We just had Chinese on Friday night, but after watching The Godfather, especially the scene just before Michael leaves to meet Sollozzo, I've been craving Lo Mein.

Make some spaghetti and eat it with chopsticks.

I always crave lo mein during that scene too...until McCluskey gets his veal.

Just for the sarcasm, I am NOT washing your whites any more.

After all these years, my favorite is STILL the good old number 1, chicken chow mein combo.

It's not the fanciest, but I think it's one of the tastiest.

My fav is Beef and Broccoli pork fried rice and a egg roll.

My favorite appetizer is crab rangoons.

My favorite appetizer is Cheese fries.(I know it's not Chinese)

I think of Cheese fries as more of a side dish than an appetizer.

My favorite appetizer is carpaccio, or perhaps foie gras.

With Chinese, I love scallion pancakes and fried won tons. I also like steak satay. Or maybe cold noodles in sesame sauce. And of course there's shrimp toast.

I happen to love appetizers, if you can't tell.

For me it's steamed dumplings, won ton soup and mu shu pork. Or sometimes kung pao. George likes spicy chicken.

I love the fried Wontons in my soup. My favorite chinese appetizer is probably Dim Sum. I also love a Roast Pork bun. Not many local chinese restaruants make them. The best place to get them used to be chinatown. I used to go to chinatown quite a bit years ago, but these days you wouldn't catch me eating in chinatown. It's gotten really skeevy!

Some of my favorite chinese dishes are Roast Pork in mushroom and oyster sauce, butterfly shrimps wrapped in bacon and sauteed onions, Filet Mignon steak kew, Moo Shu Pork and pan seared chicken in brown sauce. Come to think of it I like most chinese dishes.



But every once in a while, like you PB, I get the urge for just a traditional chinese dinner of either traditional Chicken Chow Mein or Egg Foo Young, spare ribs and an egg roll.

PB, do you remember in the old fashioned Chinese restaurants, when you would order a combination, they would serve them in those portioned style dishes that had seperate areas for each kind of food?

My mouth is begining to water now.

Of course, DC.

I even remember asking for bread at the Hong Kong Gardens.

Yeah, but can you tell what time it is by the smell of what's cooking?

Mr. Babe and I eat eat in Chinatown once in a while, although not as often since my brother moved from Battery Park. Wo Hop is still reliable, old-fashioned food. Their won ton soup is the best, with thin, delicious pasta instead of that thick glop that you can get. And it comes in a tureen that's easily enough for 3 or more to share. Last time we were there, I had the Seafood Bird's Nest, and it was fresh, light and delicious.

That used to be one of the places that I frequented. Still there huh? And still good? I used to love their Steak and Broccoli. Not beef and broccoli mind you, but Steak and Broccoli! They would get mad if you called it beef and broccoli. :ll: They were always one of the best down there.

We used to also go to a place that was right across the street from the Police Station. I can't recall the name of it. They made a fantastic salted shrimp appetizer!

For dinner I had Rigatoni w/broccoli& chicken

Wo Hop is still there and still good. It's been there for ages. We used to also eat at Ping's, which is also on Mott, but I hear it's not that great any more.

I had macaroni with shrimp and zucchini for dinner.

Salmon salad,home made by my mum she did well

i was impressed

You can always tell when my wife is working....uh so far tonight I've had potato chips and dip!

Hey SB, just trying to get a reference point for where Rest X is from the Mall, its about an hour from me, and maybe I can bring a date (so I am not the 3rd wheel) and meet up with you and your hubby at that place? It would be nice to see you guys again! I have to check it out so maybe we can do it one sunday??

As for dinner, I tried to remember/recreate a dish I haven't made since the previous century: Lobster in Pink Cream Cognac Sauce w/Risotto Cakes. I haven't bought any French products since 2001, but now that they have a new president who isnt even french but VERY much US friendly, I bought a bottle of cognac to make the dish, not the same, but i have a pic if anyone knows how to post it here.

As for Chinese food, its all good, the only thing I don't like is seafood fried rice -- they use "sea legs" and uncleaned mini "shrimps", other than that I probably like everything on any chinese menu lol. The best place I know of in Jersey is Mr. Chu's on Rt. 10 in East Hanover -- if it doesnt ring a bell, its across from the Novartis Pharmaceudical Building. Why should that ring a bell? Its where LSD was invented, thats your underworld trivia for today lol.

It's probably about 15 minutes from the mall. I heard that their Sunday brunch is very nice. They bring a variety of tastings to your table. I've been to the brunch at his Putnam location that is now closed, where he did something similar. It was very, very good.

They also used to do a Hudson Valley Supper, with all the food and wines coming from the Hudson Valley, on Sunday afternoons at the Congers location, but they stopped it once they began to offer brunch.

I was watching one of the food channels last night and they talked about the hamburger. They said one of the best made hamburgers is at Old Homestead Steakhouse in NY. It's made with Kobe beef and is supposed to be out of this world. It should be for $41 bucks. Anybody ever been there? How is it?

I've been to the Old Homestead a bunch of times but never had the burger. I think it's kind of ridiculous, to tell you the truth. It is, however, one of my favorite steakhouses.

I think Jackson Hole makes the best burger in the city, and it's less than $10.

I also have been to the Old Homestead many times. In fact I was recently there back in December. It was excellent. The Stuffed broiled Lobster, the Porterhouse, the sides and their Super Jumbo Shrimps are just delicious.

I've never had the burger either. I believe that the $41 Kobe burger is the small burger and that they have a bigger burger for something like $100+!!! Kind of ridiculous if you ask me. I think the whole Kobe meat thing is overrated as well as over priced. Another stupid "rich boy" trend if you ask me.


Well anyway, tonight I'll be making some nice Filet Mignons. Anyone want to buy some? I massage the filets in olive oil, by hand, and only charge $75 a peice! I'm thinking of calling it Cardi beef!

There's a decent steakhouse out here on the Island that Lori and I went to twice. They had Kobe beef hamburgers and they were absolutely awesome!!

Pork steaks,potatoes and green beans!

Tonight I'm rewarding my good cholesterol with porterhouse steak and barbecued shrimp.

I'm making a meatloaf. I hate meatloaf. I just can't think of anything else to make. By Thursday, the "what should I make tonight" juices are all used up. I really don't mind cooking, but I wish something would just jump out of the freezer and yell COOK ME!!

Linguine w/ White Clam sauce at the restaurant/diner next to the laundromat that ONLY senior citizens eat at (apparently). It wasn't too bad, actually -- and I felt like a young pup in there!