"Jess Askin" > wrote in
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>
> "PENMART01" > wrote in message
> ...
>> > "Jess Askin" writes:
>> >
>> >"PENMART01" wrote:
>> >> >JimLane writes:
>> >> >Cindy Fuller wrote:
>> >> >>(PENMART01) wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>>Shortcut to: Identifying a Bad Restaurant
>> >> >>>Just because you're a tourist doesn't mean you should eat like
>> >> >>>one.
> How
>> >do
>> >> >>>you
>> >> >>>know if a place isn't worth your patronage? William Grimes, a
>> >> >>>former restaurant
>> >> >>>critic for the New York Times, serves up 10 warning signs.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>1. The name of the restaurant is followed by an exclamation
>> >> >>>point. 2. It's called Bubba's Down-Home Barbecue -- and it's in
>> >> >>>Boston. 3. Out front, there's a big plastic chef holding a
>> >> >>>menu. 4. The wine list is bound in tooled leather and has
>> >> >>>tassels. 5. The cuisine is Chinese, Japanese, and Italian.
>> >> >>>6. The review in the window has yellowed and started to curl at
>> >> >>>the
>> >> >corners.
>> >> >>>7. The restaurant revolves.
>> >> >>>8. The words "buffet," "all you can eat," or "salad bar" appear
>> >> >>>in
> the
>> >> >>>window.
>> >> >>>9. The waiters are carrying pepper mills the size of
>> >> >>>shoulder-fired
>> >> >rockets.
>> >> >>>10. The word "decadent" is used to describe any dessert.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> A few others to add to Grimes's list:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Any restaurant that advertises itself as "world famous" is best
>> >referred
>> >> >> to as infamous.
>> >> >> A Chinese restaurant (for example) that is devoid of Chinese
>> >> >> patrons
> or
>> >> >> waitstaff.
>> >> >> "Celebrity chef" restaurants with multiple locations across the
>> >country.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Cindy
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >For that matter, any ethnic restaurant not patronized by members
>> >> >of
> that
>> >> >group.
>> >>
>> >> Not really... I've patronized many excellent NYC Chinese
>> >> Restaurants
> and
>> >never
>> >> once saw a Chinese patron being served. Of course there are many
>> >excellent
>> >> Chinese restaurants in NYC's Chinatown where you'll see only
>> >> Chinese
>> >patrons.
>> >
>> >The rule is a good one in general, but there are exceptions -- there
>> >are
> a
>> >handful of good French restaurants in the US, for example, despite a
>> >shortage of French people.
>>
>> There is no shortage of French people in the US (unfortunately).
>> They
> don't
>> eat the food in the so-called French restaurants for precisely the
>> same
> reason
>> the Chinese don't eat in the so-called Chinese restaurants... the
>> French
> do not
>> eat that fercocktah style of cooking nor are they willing to pay
>> those
> inflated
>> prices. Real French cooking in France is nothing like what's served
>> in
> those
>> Americanized hoity-toity joint$... in fact they eat in their homes
>> exactly
> what
>> typical Americans eat at home, no difference whatsoever, none.
>> However
> the
>> French do drink more wine with meals, but then again they need to, to
> tolerate
>> each other, they don't bathe. Other than nasty snails there really
>> is no
> such
>> thing as French Cooking, other than that they name their dishes in
>> the
> French
>> Language... stewed meat and veggies is stewed meat and veggies in any
>> language... get my drift.
>>
>>
>> ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =---
>> ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
>
> Thanks for your post. I'm a newbie here, and it's always good to find
> out who the jackasses are.

It's good luck when you find the biggest one first!



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