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Continental
in Halifax...
I live in Halifax, Nova Scotia and I believe the very best place
to eat is a lovely place called 'Jane's
on the Common'. Serving absolutely delicious food
at a reasonable cost and deliberately placed in a community otherwise
lacking good restaurants, owner Jane Wright strives to make 'the
common' food a bit uncommon. And, the restaurant fronts on the
famous Halifax Commons! The website has a delightful link to activities
for women named 'Jane'... Now go and enjoy the great food! Their
website just oozes with friendliness. Take a look. http://www.janesonthecommon.com/
Janet, Halifax, Canada
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Jiaoza
in Beijing...
There is a fantastic little Jiaoza Restuarant (Chinese noodle
wrapped around meat and vegetables) one block east of Beijing
United Family Hosptial on Jiang Tai Lu. It is a hole in the wall
place but they have an English menu. Located in the Lido area,
it is called The Tulip
(It actually has an English sign) and has wood shingles on the
outside. If you stay at Lido Holiday Inn it is just a six minute
walk. Order the jiaozas with a meat and a vegetable (ten to a
plate) fried or steamed ( I prefer the fried). The prices are
cheap, cheap, cheap. My family of six can eat a BIG dinner for
less than ten dollars.
Ronnie, Beijing, China
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Mediterranean
in Chicago...
I live in Chicago and my recommendation for where the locals dine
is the Casbah Cafe
on Broadway. I've dined here several times and it is one of my
favorite places. It's a small storefront, but the food and service
and atmosphere is first class. I've never had a bad meal there
nor a bad experience. The cuisine is from everywhere on the southern
shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Expect alafel, kibbeh, kebabs,
hummus, couscous, curries, dolmeh and, in a nod to Chicago's Northern
Shore, pasta. Address: 3151 N. Broadway Tel: 773-935-3339.
Alexandra, Chicago, USA
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Seafood
in Crismina Beach, Portugal...
The best seafood and the best oceanfront view in Crismina Beach
(7 km from Cascais) is Restaurant
Porto Santa Maria on Guincho Road. Guincho road
is, in itself, a beautiful attraction. To one side, cliffs and
long stretches of blue-green ocean, to the other, dunes and ahead,
the Sintra mountain range. In this scenario, every now and then
a luxury restaurant crops up. One of them, Porto de Santa Maria,
with its big, blue and luminous sign, attracts many people for
the excellent quality of the fish. The house has had a one star
Michelin rating for 25 years, and has been chosen by Mouriscastours
as one of the best seafood restaurants. This was the place chosen
by Bill Clinton to taste the curious fillet of snook in salt (72
euro/kg). Customers may also try sook in bread. The place recalls
a country house, with light-coloured wood and royal blue curtains.
Decoration is very graceful. In this relaxed atmosphere, José
Gouveia, one of the owners, welcomes all clients with the same
sympathy, regardless of status or condition. The basement keeps
the house's secrets: several aquariums, and more than 30.000 bottles
of wine and only the best Portuguese labels. Big, big splurge!
Address: Estrada do Guincho, Praia da Crismina, Cascais. Tel:
21 487 0240 (144 seats). Website: www.portosantamaria.com.
Cristina, Lisbon, Portugal
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Italian
in New York City...
My favorite Italian restaurant in New York is Piadina,
a rustic little place on 57 W. 10th street between Fifth and Sixth
Avenue. In addition to the lovely decor, they specialize in a
delicious appetizer called the pia dina, which is sort of an Italian
take on a quesadilla. The other appetizers (polenta with gorgonzola
sauce, tomatoes with buffalo mozzerella and a lot more). Scrumptious
entrees include their gnocchi, swordfish steak with peppercorn
sauce, salmon in a lemon butter sauce and rigatoni melanzana,
and the desserts are to DIE for: the chocolate mousse has actual
bits of chocolate in it, the nocciola (hazelnut) affogato with
chocolate sauce is divine and the crema carmelatta is the creamiest.
Your better off going either earlier (6-ish) or later (9-ish).
Around 8 o'clock or so, the joint is packed. But the service is
great and the food is the best - the only drawback is that it's
cash only. Tel: 212-460-8017
MK, New Jersey, USA
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Continental
in Tel Aviv...
In Tel Aviv, I'd like to recommend one of my favorite restaurants,
Messa - Chef Restaurant.
They have a wonderful business lunch of three courses and has
the most delicious, creatively cooked food I've tasted in years.
Messa-Chef is large with a quiet and tasteful ambiance. Singles
are very welcome and can be seated with other singles -- very
customer friendly. I loved the salmon and my girlfriends had meat
and it too was delicious. They have the most delicious cocktails
and oh my goodness the desserts! Selections from the menu include:
(1) Seafood gnocchi in a fine turmeric butter (2) Seared Salmon
served with Pepper and Fig Relish and a light Sweet Potato Puree
(3) white chocolate dessert, with cherry sabayon and raspberry
fundue. Address: 19 Ha'arba'a St. Tel: 03-6856859. Website: http://www.messa.co.il/messa.html
(Hebrew with English menu).
Sunny, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Italian
veggie in Greensboro...
My favorite restaurant here in Greensboro, NC USA is The
Loop Pizza Grill. They use the best Kalamata Olives
and Cold-Pressed Olive Oil, you'd swear you were in Italy! Their
website is: http://www.looppizzagrill.com
They also have a ton of vegetarian options (which is why I go
there) including portabello mushroom sandwiches and a veggie burger.
Whitney, Greensboro, USA
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Italian
& Wine Bar in Bangkok...
Giusto's is my favorite
neighborhood restaurant. My favorite table is the one that is
next to the Wine room facing out you can see the entire restaurant
which makes for great people watching. Housed in a stunning architecturally
exciting freestanding modern building, the food is wonderful,
the owners are great and it is a do not miss Italian restaurant
if you are in Bangkok. Website: www.giustobangkok.com
Address: Sukhumvit Soi 23. Tel: 66 2258 4321 Reservations are
a good idea.
Pat, Bangkok, Thailand
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