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Jose,
When in Seattle, go to Salty's on Alki. Good seafood, great view, and sometimes a Boeing Stratoliner will land right in front of you ;-) -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH) |
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Peter Duniho wrote: Now that's downright creepy... POST THIEF!!! : ) But not here. After all, your reference to "haute cuisine" was in terms of "why bother flying, since it's not that" while mine was "it doesn't need to be that for flying to that to be fun". Of course, we were talking about different kinds of restaurants, and so IMHO both statements were on the mark. But I hope I'm not causing a degree of "creep factor" here. Not at all Pete, I'm just being goofy (hence the smiley) |
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I'm always amazed at what becomes "comfortable" when I get far enough
out of my comfort zone for a prolonged duration. It was my first trip to China ... 2 weeks of supplier and potential acquisition visits with lunch after dinner after lunch after dinner of traditional Chinese cuisine. After 2 weeks of the round table table with duck tongue, shark fin, snake, etc all served by my host with HIS chop sticks and HACKING cough, I was about Chinesed out. I still remember how amazingly wonderful that Big Mac was ... ahhh, home. That said, I always joke that I've had McDonalds 4 times in the last 10 years, all overseas and 3 out of 4 were in China. There is a time and place for "comfort food" regardless of nutritional content. Jeff Peter Duniho wrote: "Bob Noel" wrote in message ... Line from "Memphis Belle": "it's comforting" Perhaps to some people. I can't say that I would use the word "comforting" to describe any of the fast food chains (and that's even though I do on occasion eat at them, and even enjoy the food, as much as anyone can enjoy "food" that has practically no redeeming nutritional value ). And of course, flying somewhere for the purpose of eating food that's "comforting" seems to be missing the point, to me at least. Pete |
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I'm always amazed at what becomes "comfortable" when I get far enough
out of my comfort zone for a prolonged duration. It was my first trip to China ... 2 weeks of supplier and potential acquisition visits with lunch after dinner after lunch after dinner of traditional Chinese cuisine. After 2 weeks of the round table table with duck tongue, shark fin, snake, etc all served by my host with HIS chop sticks and HACKING cough, I was about Chinesed out. Mary and I had a similar experience. After a week in Aruba (5 days longer than it takes to see everything on that island, BTW), we were pretty sick of sit-down meals which were quite excellent but horribly over-priced. (You're a captive audience on an island, for sure...) We were newlyweds, and not made of money. One morning while driving our beater rent-a-wreck, much to our surprise we spotted a greasy Macs, and made a bee-line for it. Their egg McMuffins sure tasted good -- although eating them with french fries was a bit odd. (Arubans didn't know what "hashed browns" were...yet.) That was the last time I ate a McDonald's breakfast. The year was 1985. I don't miss it. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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I can relate to that. I took a tour of China 20 years ago - the type
where everything is arranged. I sure got tired of Chinese food day in and day out (with your choice of orange soda or beer to drink). Finally, in Shanghai I skipped the customary dinner, walked downtown, found a restaurant, and ordered a steak. It was nothing to write home about - but at least it was different! I don't recall seeing any McDonald's at that time. David Johnson |
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Jose wrote:
Please Jose tell us the name of the Steakhouse so I never make the mistake of going there. Daniel's Broiler, in Bellevue. It wasn't bad, it just didn't live up (in food quality) to the price and ambience. It could have just been an off day. The meat quality alone from a good steakhouse should put it miles ahead of Denny's. |
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The meat quality alone from a good steakhouse should put it miles ahead of Denny's.
Yep. Should. But should isn't is. Jose -- "Never trust anything that can think for itself, if you can't see where it keeps its brain." (chapter 10 of book 3 - Harry Potter). for Email, make the obvious change in the address. |
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"JSBOUGHER" wrote in message oups.com... I'm always amazed at what becomes "comfortable" when I get far enough out of my comfort zone for a prolonged duration. It was my first trip to China ... 2 weeks of supplier and potential acquisition visits with lunch after dinner after lunch after dinner of traditional Chinese cuisine. After 2 weeks of the round table table with duck tongue, shark fin, snake, etc all served by my host with HIS chop sticks and HACKING cough, I was about Chinesed out. I still remember how amazingly wonderful that Big Mac was ... ahhh, home. That said, I always joke that I've had McDonalds 4 times in the last 10 years, all overseas and 3 out of 4 were in China. There is a time and place for "comfort food" regardless of nutritional content. Jeff When I was 13 I spent just shy of 3 months in Bahrain for the first time. They have no Coke there only Pepsi. Nothing ever tasted better than the Coke the flight attendant handed me when I got on the PanAm 747 heading back to the US. |
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Thomas Borchert wrote:
Jose, When in Seattle, go to Salty's on Alki. Good seafood, great view, and sometimes a Boeing Stratoliner will land right in front of you ;-) NOT TRUE, it's tucked safely away. I check on it at least a few times a week! |
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Margy,
NOT TRUE, it's tucked safely away. Seattle, the restaurant or the plane? ;-) -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH) |
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