"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.