PENMART01 wrote:

>>"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 =---
> *********
> "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation."
> Sheldon
> ````````````
You didn't mention how packed (for breakfast, lunch, and sometimes
supper,) the McDonalds, Burger Kings, et cetera are. Oh, and the
discotheques playing, none other than American music. Oh, and the lines
of people, waiting to see American movies.

I have some French blood in me, but I really have to say that their BO
is overwhelming. In a book store in Paris, my wife (who is super
sensitive to odors) was behind a real smelly (but well dressed,) man,
she started to wretch so much, she almost collapsed, dropped the books,
and we ran out of the store embarrassed. People thought my wife was ill.

Richard Periut (pronounce the R from the throat, and without the T, for
an authentic French pronunciation.) ; )

--
"Dum Spiro, Spero."

As long as I breath, I hope.

Cicero (Ancient Rome)





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