Maybe the deli sends staff home early when they are slow and end up with only enough staff to deal with in person customers close to closing time?

+1

Marche (formerly Campagne) and Cafe Campagne are right out your front door (Marche shares a courtyard with the Inn) and are both great.

Yup. Maybe not everyone feels the numbing sensation? What a shame! I get the sensation from key lime juice just like from calamansi.
I meant Asian calamansi, popular in the Philippines. We had a tree in our backyard in Hawaii. Tasty little things! I read that key limes are decended from calamansi brought from southeast Asia.

I was so excited to try key limes in Florida, but when I did, I realized that they are basically the same thing as calamansi limes (my favorite!) that I grew up with! Both have a complex flavor and a subtle numbing effect that I adore. YUM. You can purchase calamansi limes fresh and frozen (frozen 100% calamansi juice is excellent) in lots of Asian stores.

Papaya ice cream sounds fantastic. I got a fresh papaya milk shake in FL a few months ago - very tasty.

I prefer vanilla ice cream. I like Hagen Daz for easy supermarket vanilla ice cream. I do sometimes mix in malted milk, so if they sold vanilla malted ice cream, I'd buy that.

No. There are differences in Continental and American dining ettiquette but this is not one of them. Crossed silverware isn't the "finished" position in American dining ettiquette, it is the "rest" position in Continental dining ettiquette. The "finished" position in both American and Continental dining ettiquette is fork and knife parallel. If you really want to get into it, the angle of the fork and knife on the plate and the fork tines up or down may differ between the two, but that's it.

That is backward - knife and fork crossed is the "rest" position indicating you are not done and the plate should not be cleared. Knife and fork parallel means you are done.

The charge might have been automatically entered when the server entered the "split plate" instruction on the ticket so the kitchen would know to do it.

I understand the rationale behind plate splitting fees to be the extra cost to make both "half portions" look good, which includes different platting, often a larger portion so that each half looks reasonable, extra sides/garnish, etc. If that's what the fee is for, I guess it makes sense for any split plate, even if you're ordering entrees as well. For pasta, they might have made a larger portion of pasta or put extra pieces of whatever is with the pasta so the portions don't look skimpy (i.e. if a regular portion would have had 3 shrimp, they might have put an extra shrimp on so each plate has two, rather than cutting one in half).

They don't need to soak in the water, just wet them down. Often the bowl isn't big enough to dunk the entire wrapper, so you can just put the edge in and spin it around to get the entire thing wet. They will still feel stiff, but will continue to soften as you fill them. If you keep them in the water until they feel soft, they will continue to soften after you remove them and be too soft.

The sandwich would be messy no matter what kind of bread it's on. In any event, that's the only bread you can get at Paseo, so the choice is: (1) sandwich on that bread, or (2) no sandwich. I'd go for the sandwich because whole is greater than the sum of its parts. :)

Agreed. I love the pork sandwich with onions and aioli on the bread. I also love the smoking thighs dinner.

The food at Copperleaf is quite good, but the ambiance is strange. It feels like you are eating in a hotel lobby bar...

I don't think the Four Seasons is really walking distance to anything other than resort food. I think the Four Seasons has a shuttle to the little mall in Wailea, but other than that and the resort food, you'll have to take a car.

Trencher! :)

Glad you gave it another shot and posted about it! Sounds good.

The buffet at the Wynn is pretty great. Better than Bellagio, imo.

I love Imanas Tei and always feel like it's a really good deal for what I get.

That is still disappointing, but not as unforgivable as turning you away with a rez,

You were turned away with reservations?

We bit the bullet and ordered the fancy one from Sushi Kappo Tamura. It looks divine.
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But now it's soup weather! :)

Has anyone ordered Osechi ryori from Uwajimaya, Maruta or any other place in and around Seattle? Any feedback?

You might also try Eat Local. They have a really wide selection of frozen meals, including soups. It's spendy, but the quality is high. http://stores.eatlocalonline.com/Stor...

I'd also suggest trying Moi and Opah (!!), if you see it. YUM.

For whatever it's worth, my Chicagoland born and bred SO likes Kylies first, then Wallingford for DD pizza. I like them both, but I actually think that kylies is a little light on the toppings and cheese for DD.

That's curious...upthread you said "The cheese curds that were featured on the show are really some of the best things I've ever tasted, seriously."

I would probably buy some of the best things I've ever tasted (seriously.) to fly home with.

+1. Gotta have both!

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