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Germany's red carpet welcome faces first World Cup test
Cochon Capitaliste wrote: Mais les vrais connards, comme toi, meurent à Manteca. Je pouffe bruymmant Cochon Capitaliste tu veut dire 'cri comme un cochon' |
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On 10/12/05 12:34, in article ,
"Martin" wrote: The lobsters I ate in California in the 1960s were the best I ever had anywhere. The second photo on the site http://homepage.mac.com/evleth/PhotoAlbum4.html shows a grilled lobster (homard) being served up at a restaurant in Cancale, which is not far from Saint Malo. The photos can be expanded by clicking. A photo of the port is at http://docarmor.free.fr/valarmor/valest/cancale1.htm and other photos show the oyster beds, and give an idea of the extent of the tidal changes. This is the best we have ever had but alas is for no more since the people who ran the Phare have retired. The lobster was served from a dish of white wine butter sauces which real made it. California lobster (if Pacific) are langouste, or rock lobster. The clawed lobster are from Maine in the US. Caribbean lobster are rock lobster. We have eaten a lot of lobster. The main weakness in the preparation and serving of lobster in the US is that it does not do well to over cooking. Also the sauce is almost just melted butter, no oomph. Another weakness of American seafood presentation is the lack of a "plateau de fruits de mer" as seen in the first photo. However, the US does have good regional oysters. We were just out to Cancale two weeks ago and found a substitute for the Phare but have not yet tried the lobster. Le Narval had a super plateau, one of the best we have ever encountered in our 30+ years in France |
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Earl Evleth wrote:
[] Another weakness of American seafood presentation is the lack of a "plateau de fruits de mer" as seen in the first photo. Maybe you should try a seafood restaurant next time. Shellfish and seafood platters are hardly unheard of. -- David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer http://soundjunction.org |
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On 10/12/05 15:17, in article
1h7cy7g.njbf75ebtn7uN%this_address_is_for_spam@yah oo.com, "David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy" wrote: Maybe you should try a seafood restaurant next time. Shellfish and seafood platters are hardly unheard of. Any suggestions? By seafood platter I don't means a selection of deep fried stuff, but cold, some raw, seafood, oysters, crab, etc. I don't at all recall seeing one in the West coast (we lived there for a large portion of our lives). For instance, "Fisherman's Wharf" in San Francisco has cold crab but nothing else. If you google http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...ancisco&b tnG =Search you find a number of mentions in SF places, one has a photo http://sanfrancisco.about.com/cs/res...slz/a/zuni.htm But my experience does not indicate that they are in abundance. |
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Earl Evleth wrote:
On 10/12/05 15:17, in article 1h7cy7g.njbf75ebtn7uN%this_address_is_for_spam@yah oo.com, "David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy" wrote: Maybe you should try a seafood restaurant next time. Shellfish and seafood platters are hardly unheard of. Any suggestions? By seafood platter I don't means a selection of deep fried stuff, I knew exactly what you meant. but cold, some raw, seafood, oysters, crab, etc. What city do you want the recommendation for? There are several I can think of in Boston which are good. Frankly, any decent seafood restaurant with a raw bar will have what you want. I liked the Atlantic Fish Co. on Boylston Street. I don't at all recall seeing one in the West coast (we lived there for a large portion of our lives). For instance, "Fisherman's Wharf" in San Francisco has cold crab but nothing else. If you google Maybe if you relied on experience instead of google? [] But my experience does not indicate that they are in abundance. I've had no trouble finding them. They are not cheap by local standards, but on the whole probably a bit cheaper than what you'd pay in France. -- David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer http://soundjunction.org |
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On 10/12/05 15:54, in article
1h7czml.6uovue1pchc6xN%this_address_is_for_spam@ya hoo.com, "David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy" wrote: but cold, some raw, seafood, oysters, crab, etc. What city do you want the recommendation for? There are several I can think of in Boston which are good. Frankly, any decent seafood restaurant with a raw bar will have what you want. I liked the Atlantic Fish Co. on Boylston Street. I looked up a web site, you are right Iced Shellfish Platter Oysters, clams, colossal shrimp, Alaskan king crab legs, and lobster. Serves two or more. ** Looks good. I will keep the address in mind since we do come through Boston now and then, taking the day flight back to London. Sometimes in France they have a lobster. A French seafood plate might all have huitres, oursins, crevettes bouquets, crevettes grises, langoustines, tourteaux, bigorneaux, bulots, 1 kg de palourdes, coques, I am guessing but the American ones will not have bigorneaux, bulots or sea snail type of offerings. I don't at all recall seeing one in the West coast (we lived there for a large portion of our lives). For instance, "Fisherman's Wharf" in San Francisco has cold crab but nothing else. If you google Maybe if you relied on experience instead of google? We lived in the SF area from 1962-1974, before Google, so it was experience. We go back occasionally and were there two years ago. Our daughter lives in Florida so that is the state of preferred destination now. But my experience does not indicate that they are in abundance. I've had no trouble finding them. They are not cheap by local standards, but on the whole probably a bit cheaper than what you'd pay in France. Very probably. A good one for two people will run 50 euros, but I forget prices. Garniers in Paris has a good one and dinner for two, including wine will come to probably 150 euros. I tend to separate Parisian restaurants into two classes, one under 100 euros the other 100-200 for two people. I was unable to go out last night but might wife's share of the meal was 80 euros at a good place. |
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Earl Evleth wrote:
On 10/12/05 15:54, in article 1h7czml.6uovue1pchc6xN%this_address_is_for_spam@ya hoo.com, "David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy" wrote: [] Maybe if you relied on experience instead of google? We lived in the SF area from 1962-1974, before Google, so it was experience. But it's an out of date one, and the restaurant scene has changed a lot. Was Philadelphia noted for having excellent restaurants in the 60s? I doubt it, or at least not as much as it is now. SF is a food paradise- I'd be amazed if it wasn't possible to get nice seafood platters easily there. We go back occasionally and were there two years ago. Our daughter lives in Florida so that is the state of preferred destination now. I only know Miami Beach and Delray Beach, and they do have some good fish restaurants. In Miami Beach, I tend to prefer going for the Cuban food though. But my experience does not indicate that they are in abundance. I've had no trouble finding them. They are not cheap by local standards, but on the whole probably a bit cheaper than what you'd pay in France. Very probably. A good one for two people will run 50 euros, but I forget prices. I imagine it could run up to that in the US, but you could also get a decent one in some places for around USD 30. -- David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer http://soundjunction.org |
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