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If this is your first visit, read these:
-- Welcome
-- General Remarks
-- Six Rules for Dining Out
- Tyler Cowen's home page
- Marginal Revolution
- The Complete TCED Guide (June 2019) (127-page PDF)
- Metro Trip Planner
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Yayla Bistro
Yayla Bistro, web site, 2201 N. Westmoreland St., Arlington, VA ( note that it feels like Falls Church to me), 703-533-5600 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [FCNP | NoVA Mag | Ylp] Very good cold appetizers and … Continue reading
Posted in Arlington, Falls Church/Seven Corners, Turkish, Virginia
Tagged 5Z5qu31UcKs, Arlington, bronzing, Bronzino, cold appetizers, Falls Church, kebab, lahmacun, pide, Turkish pizza, Yayla Bistro
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Kabob House (Afghan Kabob House)
Kabob House, web site, 2045 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA, near the county courthouse, 703-294-9999 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [zabihah | Ylp | Don Rockwell | Zagat] The standards for Afghan kabobs have so gone up that … Continue reading
Posted in Afghan, Arlington, Virginia
Tagged Afghan Kabob House, Arlington, kabob, Kabob House, L3z4vr3O3Y4
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La Ciccia (and some thoughts on role models in universities)
La Ciccia, web site, 291 30th Street, San Francisco, CA, 415-550-8114 [Zagat | SFGate | Ylp | KQED | Gayot] That is a Sardinian restaurant in San Francisco, and it was my pick from the San Francsico dining bleg from … Continue reading
Posted in California
Tagged California, HsWJSe_3Cyo, kTcv4HyEY3w, La Ciccia, N8xCgC3w1zs, San Francisco, Sardinian
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Elephant Jumps – Update
Elephant Jumps, web site, Thai food in Merrifield, 8110 A Arlington Blvd, Falls Church, VA, 22042, 703-942-6600, in the Yorktowne Center, more on Gallows than Route 50 (it is in the northwest corner of the Center, which sits on the … Continue reading
Posted in Current Favorites, Falls Church/Seven Corners, Laotian, Thai, The Best, Uncategorized, Vienna/Tysons, Virginia
Tagged crispy rice salad, Elephant Jumps, Hung Lay Curry, Ka Nom Jee, Ka Nom Jeen, KaNom Jeen, Ni1BzrqgqSI, thai, Thai food in Merrifield, tuna appetizer, YJFojq6uCRA, Yum Pla Dook Foo
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*The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu*
That is the new and excellent book by Dan Jurafsky, due out this September, and I found it interesting throughout. Here is just one bit: In fact, the more Yelp reviewers mention dessert, the more they like the restaurant. Reviewers … Continue reading
Posted in Books, General remarks
Tagged awBwFiaA5Dc, Dan Jurafsky, Language of Food, QEdXhH97Z7E, Yelp reviews
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Customized restaurant markets in everything privacy is dead
A restaurant with three Michelin stars is now trying to up its customer service game by Googling its customers before they arrive. According to a report from Grub Street, an Eleven Madison Park maitre d’ performs Internet recon on every … Continue reading
Posted in General remarks
Tagged dW8bafZRHA4, Justin Roller, obnoxious, p7JoFz07qls, privacy
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I have one dinner in San Francisco
It should be in a Tyler Cowen sort of place. Probably not in the center of town, but still in SF proper. Where should I go? Thank you for your suggestions. Originally posted on Marginal Revolution – click to see … Continue reading
What makes most restaurant reviews worthless
Not just the general reason why they are bad, but rather a very specific reason. Caitlin Dewey reports about: . . . a new paper appropriately titled “Demographics, Weather and Online Reviews.” The study analyzed 1.1 million online reviews of … Continue reading
Posted in General remarks
Tagged JQYQD3R6bmU, restaurant reviews
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88 China Restaurant
88 China Restaurant, 13635 Lee Jackson Memorial Hwy, Chantilly, VA (about five minutes’ drive west of Fair Oaks mall), 703-378-0869 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Ylp] I call it “The new old China Star.” It’s run by … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese, Herndon/Reston/Ashburn/Chantilly / Dulles Airport, Virginia
Tagged 88 China Restaurant, braised fish, Chantilly, Chilli Chicken, China Star, Chinese, Lamb in Sizzling Pot, Lion Head in Hot Pot, Scallion fried fish, Szechuan chili chicken
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China Star
China Star, web site, 9600 Main Street (Route 236), Fairfax, VA, 703-323-8822 (in the same shopping center as Kinko’s and Cinema Arts Theatre) [Google | Don Rockwell | Ylp | Zagat] China Star for the last two years (2012-2014) has … Continue reading
Posted in Chinese, Fairfax, Virginia
Tagged American-Chinese, braised fish, China Star, Chinese, crispy rice, Fairfax, H75HiUGqkMg, Scallion fried fish
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