Really? Hmm ... better chefs need to be found!
- Kalidor
I disagree. I can taste the difference between the former Cafe-5 Confit du Canard and a good restaurant in Paris. (Cafe-5 was better --- ah, I miss that Cafe!)
- Piaw Na
Well, on one hand, every top restaurant in a given area works with a similar set of ingredients. I think that necessarily imposes some similarities. (That said, "contemporary American" and "California fresh" aren't the same thing? How do they differ?) And then, contemporary American cooking has in itself roots in traditional European cooking: until maybe the 1980s (?), all of the most renowned restaurant chefs in the country came from overseas.
- Andrew C
"I ate the "Fried Chicken of Your Dreams" (actual menu name) here. It was very moist. The sweet gems salad was also good, as was the squash soup with little flowers sprinkled inside. The prices…"
- niniane
Today I learned yuppies are the snobby ppl in Orange County who drive expensive cars. Feel bad that I self-identified as yuppie for years.
The snobby, expensive-car OC-type people also go to Starbucks and wear fashionable clothes... (not sure about cleanliness of houses. {shrug}) ( ref http://friendfeed.com/niniane... )
- Andrew C
The term "yuppie" isn't limited by geography. Just so you know :P
- LANjackal
I thought yuppies are friendly happy people who like Starbucks and dress fashionably, and like clean houses.
This article is so poignant. I wish his doctors had not taken him off the Nardil. The last page was very tragic to read.
- niniane
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The New Yorker had a really excellent (and painful at times) article about DFW a few months ago. If you have someone in your life that suffers from depression, parts of DFWs struggles really hit home. http://www.newyorker.com/reporti...
- Jennie Lin
"The lettuce wrap was really interesting. Unagi, salmon, and hamachi in a lettuce leaf, with mayo and eel sauce. Really delightful. We also had the "hot love" roll (spicy sauce on a crab and lobster…"
- niniane
http://twitpic.com/8lfvb - gift from my brother! Now he is taking me to afternoon tea at the Ritz Carlton
I love the SF Ritz --especially their dining room. :) Congratulations whatever you are celebrating! :)
- Mona Nomura
yes, angrykeyboarder(tm), my brother is the best brother ever
- niniane
SF Ritz was very pretty but way more expensive than I expected for afternoon tea. I don't plan to go there again. Lovejoy's is much cheaper, as well as Tea Time in Palo Alto, and Chado in Pasadena, and every other afternoon tea place.
- niniane
Have you been to Lisa's Tea Treasures in Menlo Park? That's my favorite place ever for tea (well, that and afternoon tea in the Garden Court in Sheraton Palace Hotel in SF).
- April Buchheit
I've been to Lisa's Tea Treasures. It's pretty good. Have not been to Sheraton! I think actually Tea Time & Chado are my favorites -- economical and good sandwiches.
- niniane
I miss 24th St, which I guess makes me a yuppie. Sad that Herb's Fine Foods (which used to occupy Toast's space) closed down, though -- there's no room for an all-American diner in yuppiedom :)
- Tudor Bosman
I love snacking sunflower seeds too :) Sunflower seeds aren't themselves bad. As an Asian woman, you probably handle sodium well but watch out for too much of it (some brands of seeds have a lot of salt...)
- Jennie Lin
I can't stop eating them! This brand does have a lot of salt. I've been eating half a pound per day for the week. Now I am retaining water and feel like a beached whale.
- niniane
What happens if I eat too much sodium? Does it raise my cholesterol or something?
- niniane
"Scores provided directly by the College Board showed a cumulative score of 1370, while an unknown source had previously entered 1730," ----- The max SAT score is 1600.
- niniane
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BTW, gold star to the first respondent in this thread who no longer recalls their SAT score. =)
- Andrew C
"...who no longer recalls their SAT score." Yeah, I have no clue. I passed, nothing amazing, but nothing to be ashamed of either. That is all I remember.
- Ragani Harris
Michigan used the ACT. On both it and the GRE, I perfected a section, while scoring where a standard ficus would score on another, resulting in an average percentile score. On the ACT I perfected the Science section (36) while getting an 11 in Math. On the GRE I only got 1 wrong on the analytical section, while scoring lower than random guessing on one of the other 2 sections (not reading).
- Matthew DeVries
"The maui wowee burger is possibly the best burger I've ever eaten. The sweet potato fries are also excellent. It's pricey though ($17 for burger, fries, coffee + tax & tip)."
- niniane
@joshu I guess twitter was better than aardvark for answering that question.