berkleybabe's Recent Activity
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Hoggers, Berkley MI
Jim, we had the ribs and they were pretty good...sauce too sweet for me. But they're an earnest young couple and I hope we give them some room to tweak. Baked beans were the real deal w/ salt pork. In this economy, I give them props for starting up.
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Hoggers, Berkley MI
Hope you'll give them a break..open a week, they're young. I think they''ll be working to make it work.
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Hoggers, Berkley MI
Coney, I agree much with you. Up front, I will admit that I'm thrilled that a younger team is trying to update Berkley's dining scene --never liked Nippon Grille. So I'm biased in terms of wanting to like them and want them to succeed. I found the best item the baked beans -- from scratch, with little pieces of salt pork (yay)! I think they can tweak the menu...sauce is too sweet for me, cole slaw needs little love but is clearly house made. Our ribs were really good. Pulled pork sandwich a little too greasy. But I want them to succeed...we need some good chow in walking distance! Hope they're doing kaizen after the opening, best of luck to the youngsters.
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Detroit Metro - Restaurants with Birthday specials
Check with Sweet Lorraine's -- they used to send you a card on your birthday witha discount; might still be in play. In any case I recently received a 2/1 offer for both lunch and dinner, not related to birthday --give them a call. Detroit/Southfield
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Any good restaurants in Dearborn, Michigan?
Dogbone's a first for me... hah.
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Sherry Vinegar [Detroit area]
If not in the near future, check out gangofpour.com. Our friend makes vinegar and is being quite successful -- not a big deal. You can buy, but it might be easy to make yourself, too. Sherry and time = vinegar.
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Hey Detroit! At least we have ONE thing that isn't going down the tubes...
Star Bakery is our go-to place for pumpernickle, rye and they have a very good whole wheat - which isn't always offered. Less $ than lots of other places, chewy crust, a little bit of sour, coupla sizes, too. Open 7 day s week.
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cheap eats in downtown Ann Arbor
Red Hots re-opened --great! Still Vienna beef products? New owners? Dish details.
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Phat Sammich, Birmingham, MI
Anybody else been? Berkleygary ordered a club -- with crustless artisan white bread toast, turkey, ham, tomatoes with taste, very generous, three layers, well portioned. Looks like a place with real potential.
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Phat Sammich, Birmingham, MI
Saw a write-up on this and checked out the menu...looks really good. Anybody been there yet?
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Any good restaurants in Dearborn, Michigan?
It's maybe a 15 minute drive from Dearborn --the best Italian restaurant I've ever been in, anywhere. Warm service, outstanding food ---flavorful, sophisticated, not just red gravy.
A treasure.
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Detroits best Pizza- Free Press
Great news! Anything to perk up the Berkley scene is good!
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Good Detroit Restaurants??
Union Street is consistently good -- had a great crab cake last time.
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UM pals reunion dinner (Michigan)
So there are 8 of us who all went to University of Michigan together --ahem--some years ago. Several coming from other parts of the country. Need a place where we can yak and hear each other, won't break the bank, can get a drink and has good chow.
From other hounds' suggestions considering:
Metzger's
Casey's
Blue Tractor
The Earle
Gratzi
Chance to really enjoy each others' company and not feel rushed is important.
Thanks! Chow!
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Bruni departing as Times critic
Guess Blumi'es the second the last to know...
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Bruni departing as Times critic
NY Times Restaurant critic Frank Bruni is departing that role after five years, at the end of August when his memoir is published. I'll miss him...looking forward to the new critic, though.
Here's the link:
http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.co...
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Annam (Dearborn, MI) closes
Annam, the wonderful Vietnamese restaurant in Dearborn, officially closed July 4th weekend. Declining business (50% decrease) and a noncooperative landlord are the reasons. Dan Howes, in Detroit News, devotes a column to it today.
This is really sad. Fantastic food, serene atmosphere, wonderful and warm service.
A blue day in Motown.
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Lunch in Ann Arbor with kids
Red Hot Lovers --a tiny little joint on East U, specializing in Vienna beef hot dogs of all sorts and toppings, sausages and fries...great chow, fun place.
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Diamond Jim Brady's - Novi, MI
Much in part due to Sony Bob's praises, we met wonderful friends of ours here as a halfway point, for lunch. Bottom line, food was really great. Had the crusted whitefish over almost julienned zucchini and basmati rice with a small about of balsamic reduction. Fish was perfect --crust was light, sides were great, too (but a little salt helped.) Our spouses had burgers --mine thought it was good, not great, the other loved the Texas burger with chili.
Problem was service --it was an almost dismally empty dining room. When we ordered one wine, it was "out" --no explanation, my husband asked for a cleaner glass. I had ordered something else but when the server came back the, "polenta was out", which was the reason I ordered. No fast pick up on water, silverware, re-orders of wine. When I ordered wine after others, it was explained "we get some special order wines so when they're' out, they're out." Good, but maybe tell us the first time around? No polenta...hmmm.
With the great quality of the food we expected a warmer service, or at least more attentive. Took the edge off.
I'd go back because the food quality for the value is great...just on a slow Saturday (recession, nice day?) but would like a more engaged service next time.
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Boiled Egg Frustration - Peeling
It also works better if you add a tsp of baking soda to the water when boiling.
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Let's go dippin' now, everybody's learnin' how: Favorite Dip Recipes
You can never go wrong with California onion dip on the Lipton's box--classic! A new fave is Bonnie's Buffalo Wing dip -- cream cheese, blue cheese dressing, hot sauce, shredded chicken and hot sauce, with diced celery for crunch. My college kids and their friends inhale it!
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The Best Coney in Detroit area
Hey, goalie,
Where's Hippo's? Love Red Hot Lovers in Ann Arbor, on campus, mainly due to their Vienna Beef dogs!
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The Best Coney in Detroit area
Sounds great...where in Fashionable Ferndale is it?
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Mother's Day in Lansing, MI
What's the drive to Owosso -time from ELansing?
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last meal cooked
Hot and sour soup, for a continuing cold --always works.
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What to do with pork cutlets?
I've done this with pork tenderloin medallions, it'd work with the cutlets. Sautee in a pan with oil until browned on each side. Set aside. Deglaze the pan with water or white wine, add the juice of 1 or 2 lemons and a good spoonful of Dijon mustard. Whisk together, add more wine if needed to extend the sauce. Pour over the pork --great with buttered noodles.
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Regional favorite that you just didn't get once you finally had a chance to try it
Oh yeah. We were coming back north from Fla., stopped at a roadside place where they came right out of the big cauldron....I'd rather eat wallpaper paste or poi. Bleah.
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What's the difference between Braunschweiger and Liverwurst?
Awesome! Nothing like a great sandwich on pumperickle, hot mustard and thick slices of liverwurst.
I had a great sandwich just like that at McSorley's Bar in NYC this past winter. Just great.
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I am loking for a a great cream of chicken soup or a good soup recipe for a breadbowl
Potato leek --always hearty and not super rich and looks pretty if you add some parsley at the end.
Chili would work, too.
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A project that won't hurt my GPA
I'd say a couple kinds of soup --it's no fail, you can use any and all kinds of ingredients and you've got the makings of some great down-the-road dinners for you and friends. We had one very nice dinner where I made three kinds of soup --Fr. onion, a sausage/vegetable/pasta peasant soup and potato leek --served with good bread, salad and a great selections of cheeses. You can do for you solo or w/ friends.
