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Looks tasty, but what makes it Mongolian?

I have to say that osmanthus is one of the relatively few Chinese foods I really have disliked. And oddly enough, I like rose and orange blossom water fine, but somehow, the fragrance of osmanthus is too strong for me and tastes like I'm eating a strong perfume that shouldn't be in my mouth.

Ann, you are the scone champion! I don't think I've ever seen scones as beautiful and delicious-looking as those red-currant scones!

What's alkali salt? Is it baking soda? So most Koreans think cheese stinks. But is stinking a bad thing for Koreans? I mean, Korea is the country that has given kimchi to the world. It definitely has a strong smell and taste, so it's interesting if Koreans tend to hate cheese because it's smelly. (For the record, I like both kimchi and cheese very much, in general. My favorite type of kimchi is radish kimchi.) That street market looks wonderful!

Have fun blogging! I've enjoyed your posts in the various meal threads and so forth, so I definitely plan on following this blog.

You can always use superpages.com and menupages.com for the addresses, if you will have access to a computer.

Yuck! But to each his/her own. ← Have you never nibbled a bit while chopping them? They are surprisingly good raw. Though I've never actually set out to eat them raw. ← I've tried them. I don't like them raw.

Bo-ring! Mais chacun 'a son gout!

I don't think he's promoting a personal agenda, just being funny!

OG is arguably better IMO as well, but they are very heavy on the seafood. I tend to prefer a little more variety, which DSGG has in spades. ← Well, I love seafood, so that could be coloring my views.

Funghi trifolati!

Yeah, same with most Malays. They consider pork "najis," a term that means "filth" but is often literally synonymous with shit.

My favorite Chinatown dim sum place is Oriental Garden (at least based on one visit so far for dim sum). I haven't been to Dim Sum Go Go, however.

At Kalustyan's, Armenian string cheese is $13.99/lb, if I remember correctly. I would NOT call that cheap! For the record, I have a preference for the type that has parsley and hot pepper in it, but the regular kind with just nigella seeds is also really pleasant.

I tend to think of haute cuisine not only as featuring expensive ingredients but also having rich (fatty -- butter and cream) food, high prices (although we're looking for exceptions in this thread) and very luxurious service. I think that the service and ambiance are key points. But I suppose they're not about cuisine.

That would be mee rebus. Mee=noodle(s); rebus=boil(ed). I haven't been to Upi Jaya, but I understand that it serves Padang cuisine. Padang is the biggest city in the Minangkabau province of Sumatra. While the Minangkabau are a Malay people, it cannot be said that food made by Sumatran Minangkabau is Malaysian (Sumatra being part of Indonesia). There's a Burmese Cafe in Jackson Heights that's been getting a lot of play on Chowhound (look at the more recent results). If we're considering Sri Lanka part of Southeast rather than South Asia, I was quite unimpressed with my one and only visit to Sigiri. I had a fish dish with overly old-tasting fish, and it was too salty, to boot.

much more ... ← I was actually at Moishe's today - to pick up challah (so fresh, they put it in a wax bag because it was still steaming). I've had their hamantaschen and while I like the texture, I don't love the flavor of the dough. I find it too salty. ← I agree with you. Their soft hamantashen are better in large part because the dough is not salty.

Yuck! But to each his/her own.

I've never known kao fu (kau fu, or whatever) to taste like chicken, but I love it!

That's the issue I don't understand. Are you suggesting it would have been dishonest for him not to bring up the subject of his sexuality? What does that have to do with reviewing a restaurant?[...] ← Again: It's funny! You seem to have a problem with him being out. You say "it's none of [our] damn business" and that he "impose[d] his sexuality on the public." Did he do anything sexual to you? Then how did he "impose" anything on you? If you feel hurt that he was open about his sexuality, you have remarkably sensitive feelings, and I don't think he needs to take them into account.

I reacted to it very differently -- that he was making a joke out of the whole situation, not that he was putting down women and showing himself to be a misogynist.

And my reaction? So what! It was FUNNY!

How can you have an opinion about restaurants you've never been to? I hate the "ethnic" categories. A restaurant is either good, bad, or mediocre, regardless of whether its cuisine represents the French, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Italian, or Mexican ethnicity (for example) or is some kind of fusion restaurant. We can surely develop some better categories than those if we need such categories in the first place!

I thought the review was funny, and that is all that I think needs to be said about it, except that to me, funny is good!

I loved your summary with pictures, Judith! Just one question: I thought all sheep cheeses were by definition pecorini. Is that incorrect?