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Asian Good Eats (Denver)
Looks like there's a similar topic, but it's somewhat dated.
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/350378
Asian Good Eats (Denver)
Thanks tata. That should get me started.
Is dim sum near Pacific Ocean (Asian Grocery) worth a visit? Other dim sum?
Asian Good Eats (Denver)
I just moved to Denver and am striking out on all restaurants Asian.
I'd really like to know great places for:
1. Chinese (pref. with a Chinese menu, not Americanized "Sesame Chicken" Chinese), prefer Schezuan over Cantonese, but let me know anything that's great).
2. Pho (there has to be a great Pho-taurant here!) and other Vietnamese
3. Thai
4. Sushi
5. Indian
6. Miscellaneous SE Asian (Indonesia, Malay, Laotian, etc.)
Thanks!
Why did my quiche leak?
If I were to hazard a guess, I'd say it leaked because the crust was not properly cooled.
I don't know what Russ Parson's was thinking about when he said "add the filling ingredients to the crust while both are still hot" (other than perhaps trying to ruin a legion of quiches), but that's wrong in my opinion.
There's just no way a hot pastry shell is going to set the nearly 6 cups of custard in the Buchon recipe, although it might help on a quiche 1/6 the size. You have to bake this quiche for 75 to 90 minutes for it to set!
When I make this quiche, I make the dough in a food processor and I make sure to chill it overnight, sometimes a couple of nights.
It has to be baked before it's filled.
It's a gigantic crust, enough to make 4 regular fruit pies.
Why did my quiche leak?
If you're wondering why I have it on a cookie sheet, it's because...yup!...they leak. I've gone to extraordinary lengths to prevent that, but they leak.
Here's the secret that helps the most:
Never pour the custard until the quiche shell and its fillings are in the oven on the oven rack.
If the shell cracks, resulting in a leak, it almost always happens when you try to transfer a quiche full of unset custard to the oven.
Why did my quiche leak?
That's my photo. Thanks for posting! Not one of my best efforts there, but...it was tasty!
I don't use a springform pan because the crust on the bottom comes out soggy.
There's a lot of liquid on top and, if the bottom is not exposed directly to the baking stone, it turns out awful.
Here are a couple of pictures of my setup:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fooey/409294439/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fooey/409295615/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fooey/409293616/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fooey/409297629/in/photostream/
I use a ring mold on top of a cookie sheet (pizza pan) and I make absolutely sure to prebake the crust (and cool it, which is probably the most important step) in the mold before I fill the quiche.
Malay Satay Hut
I went there a second time and it was totally different. This time I went alone, so maybe that had something to do with it (as I know some Asian cultures look down upon lone diners). Or maybe because I arrived at 1:30pm this time instead of 11:30am. After being told that my first two choices were unavailable (no pork chops, no black pepper chicken, etc.), I finally settled on a chicken curry. Awful curry, hardly even deserves the name. They served me an appetizer that I didn't order and billed me for it. The appeitzer was some sort of bread sliced in strips with a side of sauce. Get this: The sauce was the exact same thing in the bowl of curry. Maybe just an off day, but it was very disappointing after trying it just a couple of days before and loving it.
Note to self: Could the recommendation above for the pork chops explain why they were no pork chops on the second visit? Possibly...
Eastside Envy
Do you order off the menu at Spice Route? The lunch buffet is mediocre at best.
Seattle: Bakeries / Pastry Shops
Le Panier is a favorite in Pike's Place Market: http://www.lepanier.com/pastries.htm
The macaroons here are tasty, but not cheap.
Le Fournil on Eastlake Ave is also: http://le-fournil.com/
I love the eclairs here.
raw milk in SEA?
$6 for a quart of milk! One hopes that's a very pampered moocow.
Then again, $4 for Starbucks...
Malay Satay Hut
I had lunch here today, Redmond location. Fan-frickin-tastic!
I had the black peppered pork chops, which were excellent and an appetizer called Indian Rojan, which I can't explain other than to say it had the most interesting (perfect?) balance of sweet-savory. Don't let the yam-squid scare you; try it!
I tried the Malaysian Ice Tea, thinking it would be similar to Thai Iced Tea, but it wasn't, not even vaguely (a very new, exotic flavour for me). Try a different beverage, however, as it wasn't great, but don't miss those pork chops. What else? Oh, there's no concept of appetizer first, entree second. It just comes out when it does...and it's fast!
A friend had a fiery noodle dish with prawns and chicken (third to last on the lunch menu) that he really liked, but I didn't capture the name.
Keep the menu with you at the table; it'll take the entire meal to get through all of it. Plenty of yummie to keep me going back again and again.
$44.40 for 3 people ($54 with tip).
Dining in Seattle without a car!
I figure you'd probably rent a car if you wanted to, so this might not be helpful. But, I do Zipcar instead of a taxi. They're all over Seattle and rather convenient. I use them when I have to go downtown or the mall, so I don't have to risk getting my car damaged. Gas, insurance included in the $9.50/hr price. Much cheaper than a taxi and you can rent them all day if you need to.
http://www.zipcar.com/
Malay Satay Hut
There's one in Redmond now. I'll have to try it after reading this thread.
15230, 24th St NE,
Redmond, WA 98052
(425)564-0888
Help with real Thai in Seattle
Then by all means, avoid this place. Pete says he hasn't lived here in a couple of years and the word is that Thai Tom's namesake is no where to be found these days. Trust us, avoid it.
Help with real Thai in Seattle
One assumes this dislike for peanut sauce is mere posture. I, for one, find it quite tasty, authentic or not.
Cheap eats in Redmond?
What are the better ones? There's one on Univ. Ave, but I tend to avoid all things there.
Cheap eats in Redmond?
Yay Pho Than. Tried it tonight. Yum.
http://www.thanbrothers.com/
Best Gnocchi Mix-in Suggestions
Tried this recently and just loved it:
http://www.delaurenti.com/recipes/2007/08/perle_di_patate_in_vodka_sauce.html
Perle di Patate are small gnocchi, about half the usual size.
This recipe will work fine with regular-sized ones.
Sea - Places you want to hate
I know this to be true for one specific grocer not in Seattle, but I can't speak for them all.
Cheap eats in Redmond?
There's Ruby's Diner in Redmond Town Center. Burgers and shakes are pretty good. The decor is a bit much, but food is good.
Cheap eats in Redmond?
If you like Indian, I think Kanishka has one of the better buffets in the greater Seattle area.
Cheap eats in Redmond?
Avoid Celtic Bayou. It's horrendously bad and a disgrace to Cajun food.
Sea - Places you want to hate
And if the baklava doesn't survive this retirement, I will declare war on some Middle Eastern country. Oh wait...
Sea - Places you want to hate
Order out baklava (from Cedar's) for a dinner party (or self-snackie) and serve it warm with good black coffee. OMG. Tis' ambrosia.
Sea - Places you want to hate
Praise the Gods! May his son roast in a tandoor all the days of his life, that castrato-voiced, man-child version of a petulant pissant.
[devil smiley]
n. A pissant. The word can also refer to an inconsequential, irrelevant, or worthless person, especially one who is irritating or contemptible out of proportion to his or her significance. Its origin is with pismire, a 14th-century word for ant.
Sea - Places you want to hate
You are both going to food purgatory. You know this, right?
