabbage and sheep's cheese. They advertise the pasta as egg noodles --is tagliatelli made with egg? I second the recommendation of the restaurant, and its cheese plate. An outstanding value. I can't stay away from the flat, tubular pasta (name?) served simply with tomato sauce and ricotta. Their tiramisu is great, too. I believe the owners are opening a spot on Bleeker dedicated to the cuisine of Emilia Romagna. Might even be open now...

And to that description of good food writing, I'd add: Alice Waters Madeline Kamman Marian Burros El Gordo (aka Steven Shaw ) James Beard Julia Child Amanda Hesser Diana Kennedy David Leite Steven Shaw's ok. But he don't know tractors from truffles.

Where is Rossi's? What's good there?

I went to college in Poughkeepsie and went to Rhinebeck occasionally. I liked the desserts at Calico, and, for what it is, Osaka is good for sushi. I had a few good meals at Gigi's, and a few bad ones. But the farmers market was what really drew me to Rhinebeck. Joe Popovich of Popovich's Provisions makes great mozzarella, salmon mousse, cheddar spread with horseradish, Scotch eggs and an aged cheese called Harpersfield. I really miss access to his stuff. And Sprout Creek Farms is around there, but I'm not sure if it sells at the Rhinebeck market. Their cheese is showing up on cheese plates all over NYC, especially the Ouvray. For a small market, they have a great selection of produce and meat.

It's not always easy communicating over the phone. But I'll try the squid very soon!

I find myself thinking about their dan dan whenever anyone mentions noodles.

Very! Thanks, Pan. Since I get the food delivered, I won't be able to order the PD vegetable dish you suggested unless I have its name -- and then only if I can successfully pronounce the name . When I don't have any Prodigal Daughter suggestions at hand, I order from "Home Cooking" and this method has worked well so far. I'm interested in the spicy and sour squid, which at a glance I stayed away from b/c the name sounds like "sweet and sour chicken". You know, the horrible takeout standard with the neon sauce that I haven't had since I was a wee lad. Now that I'm a wee college graduate, I think I deserve better.

Here's a link to an old menu. Ellen, Is the sea urchin panna cotta still available? I'll kill for a good urchin dish. Anyone know who's in the kitchen nowadays. That old menu I linked says David Cox...

I finally tried "green parrot with red mouth". I enjoyed it, but it wasn't great. Too much vinegar. Might have worked better if I'd had a different dish with it. Oh, and it only cost $4 or 5. I also got "cured pork with garlic shoots" from the Mao's home cooking section. Very simple dish. Salty strips of pork belly and "garlic shoots", which looked and tasted like chopped leeks. Their sweetness balance the salty pork. The dish was slick with fat -- in a good way -- but otherwise very light. But far from lite . Anything else from the Prodigal Daughter menu or the freshly killed that I should try? Green cow with red tripe?

Bread from Beirut (Middle Eastern/Lebanese, 45th St. between 6th and 5th aves) is a good, cheap option, though I'm not sure if you can sit there. It's my alternative-to-Grand Sichuan lunch at work.

db also has a two course lunch for around $30. tommy, you ever get to try the bouef en gelee? More about db bistro. And more.

Here's a relevant discussion of the role of bread at famed Trio, in Evanston, Illinois.

We'll make a day of it: a morning of tacos de cesos, the to the E. Village for spleen sandwiches; for lunch, mixed grill at Pampa(?); and an all-offal dinner at a Batali place. For dessert, we'll have to creative. Baba au pig's blood? But seriously, I'd love to go mid-March, when my temping ends. Is Noche Mex still tiny?

What about all the little Mexican places in the early 100s on Amsterdam? I've been to a couple that I've liked a lot...The only one I remember the name of is Noche Mexicana, 852 Amsterdam, btw 101 and 102.

Welcome to the NY forum, kinichiwa! So, what did you eat?

Jesus. Is this all it takes to lose Anthony "Champion of the Culinary Poison Pen" Bourdain. I say it's time to pull that tail out of those bony little Everclear saturated legs and start slamming some foie banners again. l bourdain responded, couple pages back: Then he jetted somewhere tropical. For a few weeks, I think.

Menu A seven-course tasting is $95.