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**jjpb3** · 20 November 2006, 08:09 AM

Die, die, must try! -- Eating outside Singapore

NORTH AMERICA

Chicago
Prime Rib
Lawry's -- recommended by cawhite and endorsed by many SQTers
Steak
Gibsons -- recommended by cawhite, reaffirmed by many SQTalkers
Pizzas (deep dish, think crust) -- recommendations from cawhite here
TexMex
Uncle Julio's -- recommended by CGK; Pics
Louisiana style
Heaven on Seven -- recommended by CGK;
Samosa
Conrad hotel -- recommended by CGK

Recommendations from KeithMEL

Houston
Post Oak Grill -- recommended by globetrekker84

Hudson River Valley (New York)
Recommendations from globetrekker84

Las Vegas
Recommendations from globetrekker84

French
Mon Ami Gabi Paris Hotel -- try the steak frites!; recommended by KeithMEL

Los Angeles
Recommendations from globetrekker84
Recommendations from StarG

Cecil's (West LA) Ribs - recommended by KeithMEL
The Club Bar, Peninsula Hotel (Beverly Hills) Great prime beef burgers with mac&cheese AND truffles for only USD16 - recommended by HUGE AL and validated by KeithMEL
The Counter (Santa Monica) Burgers -- recommended by taipeiflyer, reaffirmed by various SQTalkers
Ketchup (WeHo) Pan American -- recommended by KeithMEL
Swingers (Santa Monica) Awesome brekky -- recommended by KeithMEL

New York City (that's Manhattan, 'ight?

)
Brunch
(Southwestern)
Rocking Horse Cafe 8th Ave, at 19th
Mexican
Rosa Mexicana
Seafood
Le Bernardin 155 W 51st -- recommended by MovieMan
Trendy
Bette -- recommended by HUGE AL
Da Silvano -- recommended by HUGE AL
Steak Tartare
Lucky Strike -- recommended by HUGE AL

Recommendations from globetrekker84
Recommendations from KeithMEL

New Orleans
Southern Louisiana
Mr B's French Quarter -- recommended by KeithMEL
Po' boys
Mother's Poydras St -- recommended by KeithMEL

New Smyrna Beach (FL)
Club Breakers Fish - recommended by mosburger

Oregon
Eugene and Willamette Valley recommendations from globetrekker84
Portland recommendations from 9V-JKL

Philadelphia
Cheesesteak (what else?

)
Campo's (on 2nd and Market) -- recommended by KeithMEL

San Francisco
Recommendations from globetrekker84

Two SoMa, diagonally opposite the W -- recommended by KeithMEL

Seafood
Yabbies -- recommended by HUGE AL

Seattle
Recommendations from globetrekker84

Toronto
Recommendations from Rejuvenated

Vancouver
Malay
Banana Leaf at Denman Street -- recommended by CGK and validated by YVR SIN Doers [Pics by SQ LPP]

Advice from SQ LPP

Glowbal Group -- recommended by SQ LPP

Yountville, Napa Valley
Ad Hoc -- recommended by milehighj

**jhm** · 20 November 2006, 09:52 AM

London ? Where do I start ?

Cheap

Burgers - Hamburger Union (various e.g. Leicester Sq)

Chinese (dimsum) - Yauatcha (near Soho), Shanghai Blues (Holborn), Royal China (Queensway, Baker St, Canary Wharf etc), Golden Palace (Harrow)

Chinese (one dish meal, e.g. char siew) - Crispy Duck (Wardour St, Chinatown)

Chinese (roast duck) - Four Seasons (Queensway); China Tang (Hyde Park Corner)

Chinese (Hunan) - Shangri-La (Colindale)

Chinese (general) - Joy King Lau (Chinatown), Furama (Chinatown), Phoenix Palace (Baker Street)

Malay (traditional) - Mawar (Edgware Road)

Malay (fusion) - Champor Champor (London Bridge)

Singaporean - Nyonya (Notting Hill), Singapore Garden (Swiss Cottage)

Indian - Sweet and Spicy (Brick Lane, Aldgate East), Masala Zone (various, e.g. near Soho), Karahi King (North Wembley)

Japanese (sushi bar / Sunday lunch) - Mitsukoshi (Piccdailly)

Japanese (yakitori) - Jin Kichi (Hampstead)

24 hour salt beef bagel shop in Brick Lane (Aldgate East)

Vegetarian burgers - Red Veg (Tottenham Court Road)

Expensive

Chinese - Hakkasan (Tottenham Court Road)

Indian - Rasoi Vineet Bhatia (Sloane Sq), Veeraswamy (Piccadilly)

Thai - Nahm (Hyde Park Corner)

French (traditional) - Le Gavroche (Hyde Park Corner)

**jjpb3** · 20 November 2006, 03:25 PM

Thanks for the recommendations, jhm.

I hope the mention in the first post does some justice to them. (I very much agree about Hakkasan, Royal China, Yauatcha, and Hamburgen Union.)

**SQflyergirl** · 20 November 2006, 04:46 PM

some of my favourites in.....

Melbourne:

Shark fin house

Don Don - KeithMEL knows this one, we've had some seriously good bento together there

Pancake Parlour

Cafe Zampelis at the crown

Cafe Brunetti - Lygon St

**CGK** · 20 November 2006, 05:41 PM

Originally posted by jjpb3 View Post

Bali
(CGK, please supply the name of the restaurant where we went for lunch amidst the tropical forest.

)

Vancouver
(CGK, I liked the place where we gorged on Malay food. Please could you remind me of the name?)

For Bali, [B]Warung Satria[B], that's the one that we went. There is another one, called "Warung Wardhani" but it is too popular and sometimes by 1pm all sold out.

The Malay food in Vancouver, was at Banana Leaf restaurant at Denman. They have another two different locations, but it seems the one at Denman has better cook!

**KeithMEL** · 20 November 2006, 05:55 PM

I don't know where to start for Melbourne, but here goes:

Fusion/Modern Australian/Contemporary European
Pure South (Southgate, Southbank)
Verge (Corner Spring St & Flinders Lane, CBD)
Taxi Dining Room (Federation Square, above Transport Hotel, CBD)
Cafe Era (Melbourne Central, CBD)
Cafe Nova (Brunswick St, Fitzroy)
One Eleven (Windsor Hotel, Spring St, CBD)
Three One Two (Drummond St, Carlton)
The Deanery (Bligh Pl, Off Flinders Lane, CBD) - also an awesome wine bar
Interlude (Brunswick St, Fitzroy)
The Provincial (Brunswick St, Fitzroy)
Three Station Pier (Port Melbourne)

Pan Asian
Pearl Restaurant and Bar (Church St, Richmond)
Ezards (Flinders Lane, CBD - opposite the Westin)

Burgers
BBNT - various locations, including Toorak Rd (South Yarra) and Swan St (Richmond)
Grilled - various locations, including Chapel St (Prahran) and QV (CBD)

Italian
Delizia Cucinia (Footscray)
Cafe Italia (University St, Carlton)
Grossi Florentino (Bourke St, CBD)
Vialetto (Hardware Lane, CBD)
Joe's Garage (Brunswick St, Fitzroy)
Cafe Corretos (Lygon St, Carlton)
Papa Ginos (Lygon St, Carlton)

French
Comme (Alfred Pl, CBD)
Libertine (Victoria St, North Melbourne)
Vue de monde (Lt Collins St, CBD)
The Court House (Errol St, North Melbourne)

Chinese
Flower Drum (Market Lane (off Lt Bourke St), CBD)
Shanghai Palace (Lt Bourke St, CBD)
Silks' (Bourke St, CBD)

Irish Pub Food
Pugg Mahones (Elgin St, Carlton)
The Pub (Crown Casino, Southbank)

Japanese
Wabi Sabi Garden (Wellington St, St Kilda)
Don Don (Swanston St, CBD) - cheap and cheerful bento boxes
Ocha (Pakington St, Kew)
Kyoto (St Kilda Rd, St Kilda)
Chocolate Buddha (Federation Square, CBD)

Vietnamese
Lots of great stuff down Victoria St, Richmond

Mediterranean
Mecca (Southgate, Southbank)
Patris (Marine Pde, St Kilda)
Ziggy's Souvlaki Bar (Fitzroy St, St Kilda)
Constantinople Greek Cake Shop (Sydney Rd, Brunswick)
Kri Kri Mezethopoleion (Lt Bourke St, CBD)
Nicosia Kebab House (Glenferrie Rd, Malvern)
Stokehouse (Jacka Blvd, St Kilda)
Greco's (Chapel St, South Yarra OR Crown Casino, Southbank)
As well as some interesting establishments on Greek Precinct, Lonsdale St (CBD)

Seafood
Melbourne Oyster Bar (King St, CBD)
Watergrill (Toorak Rd, South Yarra)
Toofeys (Elgin St, Carlton)

Breakfast/coffee
Greasy Joe's (Acland St, St Kilda) - brekkies served till 7.30pm!
The European (Spring St near Bourke)
Degraves Espresso (Degraves St, CBD)
Cafe Latte (Malvern Rd, Toorak) - its hot chocolate is simply to die for
Laurent (Toorak Rd, Toorak)
Food Inc (Melbourne Central, CBD)
Federal Coffee Palace (GPO, Corner Bourke/Elizabeth Sts, CBD)
Pushka Expresso Bar (Pesgrave Pl, off Howey Pl, which is in turn off Lt Collins St between Swanston and Elizabeth Sts)
Jasper's (Brunswick St, Collingwood)
Kiss Cafe (Greville St, Prahran)
Koko Black (Lygon St, Carlton) -- excellent hot choc!
Cafe Rosamond (Smith St, Fitzroy)
Also, lots of great places in St Kilda (Fitzroy and Acland Sts), Carlton (Lygon St), Fitzroy/Collingwood (Brunswick and Smith Sts) random alleyways in the CBD - Lt Collins St, Flinders Lane, Degraves St, The Causeway (Between Bourke and Lt Collins), The-Alleyway-between-Flinders-Lane-And-Collins-St-Name-Of-Which-I've-Forgotten, etc.

Ice cream
Dolce Freddo (Lygon St, Carlton) - featuring green tea flavoured gelati

Trampoline - various locations
The Gelo Bar (Lygon St, East Brunswick) - claims to only serve organic stuff, but regardless - it's damn good stuff!
Casa Del Gelato (Lygon St, Carlton) - great variety, but shuts down in winter when the owner escapes to the warmth of her hometown in Italia.

I keep itching to add to the list, but I suppose that's enough for now.

**StarG** · 20 November 2006, 06:05 PM

Okay, let me start Los Angeles area with whatever I can think of now:

Hot Dogs:
Pink's on La Brea and Melrose, Los Angeles

Japanese
Shabu Shabu House at Little Tokyo, Los Angeles

Yoshida Sushi on Huntington Drive, San Marino

Steak/Prime Rib:
Ruth Chris' Steakhouse on Colorado Blvd (opposite Paseo), Pasadena
Mastro's Steakhouse, Canon Dr, Beverly Hills
Lawry's The Prime Rib, Restaurant Row on La Cienega, Beverly Hills

Taiwanese Snacks
Tea Station on Valley Blvd, San Gabriel

Chinese
Full House, Chinatown, (Downtown) Los Angeles

American
The Ivy, Robertson Dr, Los Angeles

French Casual
Moustache Cafe at Westwood Village, Westwood

Italian
Spago, Beverly Hills

My favorite Indonesian restaurant Borobudur is gone so nothing to recommend for Indonesian food.

**jjpb3** · 20 November 2006, 06:27 PM

Thanks, SQflyergirl, KeithMEL, CGK and StarG for your approved lists. Unfortunately, that makes it worse for me as I try to diet to a trim physique.

On the other hand, the recommendations make life easier for SQTalkers.

**KeithMEL** · 20 November 2006, 11:27 PM

Originally posted by jjpb3 View Post

Unfortunately, that makes it worse for me as I try to diet to a trim physique.

I've just added an additional category to my list, 'ice cream.'

**SQFAN** · 21 November 2006, 04:46 AM

jjpb3..your thread title is so singlish...

Ha ha ha

**shortfinals** · 21 November 2006, 06:25 AM

Kuala Lumpur

Soo kee Petaling Jaya - Ipoh style Hor Fun. Pity the owner is a PITA. Food's good though

La Bodega
Tapas y bistro - Some of the gang will know this one - it was a stop at KUL DO 05. Fairly similar to 1492 in Chi-town for those of you familiar with it.

Ali Maju
A chain of indian mamak stalls. Tandooris/Naans/Rotis/Curries - pretty good food - and very very likely, the cheapest restaurant that will ever appear on this thread. Think $1.50 for lunch a head and you get the drift.

The Third Floor
This restaurant i quite like - mostly western cuisine, but a little pricey

Tamarind Springs
Cambodian cuisine - again some of you may be familiar - was a stop at at KUL DO 05

New Ipoh chicken rice
Cheap cheerful chicken rice. J777 and me had dinner there in the dark once....

Soo Kee Jalan Imbi (not the same one as the first restaurant on this list. Name is a coincidence) - yet another one J777 has been to. Superb Ngow Hor (beef noodles)

**cawhite** · 21 November 2006, 11:44 AM

Originally posted by shortfinals View Post

Kuala Lumpur...

What about the coffee shop where we had lunch? Also, the satay place? Loved them both, as well as Tamarind Springs & La Bodega

**shortfinals** · 21 November 2006, 12:52 PM

Originally posted by cawhite View Post

What about the coffee shop where we had lunch? Also, the satay place? Loved them both, as well as Tamarind Springs & La Bodega

That coffee shop is Tin Mui Young (best i can spell it using my best England) - the satay place, Satay Kajang Haji Samsuri in Damansara Uptown

**CGK** · 22 November 2006, 01:27 PM

jjpb3, how about the place where it says the best roast duck in London?

Also the bagel shop?

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