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Just for fun: Where did you eat?

Muffin210

By Muffin210
in California: Dining

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Joe Blowe

Joe Blowe

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My last three:

1) El Taco Nazo in La Puente -- 3 fish tacos, 2 potato tacos, and I could've scarfed down more, but the wife was looking at me... :shock:

2) Um's Tofu in Gardena -- You don't want to go here, it's very bad, stay away! :wink:

3) Al Noor in Lawndale -- As I've mentioned elsewhere, the best Indian food in Artesia can be found at a Pakistani restaurant in Lawndale...

So we finish the eighteenth and he's gonna stiff me. And I say, "Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know." And he says, "Oh, uh, there won't be any money. But when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness."

So I got that goin' for me, which is nice.

Muffin210

Muffin210

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  FoodZealot said:
All in West LA -

Pho place on Wilshire - new management, less Americanized menu than before. Worth more visits.

What's the name/address of the pho restaurant? Sounds like something I'd like to try!

Captain Hongo

Captain Hongo

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I've had a good year, it seems. Istarted at Trio, in Eveston, Ill. at the kitchen Table for the Tour de Force. Later, went to Seattle for Mistral, Cascadia and Earth and Ocean.

Later in the year we were in San Antonio for the two week Fiesta and ate at Biga's on the Banks (twice) and Acemar.

Then, we took the Island Princess to Vancouver to enjoy the Chefs Table at West Restaurant.

Now, I'me hungry again.

Captain Hongo

chaud-froid

chaud-froid

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  Captain Hongo said:
I've had a good year, it seems.  Istarted at Trio, in Eveston, Ill. at the kitchen Table for the Tour de Force.  Later, went to Seattle for Mistral, Cascadia and Earth and Ocean.

Later in the year we were in San Antonio for the two week Fiesta and ate at Biga's on the Banks (twice) and Acemar.

Then, we took the Island Princess to Vancouver to enjoy the Chefs Table at West Restaurant.

It does sound like a good year, but that wasn't the question. I could have mentioned The French Laundry, Masa's, and Michael Mina, but those weren't THE LAST THREE restaurants I've eaten at.

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grandcru

grandcru

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  wnissen said:
Y'all amaze me. My last three:

Railroad Cafe (one of the few decent places for breakfast in Livermore)

International House of Pancakes (Livermore again)

Mountain Mike's Pizza (Livermore)

We don't get out much.

Walt, I sallied through Liv a couple of years ago en route to Napanoma, and ate breakfast at the Railroad Cafe. I echo your endorsement, as it was a very good meal in a seemingly unlikely location.

Kriss Reed

Long Beach, CA

ludja

ludja

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Hayes Street Grill (S.F.)

Afghani House (Sunnyvale)

Amici's East Coast Pizzeria (Mountain View)

*was at Haye's Street Grill for the first time and really liked it!

"Under the dusty almond trees, ... stalls were set up which sold banana liquor, rolls, blood puddings, chopped fried meat, meat pies, sausage, yucca breads, crullers, buns, corn breads, puff pastes, longanizas, tripes, coconut nougats, rum toddies, along with all sorts of trifles, gewgaws, trinkets, and knickknacks, and cockfights and lottery tickets."

-- Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1962 "Big Mama's Funeral"

winesonoma

winesonoma

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Girl and the Fig

Swiss Hotel

Della Santina's Trattoria

All in Sonoma :biggrin:

Bruce Frigard

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wnissen

wnissen

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  grandcru said:

Walt, I sallied through Liv a couple of years ago en route to Napanoma, and ate breakfast at the Railroad Cafe. I echo your endorsement, as it was a very good meal in a seemingly unlikely location.

Kriss,

That's great that you were able to discover it so quickly! My wife and I go on a bike ride every Sunday, and we always stop off and go out to breakfast. After roughly forty breakfasts, we finally noticed the Railroad Cafe, and tried it. Yum. Just for the record, besides the IHOP (one of the better ones), the other decent places to go are Emil Villa's and Mimi's Cafe in Pleasanton. Except for the tacquerias, which we haven't visited, we've tried every other place that serves breakfast in Livermore. Good eye Kriss!

Walt Nissen -- Livermore, CA
BlackSheep

BlackSheep

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  Squeat Mungry said:
Longest ago to most recent:

1) Gary Danko

2) Chez Maman

3) 2223 Market

All in San Francisco.

Cheers,

Squeat

Edit 'cuz it's really Chez Maman, not Chez Mama!

Actually, it's Cafe Maman (and Chez Papa)

tejon

tejon

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I'll lower the bar a bit:

Mi Ama (Wonderful Columbian dinner put together by Chris Congac.)

Chik-Fil-A (Waffle cut fries and chicken called my name, what can I say?)

McDonald's (There, I said it. You may all mock me openly now.)

Kathy

Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all. - Harriet Van Horne

ludja

ludja

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  bong said:
3 Amigos, Taqueria in Half Moon Bay

Chaat Cafe, Sunnyvale

Quince Restaurant, San Francisco

On an excursion to the coast yesterday to keep cool--we ate at 3 Amigos. Gotta love the Super Carnitas Burrito! :smile:

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"Under the dusty almond trees, ... stalls were set up which sold banana liquor, rolls, blood puddings, chopped fried meat, meat pies, sausage, yucca breads, crullers, buns, corn breads, puff pastes, longanizas, tripes, coconut nougats, rum toddies, along with all sorts of trifles, gewgaws, trinkets, and knickknacks, and cockfights and lottery tickets."

-- Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1962 "Big Mama's Funeral"

Malik

Malik

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I went out of town for part of the weekend so I ended up eating at a couple of restaurants in Sacramento (Aioli and Rubicon). But not including those, my last three meals in the Bay Area were:

-Sushi Groove (SF)

-Cesar (Berkeley)

-Jeanty at Jack's (SF)

  pim said:
No it's not.  It's Chez Maman and Chez Papa.

I remember that when they first opened, they were called Chez Papa and Cafe Chez Maman. I don't know if they've dropped "Cafe" from the name since.

bong

bong

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  ludja said:
On an excursion to the coast yesterday to keep cool--we ate at 3 Amigos.  Gotta love the Super Carnitas Burrito!  :smile:

We went to half moon bay yesterday exactly for the same reason!

Sadly, 3 Amigos was out of carnitas in the evening when we were there. Out of carnitas!!!

ludja

ludja

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  bong said:
We went to half moon bay yesterday exactly for the same reason!

Sadly, 3 Amigos was out of carnitas in the evening when we were there. Out of carnitas!!!

Bummer. We were there ~ 5:30 so I guess we contributed to the disappearance... :smile: Always glad to see them have so much business though. It always seems to be crowded no matter what time of day.xc

"Under the dusty almond trees, ... stalls were set up which sold banana liquor, rolls, blood puddings, chopped fried meat, meat pies, sausage, yucca breads, crullers, buns, corn breads, puff pastes, longanizas, tripes, coconut nougats, rum toddies, along with all sorts of trifles, gewgaws, trinkets, and knickknacks, and cockfights and lottery tickets."

-- Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1962 "Big Mama's Funeral"

lmswartz

lmswartz

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The last three full meals eaten out:

- Boulevard (SF)

- Alberto's Cantina (tasty family-run Mexican place in downtown Pleasanton)

- Alegria's (my favorite for classic Spanish cuisine, SF)

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