So you're driving along in some misbegotten part of the country, but you
suddenly stumble onto a FANTASTIC restaurant, surrounded by mediocrity or
worse.

Example 1: The Inn at Little Washington, in Washington, West Virginia.

Example 2: Highlands Bar and Grill in Birmingham, Alabama.

Example 3: Taste Restaurant, in Plymouth, California.

Example 4: El Bulli, in Roses, Catalonia.

I call these "culinary oases," and I wish I knew about more of them. Can
anybody add to the list?

Bob

..
>
> I call these "culinary oases," and I wish I knew about more of them. Can
> anybody add to the list?
>
> Bob

Babita Mexican restaurant in San Gabriel, CA

On Feb 28, 1:57 am, "Bob Terwilliger" >
wrote:
> So you're driving along in some misbegotten part of the country, but you
> suddenly stumble onto a FANTASTIC restaurant, surrounded by mediocrity or
> worse.
> [snip]
> I call these "culinary oases," and I wish I knew about more of them. Can
> anybody add to the list?
>
Basque restaurants in Fresno or Bakersfield, CA, or northern Nevada.
Some neighborhoods in big cities can also qualify as misbegotten. In
LA, La Serenata de Garibaldi is superb Mexican seafood next to
mariachi plaza, and El Rincon Chileno is wonderful Chilean food (and
adjacent deli/takeout) in cruddy east Hollywood. -aem

"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
...
> So you're driving along in some misbegotten part of the country, but you
> suddenly stumble onto a FANTASTIC restaurant, surrounded by mediocrity or
> worse.
>
> Example 1: The Inn at Little Washington, in Washington, West Virginia.

<snippage>

> I call these "culinary oases," and I wish I knew about more of them. Can
> anybody add to the list?
>
> Bob

The Inn at Little Washington is in Washington, Virginia, not WEST Va.

Boli

"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
...
> So you're driving along in some misbegotten part of the country, but you
> suddenly stumble onto a FANTASTIC restaurant, surrounded by mediocrity or
> worse.
>
> Example 1: The Inn at Little Washington, in Washington, West Virginia.
>
> Example 2: Highlands Bar and Grill in Birmingham, Alabama.
>
> Example 3: Taste Restaurant, in Plymouth, California.
>
> Example 4: El Bulli, in Roses, Catalonia.
>
> I call these "culinary oases," and I wish I knew about more of them. Can
> anybody add to the list?
>
> Bob

San Francisco - Scoma's

Bentonville Arkansas - Fred's hickory Inn

Greek town Chicago - Roditis

Cayucos Ca - Sea Shanty

--
Dimitri

Searing

http://kitchenguide.wordpress.com.

"Dimitri" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
> ...
>> So you're driving along in some misbegotten part of the country, but you
>> suddenly stumble onto a FANTASTIC restaurant, surrounded by mediocrity or
>> worse.
>>
>> Example 1: The Inn at Little Washington, in Washington, West Virginia.
>>
>> Example 2: Highlands Bar and Grill in Birmingham, Alabama.
>>
>> Example 3: Taste Restaurant, in Plymouth, California.
>>
>> Example 4: El Bulli, in Roses, Catalonia.
>>
>> I call these "culinary oases," and I wish I knew about more of them. Can
>> anybody add to the list?
>>
>> Bob
>
> San Francisco - Scoma's
>
> Bentonville Arkansas - Fred's hickory Inn
>
> Greek town Chicago - Roditis
>
> Cayucos Ca - Sea Shanty
>
> --
> Dimitri
>
> Searing
>
>
Most people living in the SF Bay Area don't go to Fisherman's Wharf. It's
overpriced; parking is impossible; the food is so-so. Scomas is OK, but
overpriced, and basically falls into that category. You won't find the
localss there.

Kent

On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:52:32 -0800, "Dimitri" >
wrote:

> San Francisco - Scoma's

One of the better known tourist traps on Fisherman's Wharf. There
used to be lines out the door. I had lunch there just a few weeks
ago... it was expensive, but the food was good.

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

Kent wrote on Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:43:46 -0800:


> "Dimitri" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in
>> message ...
>>> So you're driving along in some misbegotten part of the
>>> country, but you suddenly stumble onto a FANTASTIC
>>> restaurant, surrounded by mediocrity or worse.
>>>
>>> Example 1: The Inn at Little Washington, in Washington, West
>>> Virginia.
>>>
>>> Example 2: Highlands Bar and Grill in Birmingham, Alabama.
>>>
>>> Example 3: Taste Restaurant, in Plymouth, California.
>>>
>>> Example 4: El Bulli, in Roses, Catalonia.
>>>
>>> I call these "culinary oases," and I wish I knew about more of them.
>>> Can anybody add to the list?
>>>
>>> Bob
>>
>> San Francisco - Scoma's
>>
>> Bentonville Arkansas - Fred's hickory Inn
>>
>> Greek town Chicago - Roditis
>>
>> Cayucos Ca - Sea Shanty
>>
>> --
>> Dimitri
>>
>> Searing
>>
> Most people living in the SF Bay Area don't go to Fisherman's Wharf.
> It's overpriced; parking is impossible; the food is
> so-so. Scomas is OK, but overpriced, and basically falls into that
> category. You won't find the localss there.

It's not Fisherman's Wharf but there are some good restaurants close by
in the Ferry Building. I'll just mention "The Slanted Door".

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

James Silverton > wrote:

>It's not Fisherman's Wharf but there are some good restaurants close by
>in the Ferry Building. I'll just mention "The Slanted Door".

Wildly overpriced but good.

Steve

On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:43:46 -0800, "Kent" > wrote:

> Most people living in the SF Bay Area don't go to Fisherman's Wharf. It's
> overpriced; parking is impossible; the food is so-so. Scomas is OK, but
> overpriced, and basically falls into that category. You won't find the
> localss there.

I've heard good things about Bay Wolf on Piedmont Ave over in Oakland.

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

In article >,
"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote:

> So you're driving along in some misbegotten part of the country, but you
> suddenly stumble onto a FANTASTIC restaurant, surrounded by mediocrity or
> worse.
>
> Example 1: The Inn at Little Washington, in Washington, West Virginia.
>
> Example 2: Highlands Bar and Grill in Birmingham, Alabama.
>
> Example 3: Taste Restaurant, in Plymouth, California.
>
> Example 4: El Bulli, in Roses, Catalonia.
>
> I call these "culinary oases," and I wish I knew about more of them. Can
> anybody add to the list?
>
> Bob

Saigon Cuisine in Greensboro, NC.

Gloria's and La Calle Doce in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas.

Cindy

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Delete the obvious to email me

Boli wrote:

> The Inn at Little Washington is in Washington, Virginia, not WEST Va.

Ahh, thanks. Somehow my head confused Inn at Little Washington with The
Greenbriar.

Bob

"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
...
> Boli wrote:
>
>> The Inn at Little Washington is in Washington, Virginia, not WEST Va.
>
> Ahh, thanks. Somehow my head confused Inn at Little Washington with The
> Greenbriar.
>
> Bob
Ahhhh, ok. I'll bet The Greenbriar would be fun, too.

Boli

On Feb 28, 4:57*am, "Bob Terwilliger" >
wrote:
> So you're driving along in some misbegotten part of the country, but you
> suddenly stumble onto a FANTASTIC restaurant, surrounded by mediocrity or
> worse.
>
> Example 1: The Inn at Little Washington, in Washington, West Virginia.
>
> Example 2: Highlands Bar and Grill in Birmingham, Alabama.
>
> Example 3: Taste Restaurant, in Plymouth, California.
>
> Example 4: El Bulli, in Roses, Catalonia.
>
> I call these "culinary oases," and I wish I knew about more of them. Can
> anybody add to the list?

No, but if anybody knows of one in the middle of Ohio (along I-75),
I'd love
to know about it. We're always stumped for lunch while driving to the
in-laws.

Cindy Hamilton

In rec.food.cooking Bob Terwilliger > wrote:
> Boli wrote:

> > The Inn at Little Washington is in Washington, Virginia, not WEST Va.

> Ahh, thanks. Somehow my head confused Inn at Little Washington with The
> Greenbriar.

Well, while we're in that area there is a place called Eagle Nest
in Alleghany, VA. It is in the middle of freaking nowhere, but
has really excellent food. Note, there is no 's' on the end of
the word 'eagle.' Other places in VA have the 's' but are not
the same. This place is about 1 mile from the West Virginia
border and probably 10 miles from The Greenbriar.

http://eaglenestrestaurant.com/

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.

Cindy Fuller wrote:
> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote:
>
>> So you're driving along in some misbegotten part of the country, but you
>> suddenly stumble onto a FANTASTIC restaurant, surrounded by mediocrity or
>> worse.
>
> Saigon Cuisine in Greensboro, NC.

Near Research Triangle Park is La Coco. It's an olmette place with
extremely good olmettes, but they have the best hollandaise sauce I've
ever had anywhere. Very out of place for it's area.

On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 20:22:02 +0000 (UTC), Doug Freyburger >
wrote:

>....they have the best hollandaise sauce I've
>ever had anywhere. ...

Do they have a secret ingredient? For example, many people judge hollandaise by
the degree of lemon flavoring.

-- Larry

Wim van Bemmel wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:51:40 -0500, pltrgyst wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 20:22:02 +0000 (UTC), Doug Freyburger
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> ....they have the best hollandaise sauce I've ever had anywhere. ...
>> Do they have a secret ingredient? For example, many people judge
>> hollandaise by the degree of lemon flavoring.
>>
>> -- Larry
>
> There are no secret ingredients, though quality may differ..
> Butter, egg yolks, lemon juice, some pepper.
>

Thank goodness. It really hacks me off when I see so-called
Hollandaise Sauce with wine or orange juice or whatever in it.

--
Jean B.

All truth passes through three stages.
First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently
opposed. Third, it is accepted as being
self-evident. --Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)

Wim van Bemmel wrote:
>
> On Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:51:40 -0500, pltrgyst wrote:
>
> > Do they have a secret ingredient? For example, many people judge
> > hollandaise by the degree of lemon flavoring.
>
> There are no secret ingredients, though quality may differ..
> Butter, egg yolks, lemon juice, some pepper.

MSG

In article >,
Mark Thorson > wrote:

> Wim van Bemmel wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:51:40 -0500, pltrgyst wrote:
> >
> > > Do they have a secret ingredient? For example, many people judge
> > > hollandaise by the degree of lemon flavoring.
> >
> > There are no secret ingredients, though quality may differ..
> > Butter, egg yolks, lemon juice, some pepper.
>
> MSG

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On Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:34:29 -0800, Mark Thorson wrote:

> Wim van Bemmel wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:51:40 -0500, pltrgyst wrote:
>>
>>> Do they have a secret ingredient? For example, many people judge
>>> hollandaise by the degree of lemon flavoring.
>>
>> There are no secret ingredients, though quality may differ..
>> Butter, egg yolks, lemon juice, some pepper.
>
> MSG

you sly dog.

your pal,
blake

blake replied to Mark:

>>>> Do they have a secret ingredient? For example, many people judge
>>>> hollandaise by the degree of lemon flavoring.
>>>
>>> There are no secret ingredients, though quality may differ..
>>> Butter, egg yolks, lemon juice, some pepper.
>>
>> MSG
>
> you sly dog.

Hmmm... actually, MSG in a hollandaise might make sense. I'll be making
hollandaise next week. Should I or shouldn't I?....

Bob

On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 11:00:15 -0800, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:

> Hmmm... actually, MSG in a hollandaise might make sense. I'll be making
> hollandaise next week. Should I or shouldn't I?....

Why shouldn't you?

--
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Sometimes I even put it in the food.

In article >,
"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote:

> blake replied to Mark:
>
> >>>> Do they have a secret ingredient? For example, many people judge
> >>>> hollandaise by the degree of lemon flavoring.
> >>>
> >>> There are no secret ingredients, though quality may differ..
> >>> Butter, egg yolks, lemon juice, some pepper.
> >>
> >> MSG
> >
> > you sly dog.
>
> Hmmm... actually, MSG in a hollandaise might make sense. I'll be making
> hollandaise next week. Should I or shouldn't I?....
>
> Bob

I'd try it just for grins...
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