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I know your dinner has already passed, but just in case anyone else is reading this, looking for similar advice, I recommend Telepan.

Fresh pineapple does something different to me. The first bite or two are wonderfully sweet and pinappley, but if I eat any more, it tastes horribly bitter with oniony undertones. My brother has the same experience (he only learned this when he lived in Hawaii). Maybe it's some reaction to the enzymes.

I had a doctor tell me that people often crave what they are allergic to. From the posts here, seems not far off.

@littlestcapy - me too on the apples! Ate an apple a day for years and years and one day my face and hands just blew up after eating one (not the most attractive thing to happen at work). I was soo bummed and still get a little melancholy when I walk by the fruit stands and know I can not have a Granny Smith anymore.

I have to be careful about seafood. Too much, too often causes major hives. I'm especially aware if I'm vacationing at the beach, because seafoods happen to be my favorite foods. Always have benadryl with me and take it before splurging.
I'm also allergic to the iodine in x-rays, mri's, scans, etc.; in fact that's where my allergic reaction started and has now carried over into shellfish consumption. Bummer!

And come to think of it, this web site has a few salient points. There's not much gov't oversight in Paris kitchens, as it turns out.

http://themachoresponse.blogspot.com/2009/07/eating-in-france-dying-inside.html

When I went, my travel partners and I liked to walk around and explore a lot. We found ourselves down odd alleys in the Latin Quarter at dinner time more than once, and would just stop at a random, local place. The best food we ate the whole time was at those places.

@ roboppy: Thanks for featuring my post & photo! :D

@ starpower: To reaffirm what Robyn said, it's not volcanically hot cheese when you eat that burger. It's just warm enough to make the cheese gooey.

@ klw07: Wow...I'm sorry you had two awful incidents on your ventures to Stumble Inn. I guess I'm fortunate enough that it's too early to get drunk (it's 12 PM) and it's relatively cold (when I went there with two other female friends) for anyone to really want to walk or stay out.

these really do not look appetizing at all, for some reason i do not like cheese filled things and includes cheese filled pizza crusts.

I am with Barbara, at least shred the cheese and mix it in with the meat.

is the "oyster" same thing as the " Parsons Nose" ? the triangle piece of meat above the opening of the bird

that's his niche... what do you want him to start doing? classic french? come on... that's like saying, yeah, it gets a little old when Rick Bayless whips up another mexican dish.

OYSTER: A choice oyster-shaped piece lying in the spoon-shaped section of the backbone.

Well, frankly, out of tht whole piece, what I really lust for is a New York apartment that can handle 40 people. The food sounds nice and all, but I can handle that. It's the abode that drives me mad.