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Kantjil and De Tijger Spuistraat 291-293 Amsterdam 020-6200994 | An excellent indonesian restaurant. Very few turists around. Definitely go with a rice table meal. | |
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Haesje Claes Spuistraat 273-275 Amsterdam 020-6249998 | A restaurant with classic dutch food. Avoid the turist menu and go for the more traditional items (as noted on the menu). | |
| Boston Restaurants | |||
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No Name 15 1/2 The Fish Pier Boston, MA (617) 423-2705 | No Name couldn't be more of a hole-in-the-wall if it tried. However, it has good seafood and some of the freshest lobster you will ever taste. | |
| Boston Restaurants - Allston | |||
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Grasshopper 1 North Beacon Street (Corner of Cambridge St and Brighton Ave Allston, MA (617) 254-8883 | The Grasshopper is a great vegetarian Thai restaurant. I don't normally eat at vegetarian restaurants, but a Thai one makes a lot of sense to me. I am not a big fan of the seafood options at Thai restaurants, and there isn't normally much meat anyway. | |
| Boston Restaurants - Back Bay | |||
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Kashmir 279 Newbury St Boston, MA (617) 536-1695 |
Kashmir is a wonderful Indian restaurant right on Newburry Street. If the weather is bad, go downstairs to their wonderful dinning room. If the weather is right, dine on the patio and watch the pretty people walk by. They have a great appetizer sampler and my favorite entre, chicken tikka masala. I forgot to order a mango lasi when I last went, but that was probably for the best as I was already overstuffed. | |
| Boston Restaurants - Brookline | |||
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Rami's 324 Harvard St Brookline, MA (617) 738-3577 | Rami's has great falafel and shwarma. It is some of the best I have had since visiting Jerusalem. The only gotcha is that it is a kosher establishment, so it is closed from Friday afternoon through Sunday morning. | |
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Fugakyu 1280 Beacon St Brookline, MA (617) 734-1268 | Fugakyu is one of the better places in Boston to get sushi. It is consistently good and occasionally great. | |
| Boston Restaurants - Fenway | |||
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Brown Sugar Cafe 129 Jersey St Boston, MA (617) 266-2928 | ||
| Boston Restaurants - North End | |||
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Bricco 241 Hanover Street Boston, MA (617) 248-6800 | ||
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Mamma Maria's 3 North Square Boston, MA (617) 523-0077 | Mamma Maria's is an upscale Italian restaurant located in Boston's North End. | |
| Cambridge Restaurants - Central Square | |||
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Mary Chung's 464 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA (617) 864-1991 | Mary's might be a hole in the wall, but it is a great local chinese eatery. I'm a big fan of their Dun Dun noodles with shredded chicken, but I can't say I've ever had anything bad there. | |
| Cambridge Restaurants - Kendall Square | |||
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Cinderella's Italian Cuisine 901 Main Street Cambridge, MA (617) 576-0280 | Cinderella's is a local eatery in the Kendall Square area. We usually deliver pizzas, calzones, etc... | |
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Beauty's Pizza 228 A Broadway Ave Cambridge, MA (617) 876-6969 |
Beauty's is a relatively new pizza joint in the Kendall Sq. area. While they
don't have the fried delicacies (fries and onion rings) one has come to expect
from such places, their pizza is cheap and good. Since it's arrival in the
area, my officemates have shifted to Beauty's for almost all of their pizza
deliveries. Beauty's offers take-out or delivery only. Their delivery can get a little bogged down during lunch time, so I'd suggest you pick it up or call early. | |
| Chicago Restaurants - Greektown | |||
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Rodity's Restaurant 222 S Halsted Avenue Chicago, IL | This is an amazing greek restaurant in the heart of Greek-town. | |
| Chicago Restaurants - Lincoln Park | |||
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Sai Cafe 2010 N Sheffield Ave Chicago, IL (773) 472-8080 | Sai Cafe is a good restaurant in Chicago's Lincoln Park area. Parking can be tight, so use the valet unless you plan on circling the block for a while. The sushi at the restaurant is inconsistent. It can be "just ok" or it can be amazing. In particular, their eel and their white tuna are occasionally out-of-this-world. Definitely try the dragon roll. | |
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Frances' 2552 N Clark Street Chicago, IL (773) 248-4580 | One of the great delis in Chicago. They make fabulous triple-decker sandwiches and an award winning shake. | |
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Mon Ami Gabi 2300 N Lincoln Park West Chicago, IL (773) 348-8886 | Mon Ami Gabi is a great french bistro along the lakefront in Lincoln Park. If the weather is nice, it is a great place to sit outside on the patio overlooking the park. Do try one of their steak frites. They are scrumptious. | |
| Chicago Restaurants - Mag-mile | |||
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Bandera's Restaurant 535 N Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL (312) 644-3524 | Bandera's is my favorite restaurant in Chicago. I could (and did) go there 2-3 times a week without any complaints. Everything they make is fabulous. If they don't have it on the menu, still ask for the cheesburger. It is made from the shavings of their steaks and has a great "special sauce". It is the best burger I have had. | |
| Chicago Restaurants - Northern 'burbs | |||
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Brasserie T 306 S Happ Northfield, IL (847) 446-0444 | Brasserie T is an amazing restaurant run by a husband-wife team. He (Rick Tramonto) is a very good chef and she (Gale Gand) is a fabulous pastry chef. | |
| Florence Restaurants | |||
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Il Latini Via dei Palchetti Florence +39 55 21 09 16 | Il Latini is a nice restaurant just south of the duomo area. They don't take reservations and a line forms quickly. We were lucky and managed to just beat the crowd when we went. The aged meat (which hangs from the ceiling) is amazing. They also have a great appetizer with various meats from around Florence. | |
| Honolulu Restaurants | |||
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Sushi Sasabune 1417 South King St Honolulu, HI (808) 947-3800 |
Trust us... This is the sister restaurant to the one in LA (which I have also reviewed). The Chef in Hawaii is the student of the restaurant in LA, but I have to say that I prefer his food more. Obviously, this is really subjective since both are so far better than anything else I've had. It's hard to pinpoint one thing that really sets Sasabune apart, since there are so many, but if I was forced to pick one it would be the Toro. Where a normal high-end sushi restaurant might have Toro occasionally, Sasabune had two types of Toro during my visit. Moreover, they were much better than any Toro I have ever experienced (which includes sushi restaurants on both coasts and Tokyo). Since the fish is flown in daily, it is hard to say what they will be serving. That said, here are my favorite items during my trip to Honolulu in 2005:
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| Honolulu Restaurants - Ala Moana | |||
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Jackie's Kitchen Ala Moana Shopping Center Honolulu, HI (808) 943-CHAN |
Jackie's Kitchen is a restaurant owned by Jackie Chan. While he's a great actor
(and you can't begin to comment unless you've seen Drunken Master 2), his
restaurant leaves me wanting for more. There are better Chinese restaurants in
the food court on the first level (particularly the one which serves Dim Sum
for lunch). I'd only suggest you venture over to Jackie's if you are a die-hard fan and don't care that there is better food to be had elsewhere. My sister-in-law Gail certainly falls into this category, but even she agrees that the food is just ok. | |
| Jerusalem Restaurants | |||
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Shonka Bar Restaurant 1 Hasoreg St Jerusalem 02-6257033 | Shonka is a wonderful restaurant/club in the heart of Jerusalem. The service is fast and friendly, the waitresses are beautiful, and the food doesn't disappoint. | |
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Terra Restaurant & Bar Jerusalem 02-6235001 | ||
| Jerusalem Restaurants - Old City | |||
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Nafoura 18 Latin Patriarchate Rd Jaffa Gate Jerusalem 02-6260034 | Nafoura is just around the corner from the Jaffa Gate entrance to the Old City. In it you will find a wonderful open-air courtyard where you can enjoy the Armenian influenced middle eastern food. | |
| Los Angeles Restaurants | |||
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Sushi Sasabune 11300 Nebraska Ave Los Angeles, CA (310) 268-8380 |
Omakase or bust... It doesn't get any better than this. Without a doubt, Sushi Sasabune has the best sushi I have ever tasted. Most great sushi restaurants have fresh fish with a one or two extrordinary specialities. Every single piece of sushi at Sushi Sasabune is in the "extrodinary" class. The only knock (for you perhaps, not me) is that you have very little choice in what you are going to be served. If you sit at the bar you get no option whatsoever. If you sit at a table you can ask to see a menu, but I still wouldn't recommend it. | |
| Memphis Restaurants | |||
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Rendezvous 52 South Second Memphis, TN (901) 523-2746 | Rendezvous has amazing dry rub ribs... probably the best I've ever had. It has a very relazed atmosphere and can easily handle large parties. The only downside is you're likely to overeat. :) | |
| Munich Restaurants | |||
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Schlemmermeyer Deli Located in the Viktualienmarkt (an outdoor open-air market) Munich | Has the best leberkaese to be found. This is a chain of stores, but this is the one to go to if you want leberkaese. Don't forget the sweet mustard! | |
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Münchner Suppenküche Located in the Viktualienmarkt (an outdoor open-air market) Munich | Has amazing soups. | |
| Philadelphia Restaurants | |||
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Sagami 37 Crescent Blvd Collingswood NJ | Sagami is truly one of the best sushi restaurants around. It is better than all but the top Bay Area and NYC sushi restaurants. The eel and the tamago are great, which are two hallmarks of a good sushi restaurant. | |
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Jack's Firehouse 2130 Fairmount Ave Philadelphia, PA (215) 232-9000 | ||
| San Antonio Restaurants - Riverwalk | |||
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County Line Barbeque West Crocket Street San Antonio, TX (210) 229-1941 | The County Line Barbeque is a small restaurant chain in the South. They are a great overall BBQ restaurant with wonderful warm bread and plenty of all-you-can-eat offerings. They also have an amazing burger. | |
| San Diego Restaurants | |||
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California Cuisine 1027 Univeristy Ave San Diego, CA (619) 543-0790 | ||