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post #46 of 60
12/17/10 at 5:44pm
i heard that too. i think it even closed for awhile, or became a catering company or something. the time i went and really enjoyed it was prior to that closing, 2003 i think.
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post #47 of 60
12/17/10 at 5:45pm
Oh...That reminds me. About 25 years or so ago (maybe more) I had the best venison barbecue I've ever had. It was at a little place called Wild Horse Barbecue in Sallisaw, OK. Owned by an old Creek Indian fellow who made some of the best barbecue in the state. The venison wasn't on the menu, but my Dad knew to ask for it. I'm pretty sure he bought illegally from some of the local hunters and didn't advertise it, but did sell it from time to time when he had it available. Most exerent.
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post #48 of 60
12/17/10 at 6:21pm
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I think that the one I ate at was Quanjude, but I don't really remember. It was back in the early '90's I don't remember exactly, but it was near Tianamin Square. They serve every part of the duck but the quack.

Quanjude and Biangyifang are both old peking duck restaurants (circa 1850), but I think Quanjude does a better job with marketing and hence more popular these days. I'm curious to whether the ducks tasted any different back in the early 90's

Although they don't serve the quack, they do serve the tongue.
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post #49 of 60
12/17/10 at 6:30pm
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Quanjude and Biangyifang are both old peking duck restaurants (circa 1850), but I think Quanjude does a better job with marketing and hence more popular these days. I'm curious to whether the ducks tasted any different back in the early 90's

Although they don't serve the quack, they do serve the tongue.

I really don't know what the name of the place was (I don't read/speak Chinese). I was trying to figure it out off of google. I was there on business and our hosts took us there. All I remember was that it was near Tianamen Square, the furnishing were fairly...stark. The food was good. I want to say the dining room we ate in was upstairs, but I could be wrong about that. The waitress got a kick out of me trying to say thank you in Mandarin (xiu xiu, or something like that).

I remember we had sliced duck stomach and ducks feet as appetizers.
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post #50 of 60
12/17/10 at 6:59pm
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Quanjude and Biangyifang are both old peking duck restaurants (circa 1850), but I think Quanjude does a better job with marketing and hence more popular these days. I'm curious to whether the ducks tasted any different back in the early 90's

Although they don't serve the quack, they do serve the tongue.
quanjude opened a place in socal for a while. i'm thinking the experience did not translate. either htat or i just don't like really authentic peking duck. there have been other places where the flavor seemed more developed and it wasn't as greasy.
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post #51 of 60
12/17/10 at 11:52pm
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Bond St in New York does the same thing - I've had a group double-down on their order of lamb chops there before the sushi ever hit the table.

Harry's on Hanover Square did a pork shoulder a couple of winters back. Two pound joint, 50% meat, 50% fat and crackling, served on red cabbage, for $20. You can keep your steaks and truffles, boys.

Yup, I'd eat that over any steak with truffled potatoes.
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post #52 of 60
12/18/10 at 3:01pm
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Red beans and rice with corn pone at some forgotten soul food place in downtown Detroit.

Could have been Sweet Georgia Brown, which is now closed.
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post #53 of 60
12/18/10 at 4:40pm
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Yup, I'd eat that over any steak with truffled potatoes.

+1 that's one of my go-to dinner party dishes: 8-pound shoulder, score the skin, roast at 300 until it gets to about 150-160, then crank it up to 450 to crisp the skin. serve it and people say "so THAT'S what pork tastes like!"
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post #54 of 60
12/18/10 at 5:45pm
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+1 that's one of my go-to dinner party dishes: 8-pound shoulder, score the skin, roast at 300 until it gets to about 150-160, then crank it up to 450 to crisp the skin. serve it and people say "so THAT'S what pork tastes like!"

God bless you.

I love how many of the all time best dishes people are listing here are relatively inexpensive cuts of meat that were braised.

Always been my favorite.
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post #55 of 60
12/18/10 at 5:48pm
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Could have been Sweet Georgia Brown, which is now closed.
Was that by the old Joe Muir's Seafood? I hear that's closed down too.
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post #56 of 60
12/18/10 at 7:42pm
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I love how many of the all time best dishes people are listing here are relatively inexpensive cuts of meat that were braised.
i'll do a fancy cut -- standing rib roast, crown roast, etc. -- 4-5 times a year. most times the fanciest i get is a leg of lamb. and that pork shoulder ... i did a benefit dinner recently, folks paid $6,000 for two of us to cook for 8 people. star of the show? $2-a-pound pork shoulder. good th ing the wines were great so they didn't feel like we'd cheaped out.
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post #57 of 60
12/18/10 at 7:48pm
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Well aren't you two just a happy little couple.
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post #58 of 60
12/18/10 at 7:55pm
crispy gnocci at bottega
wasabi popcorn shrimp at morimoto
burger at brewster cafe
lobster marscapone pizza at chillingsworth
crab and fennel dumplings at blue ginger
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post #59 of 60
12/18/10 at 9:40pm
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Well aren't you two just a happy little couple.

we seem to have grown closer than ever now that our little man is all grown up and become a mod.
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post #60 of 60
12/19/10 at 2:38pm
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we seem to have grown closer than ever now that our little man is all grown up and become a mod.

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