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Also SF,, The Slanted Door
On Dec 18, 6:09 pm, "singlemalt" wrote:
"PeterL" wrote in message ... On Dec 18, 2:59 pm, "singlemalt" wrote: We have been researching restaurants in SF and keep running across the Slanted Door. Some on Chowhound say it is a tourist trap nowadays and no SF people go to it. Any opinions either way, and is the food good, which ultimately is most important. Thanks, jw It's good food for people who are afraid to go to a real Vietnamese restaurant. I understand that it is not authentic Vietnamese food but what is described as "fusion". The first V. food I ever ate was years ago in SF. We were staying in a BnB in, I believe, what was referred to as "the avenues". The lady that ran it told us of a nearby V. restaurant. We ate there and loved it. Now in Austin , as probably most everywhere, there are plenty of V. restaurants. If you have a "real" V. place in mind, I would like to know about it. Thank you. Although SF is not the be all and end all of Vietnamese food, I can recommend Tu Lan. |
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On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:15:52 GMT, "James Silverton"
wrote: singlemalt wrote on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:05:01 -0600: s "PeterL" wrote in message s ... ?? On Dec 18, 2:59 pm, "singlemalt" wrote: ?? We have been researching restaurants in SF and keep ?? running across the Slanted Door. Some on Chowhound say it ?? is a tourist trap nowadays and no SF people go to it. Any ?? opinions either way, and is the food good, ?? which ultimately is most important. Thanks, jw ?? ?? It's good food for people who are afraid to go to a real ?? Vietnamese restaurant. I don't really think of it as a Vietnamese restaurant; definitely fusion, IMHO. Definitely. It's certainly not Vietnamese, and doesn't even pretend to be. It has as much to do with being "afraid to go to a real Vietnamese restaurant" as it does with being afraid to go to a real Japanese restaurant. Although the chef/founder might be Vietnamese, the food isn't and is a blend of several different styles. I very much like the inventiveness of that kind of blending. -- Ken Blake Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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Ken wrote on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:39:52 -0700:
?? singlemalt wrote on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:05:01 -0600: ?? s "PeterL" wrote in message s ?? ... ?? On Dec 18, 2:59 pm, "singlemalt" ?? wrote: ?? We have been researching restaurants in SF and keep ?? running across the Slanted Door. Some on Chowhound say ?? it is a tourist trap nowadays and no SF people go to ?? it. Any opinions either way, and is the food ?? good, which ultimately is most important. Thanks, jw ?? ?? It's good food for people who are afraid to go to a real ?? Vietnamese restaurant. ?? ?? I don't really think of it as a Vietnamese restaurant; ?? definitely fusion, IMHO. KB Definitely. It's certainly not Vietnamese, and doesn't even KB pretend to be. It has as much to do with being "afraid to KB go to a real Vietnamese restaurant" as it does with being KB afraid to go to a real Japanese restaurant. Although the KB chef/founder might be Vietnamese, the food isn't and is a KB blend of several different styles. I very much like the KB inventiveness of that kind of blending. San Francisco has a number of enjoyable fusion restaurants. Not far from The Slanted Door, with a good view of the Bay Bridge, is the Brasserie Chaya whose Japanese chef prepares Japanese-inspired fusion dishes. The sushi that I like for appetizers can be really inventive! James Silverton Potomac, Maryland E-mail, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not |
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On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:18:26 GMT, "James Silverton"
wrote: Ken wrote on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:39:52 -0700: ?? singlemalt wrote on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:05:01 -0600: ?? s "PeterL" wrote in message s ?? ... ?? On Dec 18, 2:59 pm, "singlemalt" ?? wrote: ?? We have been researching restaurants in SF and keep ?? running across the Slanted Door. Some on Chowhound say ?? it is a tourist trap nowadays and no SF people go to ?? it. Any opinions either way, and is the food ?? good, which ultimately is most important. Thanks, jw ?? ?? It's good food for people who are afraid to go to a real ?? Vietnamese restaurant. ?? ?? I don't really think of it as a Vietnamese restaurant; ?? definitely fusion, IMHO. KB Definitely. It's certainly not Vietnamese, and doesn't even KB pretend to be. It has as much to do with being "afraid to KB go to a real Vietnamese restaurant" as it does with being KB afraid to go to a real Japanese restaurant. Although the KB chef/founder might be Vietnamese, the food isn't and is a KB blend of several different styles. I very much like the KB inventiveness of that kind of blending. San Francisco has a number of enjoyable fusion restaurants. Not far from The Slanted Door, with a good view of the Bay Bridge, is the Brasserie Chaya whose Japanese chef prepares Japanese-inspired fusion dishes. The sushi that I like for appetizers can be really inventive! Thanks. I've heard of it, but never eaten there. I'll make a point of trying it the next time I'm in San Francisco. -- Ken Blake Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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wrote in message ... singlemalt wrote: We have been researching restaurants in SF and keep running across the Slanted Door. Some on Chowhound say it is a tourist trap nowadays and no SF people go to it. Any opinions either way, and is the food good, which ultimately is most important. Thanks, jw Having heard it was good, I dropt in there t'look at the menu. It was intolerably noisy and the prices were extremely high. The dishes I saw were very nice looking but that doesn't mean they tasted good. I've not been back and have no intention to eat there. We have a great many good Viet-Namese restaurants from the cheap to expensive. I would not, however, make a choice based on Chowhound or Zagat. I would seek advice at ba.food or Yelp.com. My suggestion is to go the the place that has a high rating and a price you deem reasonable. The last time I mentioned what's been called "the best Viet-Namese restaurant in the world" on UseNet, I got flamed for weeks because it's always crowded and we don't need no stinkin' tourists gettin' in our way. -- __________________________________________________ _________________ A San Franciscan who says: "You serve it, I'll eat it!" http://geocities.com/dancefest/ --- http://geocities.com/iconoc/ http://geocities.com/touringsfo/ --------- IClast at GMail com If it is at the Ferry Building, will be expensive. |
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"singlemalt" wrote in message ... We have been researching restaurants in SF and keep running across the Slanted Door. Some on Chowhound say it is a tourist trap nowadays and no SF people go to it. Any opinions either way, and is the food good, which ultimately is most important. Thanks, jw Thanks to all of you for your responses. J. |
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On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:12:57 -0800, "Calif Bill"
wrote: If it is at the Ferry Building, will be expensive. It is at the Ferry Building. It's certainly not cheap, but compared to the other big deal restaurants in San Francisco, it's much less expensive than most. Considering the high quality of their food, I thought it was good value. For my wife and me, dinner there, in July 2007, was $180 including one cocktail each, a medium-priced bottle of wine, tax, and tip. -- Ken Blake Please Reply to the Newsgroup |
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