Anonymous
02/23/2025 16:19
Subject: What’s not worth it anymore?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:BTW, this thread is derogatory about Chinese cuisine, which people for years think should be at rock bottom prices with top tier ingredients. No business can sustain that. So may be stop thinking of it as cheap eats and treat yourself to a special meal at a great place. Most people without expensive ranges would not be able to recreate the high heat that's needed for exceptional Chinese. I do understand that you think you can cook it at home. I use top ingredients and it's healthy; however, it's just not the same.
+1 so many Americans have this association that Chinese food = cheap, and they are missing out on sooooo much
OP here. In all seriousness, tell me the name of great Chinese restaurants. I would be happy to visit and pay more. Happy to.
That being said, even Tom Sietsema and Don Rockwell said for more than a decade that you can’t get *good* Chinese in the DC area. So I’m very interested to hear your recommendations.
Don Rockwell? Seriously? What decade are you posting from?
Don Rockwell?
He is the one who unearthed Peter Chang,
and he is also friends with Deborah Tang.
(Written in iambic pentameter since I'm sure you appreciate Shakespeare)
Anonymous
02/08/2025 23:09
Subject: What’s not worth it anymore?
Maybe you are mixing up preparing and repairing.
You prepare food.
You fix a car.
You prepare food.
You fix a car.
Anonymous
02/08/2025 23:00
Subject: What’s not worth it anymore?
I’m from the Midwest and saying I’m fixing food is normal.
Anonymous
02/08/2025 22:57
Subject: What’s not worth it anymore?
I never heard of “fixing” a steak or other food. Must be colloquial. Sounds like fixing a car!
Anonymous
02/08/2025 22:50
Subject: What’s not worth it anymore?
Igo to TJs once a month.quality down, prices up. Only a few select items now.
Anonymous
02/08/2025 22:44
Subject: What’s not worth it anymore?
I get takeout once a year, when my sister visits. She likes Big Greek Cafe.
I make my own food.
I make my own food.
Anonymous
02/08/2025 21:58
Subject: What’s not worth it anymore?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Fixing a steak at home. Fixing a pizza at home. Fixing anything like Chinese food at home.
Fixing? Do you mean making? Fixing implies something is wrong.
No, no it doesn't. "What are you fixing for dinner?"
Making. Preparing. Cooking. All better than “fixing.”
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fix
“ 5: to get ready : PREPARE
fix lunch”
This is very colloquial and sounds a bit…MeeMaw and PeePaw.
Anonymous
02/08/2025 21:56
Subject: What’s not worth it anymore?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Fixing a steak at home. Fixing a pizza at home. Fixing anything like Chinese food at home.
Fixing? Do you mean making? Fixing implies something is wrong.
No, no it doesn't. "What are you fixing for dinner?"
Making. Preparing. Cooking. All better than “fixing.”
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fix
“ 5: to get ready : PREPARE
fix lunch”