I was going to work today, but my brain didn't wanna.
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Natter 34: Freak With No Name
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Gus - Apr 27, 2005 2:03:46 pm PDT #9515 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Cashmere - Apr 27, 2005 2:10:08 pm PDT #9516 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I don't know if there is more than one, but the Chicago Melting Pot I went to had really cool dark booths so you were sort of separated from other groups. I think it would be lots of fun with 6+ people.
There's one here in town. And it is fun. I even stole a bottle of their wine & garlic seasoning--it totally kicks ass on steaks on the grill.
I had a really great Bananas Foster in Austin, TX once. The pub down the street makes a stellar bread pudding.
Dessert tonight is an Entemann's donut which is also pretty fucking good.
Hil R. - Apr 27, 2005 2:16:33 pm PDT #9517 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
New York Magazine had an article about a year ago which was basically "Why does every restaurant in the city serve essentially the same menu?" That chocolate cake with the gooey center was one of the "on every menu" dishes mentioned. Still yummy. The place where I first tried it served it over raspberry coulis with hazelnut ice cream.
Maria - Apr 27, 2005 2:16:49 pm PDT #9518 of 10001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Ohh, I could never discriminate. All of the other desserts would be upset.
CI, bourbon gelato sounds delightful, but it's not more caloric than ice cream. It contains less fat, so enjoy it with less guilt!
Congratulations to Burrell, her DH and Franny! Welcome to the world, Isaac!
§ ita § - Apr 27, 2005 2:17:50 pm PDT #9519 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Isn't the answer to that question simple when the food in common is delicious, trendy, and genre appropriate? Because you can...
Betsy HP - Apr 27, 2005 2:20:21 pm PDT #9520 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Apparently it's beneath contempt to order creme brulee. I don't care. I LIKE creme brulee.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 27, 2005 2:21:42 pm PDT #9521 of 10001
What is even happening?
Yeah. Turner's Fallen Chocolate Cake can become the acid washed jeans of the dessert world, but I'll order it with pride, as long as they make it.
Hil R. - Apr 27, 2005 2:24:02 pm PDT #9522 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Isn't the answer to that question simple when the food in common is delicious, trendy, and genre appropriate?
Yeah. Most of the categories of "menu items" in that article seemed way too broad. Like, I think one of the other things that was on every menu was "salmon with some sort of cream-like sauce."
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 27, 2005 2:25:10 pm PDT #9523 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
The passion fruit mousse was the best I ever had, but for a non-sweet-toothy person I've run across a lot of other good desserts:
2) baked candied orange at Marena's in Memphis
3) Sin (a chocolate truffle cheesecake topped with whipped cream and cherries) at Piero's in Jonesboro AR
4) braised figs in sweetened rosewater at Marena's in Memphis
5) cherries jubilee at the Court of Two Sisters in New Orleans
6) poached brandied pear at Marena's Gerani (new owners) in Memphis
7) bananas foster at the steakhouse inside Fitzgerald's Casino in Tunica, MS
8) black marquis chocolate truffle cheesecake at a cake shop in the Riverwalk mall, New Orleans
Hil R. - Apr 27, 2005 2:26:02 pm PDT #9524 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Apparently it's beneath contempt to order creme brulee. I don't care. I LIKE creme brulee.
The restaurant at one of the hotels in DC (the Four Seasons? Whichever one it is on Penn, about halfway between Georgetown and the Foggy Bottom metro) has a dessert that's three mini creme brulees: one vanilla, one chocolate, and one coffee. It's incredibly good.