This morning I stopped by the farmers market on my way to work and picked up two 'bunches' of ramps.
This is like the next best thing to a ressy at the new Momo Ko here in New York. Thing is, I do not know what to do with this green leafy vegetable.
Dear ramp fiends, how the heck do you eat these magical leafy things?
Interesting article in the Freakonomics blog today about tipping practices, and what data tells us.
"A cross-tab of the raw data shows that white customers tipped black servers almost four percentage points less than white servers and that black customers tipped black servers half a percentage point less."
http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/20/the-racial-tipping-point/
(btw, the article starts out with taxi tipping and moves on to talk about restaurant tipping)
Do you think you tip fairly?
Saw this today and it seems that NBA players love the Cheesecake Factory. :
I've never been, but now I'm intrigued. But it seems like one of those places that is shunned by the 'evolved' or 'enlightened' food community. Are the NBA players crazy or is the food alright?
Has everyone seen this from the Times today?
http://tinyurl.com/26u2b8 (may require free registration)
Do you and your significant other share the same dietary restrictions? Both vegans? Vegetarians? Eat any and everything under the sun?
I had great service there at Ko, but i cannot compare it to four star restaurants because I've never been to one. Maybe some people expect too much? Some may have this idea that "I am paying for service!"
No, I am sorry. You are paying for a product, or the right to try a product. It just so happens that expensive restaurants care about service because they know they are expensive and want patrons to come back. The price is tied to demand and rent rates, not to how well they feel customer services is, and what ppl would put up with.
Experience is so tightly tied to expectations, and I had high expectations of the food, and it was such an enjoyable experience. Maybe I did not go in expecting to be pampered, and that helped.
Great review. I agree with Kerosena, prices would be great. It may be that your search for great food only lends you to write whether it is 'reasonable', I think actual numbers may prove useful for some of us.
Also, the letter grades are awesome.
@wookie,
aw! are they not at your farmers market? this is the first time that i have ever encountered them.
@simon,
Wow, thanks for all the tips and ideas!
@ChristineB,
Thanks for the idea about chopping them up finely, I might try that too!
great post!
do you think burger rankings would be different if we had a "no veggies" ranking versus a "deluxe burger" ranking?
nice, so instead of coffee break, i can have sliders break. mmmm...
hahaha, wow. that looks like something i would make. and it's baaaad
Seriously, does anything NOT go with champaign? I especially like brunch foods like quiches.
Not a big fan of Champagne, but strawberries or cheese would improve my opinion.
Thanks again for the support everyone.
@ Hillary you are right but if BK wants to fly me to London to try it out I promise to keep an open mind....
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