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There's a Peruvian-Chinese place on the Upper West Side of Manhattan called Flor de Mayo. It's really Peruvian food plus kind of Peruvian-Chinese (something like American-Chinese) food, much as herbicidal implies by analogy with Cuban-Chinese places.

I can't speak for Joanne, but there were already Chinese restaurants in Manhattan that served more "authentic" fare than American-style chow mein/chop suey in the early 70s, and I presume at least somewhat earlier. So it really depended on when you were living where.

I haven't been to Nice since 1993, but it wouldn't surprise me if Nice can still be relatively affordable. It's a big city and not simply a resort town for rich people. I enjoyed the food very much when I spent two summers there, but be warned that the beach, though pretty, is made of pebbles that will hurt your feet. Cannes is smaller and was much less interesting to me than Nice, but it has a lovely beach with fine white sand. I liked my day trip to Monaco a lot, but if money is an object, look out! I haven't yet travelled to many of the regions of France but have enjoyed every region I've been to (Paris and Ile de France, Provence, the Cote d'Azur, Burgundy, the Loire Valley). Every region is different and all have their charm.

As a professor and writing tutor, I couldn't agree more. chiantiglace, if you post a draft letter for comments about how it comes across, you should always expect comments about spelling, grammar, coherence, and the like. If you didn't have time to proofread your letter yet, make sure you go through it with a fine-toothed comb before it comes anywhere near the desk of anyone in a position of authority. Regardless of the content of your letter, no-one will take it seriously unless it is written with proper spelling, grammar, syntax, and usage, and presents your case coherently and persuasively. I would encourage you to do a major edit of the letter (offhand, aside from the points others have made above, numbers under 12 [some say 10] should be written out; you are lacking apostrophes for possessives and contractions in several places; and you mean "mundane," not "mundain") and post the revised version. If you're not happy with that free advice, do whatever you like, but keep in mind that some of us actually get paid to give the kind of advice you are objecting to. However you handle this, I wish you good luck.

Thanks Suzy. I'm familiar with mache. Somehow, I didn't recognize the plants in the photos I got from a Google image search, but I believe I've had mache a lot of times before in salads.

Pizza is eaten with a knife and fork in Naples.

I really don't understand why it costs so much in New York. Just supply and demand? I don't remember torrone being expensive at all in Italy.

Too much information! Let's please get back to Del Posto, the topic at hand...

I'm unfamiliar with lambs quarters. This page from the Mariquita Farm website of eGullet Society member Chardgirl says they're like spinach. Do you all figure that describes their taste well? What's the advantage over spinach, in that case?

Ah Leung, rest easy. "Spit roasting" does not refer to expectoration. Courtesy of dictionary.com:

Lots of good-looking stuff. I especially like the looks of those subs! Jason, do you remember how much they were charging for the torrone?

I realize I'm going off on a tangent here, but cashews aren't nuts? Why? Because they're the seed of an edible (but yucky, as far as I'm concerned!) fruit?

If that's the ugliest street in Amsterdam, then you are truly blessed.[...] Passengers who travel by limo or taxi from Philadelphia International Airport to Central Philadelphia travel between a huge oil refinery and an auto salvage yard on their way into downtown. This scene, I assure you, is a far more pleasant entrance to a great city.[...] ← Sure is. If you've ever flown into Newark Airport and then taken surface transportation to New York, you'll know what I mean. Sounds a little like the the trip Sandy's describing. Or another way of describing it is a vision of Hell! Also, Klary, I can read some of your handwriting. I noticed "apps," "ham," "chips," "cupcakes?", and "pistachiomacaroons." I suspect that if I could understand Dutch, I'd be able to decipher the rest. If you think that's bad handwriting, you should see some of the final exams I have to try to make sense of... I'm glad you enjoyed your birthday, and may you awake without a hangover. By the way, what are the most reliable edible or drinkable Dutch hangover cures?

Brunch at Prune has indeed been discussed before in this forum. Try doing a site search (using the button right near the extreme upper right corner of this page) for topics in the New York forum only with "brunch" and "breakfast" in their titles. Find the "Prune" thread the same way, for good measure.

No disrespect intended, but my reaction is that you did not have monkey brains at a Muslim restaurant! Monkey is haram!

I did walk past and have a look, and I can confirm the report.

Great photos, Patrick! Could you tell us more about the Halsey tart?

Not different enough that you need to savor your tap water free from any lingering effects of the traces of mineral water still in your glass. u.e., I always tip on at least the amount I figure I would have been charged if the items weren't comped, but I, too, am eager to see knowledgeable replies to your questions.

Sure, but I was assuming the bottled water was finished. If there's no more water in the glass, there's no reason of taste to switch the glasses, but if they are of a different shape, that might be helpful to the wait staff. Wines have clearly different tastes, so you don't want to mix them.

Why do you switch the glass?

Parmhero, 10 years ago, Odessa used to serve decent food that was certainly a good value, and I used to go there for cheap pierogies. A lot has changed in 10 years!!! Roz, I will walk past Kiev later today or tomorrow and check on its current condition, but I haven't noticed any evidence of its being closed permanently. If it did, that must have happened within the last 24 hours or so, I figure.

See you later. Very happy to see you blogging!!!

I have to ask how long ago you lived on 10th St., because I don't consider any of these places worth going to. Orlin used to be OK for a meal in the middle of the night on a weekend, but they've substituted the Kraft stuff for real Parmigiano, so I no longer go there even when no other sit-down cafes are open. True, I've never been there for brunch, but why would I go there for brunch when Teresa's is around the corner? Kiev is no longer open for brunch and seems to be only a late-night bar. Odessa is just plain gross; ever since their food became mostly salt, I stopped eating there. I can't imagine that their brunch food is so much better than anything else they serve, but who knows, I could be wrong. Nothing personal; as they say, that's what makes horseracing.

What an amazing survey of your neighborhood! Where are you finding all the time to take and upload all those photos?

Of course! Isn't there a thread somewhere about compatibility and incompatibility in food preference among couples? I think that must be a big issue for many of us. If anyone could please link that thread, I'd appreciate it. If there isn't such a thread (but I think there is), we should start one. Meanwhile, I think you must like your boyfriend a lot to be with him in spite of his dislike of the food you love.