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Post by Pale Hose on Jan 21, 2024 18:29:45 GMT -6
Going with friends to Bites Asian Kitchen fir Restaurant Week on Thursday. Anyone been? The menu looks pretty good, but there seems to be a fair amount of pretension associated with the place. Including taking a credit card to secure a reservation. Pre-child we would go there a few times a year. We still get takeout from them semi-regularly, it's good food. I've never felt they were pretentious, but we haven't dined in there since before the pandemic so it's possible that's changed? |
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Post by krentist on Jan 22, 2024 8:40:01 GMT -6
yeah I have been a few times in the last year and honestly it's good but to rangos point I don't think it's gonna be a "green" deal on the restaurant week spreadsheet if that thing still circulates. It's normally very affordable.
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Post by kb on Jan 22, 2024 8:48:44 GMT -6
went to heritage for restaurant week the other day. hadn't been before, but was pretty good. hits were prime rib pierogi, shrimp and kimchi dumpling and million dollar rice bowl with smoked bacon, nori, lobster tempura, crab and salmon roe.
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Post by ten15 on Jan 22, 2024 13:24:01 GMT -6
Have been to bites many times, although not in years. It at least used to be pretty cheap/casual and not pretentious. Mostly it's slightly elevated pan asian food with a liquor license to cater to the post college crowd. Would imagine they have to give you quite a bit of food to hit the $42. It's 4 courses. Looks like if you take the "high end" option at each course you will get your $ worth. |
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Post by rango420 on Jan 24, 2024 10:28:00 GMT -6
Glad Bocadillo Market got a James beard semifinalist nom. One of the best meals I've had this year in an area with very little interesting food.
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Post by llamaoftime on Jan 24, 2024 10:47:47 GMT -6
My favorite restaurant in town here in Houston got a nom for Outstanding Restaurant Nationally which was really cool to see, although a bit weird because they've been consistently snubbed for the Texas award, don't really know how they split that criteria.
They picked pretty well in general for local choices for the list though
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Post by dij22 on Jan 24, 2024 14:45:35 GMT -6
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Post by rango420 on Jan 24, 2024 14:48:58 GMT -6
I've been to Parachute 3x and 2 of those times have been among the few times where I've thought a nice dinner was actively bad, so I'm always hesitant to drop $$$ for their food. Have heard mostly good things tho
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Post by teekoh on Jan 24, 2024 15:50:25 GMT -6
My 2 Parachute experiences have been good, though both were takeout and not recent.
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Post by kb on Jan 24, 2024 16:00:59 GMT -6
i did a chef's tasting menu there the nye before pandemic and it was good but nothing i've wanted to have again since.
and it's not the restaurant's fault but i've been annoyed at the narrative that this new restaurant is filling a ukrainian food void in the city.
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Post by kb on Jan 25, 2024 12:07:00 GMT -6
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Jan 25, 2024 12:49:57 GMT -6
if you could get rid of the hot dog, and leave the trimmings, I'd be more than okay with that soup. As someone who is not a vegetarian, but close, I will rarely / occasionally have an encased meat, but no way I'd have it in broth. you do have to draw the line somewhere |
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Post by thebosma on Jan 25, 2024 13:09:42 GMT -6
I got the meat grinder/sausage filler attachment for the kitchenaid for Christmas, think I might encase some meats this weekend
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Post by rango420 on Jan 25, 2024 13:13:08 GMT -6
That soup sounds terrible but cobra lounge has inexplicably good food (in comparison to the terrible beer and bizarre hours) so I would try it. My line tbh is the hot but unstewed tomato, my least fav part of a Tom yum soup which is otherwise my fav soup
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Post by alady on Jan 25, 2024 14:10:34 GMT -6
That looks gross full stop
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Post by doso on Jan 25, 2024 14:28:27 GMT -6
Dirty water dog. Slop it up. Extra dirty water.
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Post by kb on Jan 31, 2024 8:49:45 GMT -6
well, i'm not a donut person but...i just had the best donut of my life: horchata donut from brite.
i'll be dreaming about it until i have it again which is hopefully this weekend.
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Post by krentist on Jan 31, 2024 10:15:34 GMT -6
I went to a long-running Avondale Chinese restaurant for dinner last night and the staff specifically asked for the tip in cash because they "don't get to keep their credit card tips." Not sure I've ever had a server say that before. I am sure a lot of wage theft happens in the restaurant business.
Anyhow, food was good. I like their honey walnut shrimp but if there's fire to this smoke I'm not sure I'd go back.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Jan 31, 2024 10:19:38 GMT -6
The last Chinese place I could find in Kansas City to still do their own delivery, instead of outsourcing it to DoorDash, told me over the phone last night that those days are finally over and they've made the switch. So I had frozen taquitos.
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Post by kb on Jan 31, 2024 10:34:34 GMT -6
not sure how widely known it is but if you go to a restaurant's site and click through to a third-party delivery site, they pay way less in fees than if you start out with the delivery site.
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Post by nanatod on Jan 31, 2024 18:06:31 GMT -6
I and the better half ate once at the "long-running Avondale Chinese restaurant" a very long time ago, but we never went back because the location was kind of inconvenient for us. seems like now we'll never go back due to krentist's report.
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Post by doso on Jan 31, 2024 21:02:56 GMT -6
Orange Garden or gtfo
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Post by kb on Feb 12, 2024 9:15:57 GMT -6
on paper, steph izard's new piece pizza doesn't sound great, but in my mouth, it was da bomb.
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Post by neader on Feb 12, 2024 9:24:08 GMT -6
on paper, steph izard's new piece pizza doesn't sound great, but in my mouth, it was da bomb. I'm sure that it's huge and good but seeing $35 for a pizza is really disheartening |
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Post by kb on Feb 12, 2024 9:27:42 GMT -6
on paper, steph izard's new piece pizza doesn't sound great, but in my mouth, it was da bomb. I'm sure that it's huge and good but seeing $35 for a pizza is really disheartening it was huge and it was national pizza day so had to ball. |
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Post by ten15 on Feb 12, 2024 15:24:15 GMT -6
on paper, steph izard's new piece pizza doesn't sound great, but in my mouth, it was da bomb. I'm sure that it's huge and good but seeing $35 for a pizza is really disheartening Each pizza generates a big donation to PAWS Chicago, though. |
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Post by alady on Feb 12, 2024 15:33:45 GMT -6
I'll be bougie: is $35 a lot for a pizza?
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Post by ten15 on Feb 12, 2024 15:36:44 GMT -6
Not really. Shrug
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Post by kb on Feb 12, 2024 15:50:03 GMT -6
i didn't really think so either, especially for a biggin from piece.
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Post by alady on Feb 19, 2024 15:26:01 GMT -6
The best thing I ate in Asheville this weekend was a fish sandwich at Good Hot Fish - catfish fillet lightly cornmeal breaded, perfectly fried, on griddled white bread with a Duke's-based tarragon tartar sauce. Ended up canceling our res at Cúrate because of it but not too upset with that decision.
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