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Dandy01 · « **Reply #15 on:** February 05, 2003, 03:00:00 pm »

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Henry Dark: Lame restaurants? I think DC leads the way in that category.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>No way, are you kidding? I don't think so at all, we have so much to choose from, including eateries from all kinds of countries![This message has been edited by Dandy01 (edited 02-05-2003).]

Skaboss · « **Reply #16 on:** February 05, 2003, 03:01:00 pm »

There are lots of good restaurants in DC though! Bistrot Du Coin, Oceanaire Seafood Room, Butterfield 9...those are my fovorites. I think we're pretty lucky here.

jadetree · « **Reply #17 on:** February 05, 2003, 03:07:00 pm »

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Henry Dark: Lame restaurants? I think DC leads the way in that category.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Try living in the midwest, and I don't mean Chicago.

Henry Dark · « **Reply #18 on:** February 05, 2003, 03:17:00 pm »

Well of course DC has a number of redneck towns beat, food wise. But it's way overrated and way overpriced. And I've yet to find Indian food as good as the Indian food in the rinky dink upstate NY town near where I grew up, or as good as the Indian leftovers I just ate that I had cooked myself. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by jadetree: Try living in the midwest, and I don't mean Chicago.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Dandy01 · « **Reply #19 on:** February 05, 2003, 03:21:00 pm »

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Henry Dark: And I've yet to find Indian food as good as the Indian food in the rinky dink upstate NY town near where I grew up, or as good as the Indian leftovers I just ate that I had cooked myself. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Have you tried Raaga or Haandi in Falls Church? or the Connaught Place or Jaipur in Fairfax? My favorite was Punjab Dhaba in the Loehmann's shopping center until they apparently changed cooks or something.

Henry Dark · « **Reply #20 on:** February 05, 2003, 03:23:00 pm »

Falls Church and Fairfax are in Virginia. I thought we were taking about DC. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Dandy01: Have you tried Raaga or Haandi in Falls Church? or the Connaught Place or Jaipur in Fairfax? My favorite was Punjab Dhaba in the Loehmann's shopping center until they apparently changed cooks or something.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Dandy01 · « **Reply #21 on:** February 05, 2003, 03:31:00 pm »

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Henry Dark: Falls Church and Fairfax are in Virginia. I thought we were taking about DC. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Good point, but if you, personally, were looking for decent Indian places around here, you could try there. As for DC, I'd heard of a decent Indian place in G'town called Aditi?

jadetree · « **Reply #22 on:** February 05, 2003, 03:31:00 pm »

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Henry Dark: Well of course DC has a number of redneck towns beat, food wise. But it's way overrated and way overpriced. And I've yet to find Indian food as good as the Indian food in the rinky dink upstate NY town near where I grew up, or as good as the Indian leftovers I just ate that I had cooked myself. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I think Heritage India is pretty good, but a bit pricey, and I had Jyoti for this first time this weekend and that was pretty good. But I generally agree that there are not that many good restaraunts, most of the ones people go on and on about are pretty average. Still beats trying to find a restaraunt in St. Louis, unless you want Italian, and I don't.

jadetree · « **Reply #23 on:** February 05, 2003, 03:35:00 pm »

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Dandy01: Good point, but if you, personally, were looking for decent Indian places around here, you could try there. As for DC, I'd heard of a decent Indian place in G'town called Aditi?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I was just talking about Aditi with someone this morning, apparently it just reopened after a renovation, is supposed to be really good.

Dandy01 · « **Reply #24 on:** February 05, 2003, 03:36:00 pm »

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by jadetree: I was just talking about Aditi with someone this morning, apparently it just reopened after a renovation, is supposed to be really good.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>There you go. I gotta check it out myself, thanks.

Henry Dark · « **Reply #25 on:** February 05, 2003, 03:36:00 pm »

Yes, Aditi and Jyoti are both pretty decent. I guess I've gotten more critical as my own cooking ability has improved. I'll quote my dear on this one, and though I hate to use the phrase, I haven't eaten anywhere in DC that "blew me away". Can't believe yo didn't find good food in NYC, Dandy. I always used to when I went there more often. But then again, maybe my standards were lower back then.

Henry Dark · « **Reply #26 on:** February 05, 2003, 03:40:00 pm »

And we may have had the worst food ever at Iota last night. Don't order the ziti (horrible taste) or the Caesar salad (you'd have to see it to believe it). Go there for the music, but skip the food.

Dandy01 · « **Reply #27 on:** February 05, 2003, 03:46:00 pm »

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Henry Dark: And we may have had the worst food ever at Iota last night. Don't order the ziti (horrible taste) or the Caesar salad (you'd have to see it to believe it). Go there for the music, but skip the food.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>thanks for the tip as I'm heading down there tonight for open mic night, just to see..And in regards to NY, I meant NY, Vegas, not the real and only NYC! In the East Coast NY, I like those 24 hour coffee shops like 7A, or Simone's, or the Waverly restaurant where they are a million variety of pancakes, etc.

Relaxer · « **Reply #28 on:** February 05, 2003, 03:51:00 pm »

Was just in Vegas two weekends ago, and go often ($400 for direct flight and three nights at the Circus Circus). First, while there are cheaper casinos downtown, that area becomes verrrry sketchy at night, and if you wanted shitty casinoes, just go to Atlantic City. I think the fun of Vegas is the strip. At the Excalibur/NYNY/MGM end of the strip, you'll have a hard time finding any blackjack tables less than $20 minimum bet. However, on the other end, some of the older-skool casinos like the Sahara and Circus Circus have plenty $5 and even $3 tables, and you get as many free drinks as any other place. I went to Bellagio to gamble once -- half an hour later, I walked out having lost several hundred bucks. I've stayed in most of the hotel casinos on the strip and when it comes down to it, the actual hotel rooms are all pretty much the same. And for that reason, I love the Sahara and Circus Circus. Just my two pennies.

scumpond · « **Reply #29 on:** February 05, 2003, 03:51:00 pm »

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Henry Dark: Not moi. Two things I'll never do in my life: go to Vegas, or visit a hooker.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I never went to vegas until last year at the advanced age of 36. It was a great time: blackjack, drinking, shows at the House of Blues, hanging at the pool, drinking, people watching, good food, and some drinking as well. I was up 20 hours a day for three days straight. Don't knock till you try it? But I agree, no to the hookers, I don't even need to try it...

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