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Menu items that have "jumped the shark" in DC
It seems that there are a growing number of ubiquitous menu items in DC, and I am starting to look for restaurants that stay away from trends and gimmicks (I earlier proclaimed - and then shortly retracted because it was hard to do - "no more going to restaurants that have beet salad on the menu!"). Here are some items that I am sick of seeing (even though I generally like said items, I feel like restaurants just have them because they are trendy):
Pork belly (this jumped the shark before I even moved here a yr and a half ago - in CA atleast)
Beet salad
Can you add to the list?
Also, please mention places that offer non-trendy or gimmicky fare (but still good).
re: reiflame
sliders, yes.
cheese p -I still find tuna or really anything seasoned and served raw, appealing but it does seem like everyone has Tartare or Carpaccio in some form
Beet salad is a good thing, but I'd like to see it without the ubiquitous goat cheese. As if beets can't be eaten without it.
As I mentioned in the Green Pig Bistro thread, I had a tomato salad that was wonderful. What other places are offering a tomato salad, because quite frankly I have never seen much of it on DC area menus even in the middle of summer.
re: Steve
Last week we had a great Caprese and a cous cous tomato salad at Dino. The latter had chopped tomatoes, some sort of pickled onion, cucumbers & radish. The beet salad had a cheese on it, but not goat. The grilled vegetable plate had grilled broccoli, zucchini, onions, sugar snap peas, garlicky string bean looking things. The squash blossoms were stuffed with ricotta and came on a puddle of tomato sauce. Was easy to be a vegetarian that night!
re: wineo1957
Thanks for the rec!
re: GraydonCarter
chicken and waffles - every new spot is jumping on this bandwagon
shrimp and grits-
pork belly - which is a really inexpensive cut of meat
Kobe burgers - Kobe way too expensive to be made it a burger
re: agarnett100
Any beef you get in the States isn't really Kobe anyway. The best it can be is "Kobe style".
re: agarnett100
I am not sure the hate on pork belly. I mean it is just a cut of meat. If its well done, then it can be fabulous. Too often its just poorly cooked and the fat is too much the only feature of the meat. But when cooked properly, with a goodly amount of fat rendered, it can be amazing.
But I do agree that some chefs are just adding belly to add belly. I don't really want pork belly in my Bloody Mary or in my dessert. I had a vanilla bean braised pork belly that would have been so much better if it hadn't been vanilla bean braised, but just braised braised.
On the other hand, the pork belly dish at Golden Bangkok's Lao menu was amazing in recipe, but the pork itself was nothing special. Bar Pillar and Cafe St. Ex have had great pork belly dishes in the past but we haven't been back since the remodels. Dino has pork belly with brussel sprouts where the belly is firm and crispy and luscious.
Pork belly is one dish where commercial pork just won't do. You need pork that has been raised properly. We got some belly from Truck Patch at Mt Pleasant Farmer's Market and it was the best we have ever had. Groff's Content too. Eco Friendly Foods is another.
re: wineo1957
FYI-the pork belly I purchased for $3 bucks from the Latin market in Laurel works just as good
re: agarnett100
We will have to disagree, I used to swear by the belly from H-Mart till I tried Truck Patch.
re: agarnett100
I agree with agarnett100 completely. I grabbed 4 pounds of belly from a local farm at one of the Arlington farmers market last week at $7.99 a pound to give the locally raised stuff a whirl.
There was absolutely not discernible difference between it and any other pork belly except, for the black pig belly that I get from Super Hmart wich is much . . . . much better.
re: agarnett100
I think the chicken and waffles obsession is that almost every restraunt has chicken on the menu as a concession to picky eaters but fried chicken is more fun than roasted.
Not a type of food but a presentation--the ubiquitous "small plates." I am rarely in the mood to share my food.
lobster mac 'n' cheese. what a waste to someone who didn't grow up in New England
re: hill food
After the third time trying this, I gave up. I think it's just a way of taking comfort food and sticking a high-margin pricetag on it. Like kobe sliders. Or the burger that comes with a diamond ring and a bottle of Dom Perignon.
re: monkeyrotica
I agree but if you raise Kobe, bottle your own Champagne and mine diamonds sure. go crazy.
if I lived in Maine or even Nova Scotia maybe I could get my head around it.
re: monkeyrotica
I agree. Coming from Boston I rarely order lobster mac and cheese. It's often times too rich and you rarely can actually taste the sweetness of the lobster.
But I'm also a person who doesn't believe in frying lobster either.
re: Elyssa
To me, lobster mac and cheese is simply a waste of good lobster. The added cost will never result in sufficiently added deliciousness. Good mac and cheese needs no help, anyway, and bad mac and cheese won't be saved by the addition of lobster meat..
We'll be in Maine next week and many lobsters will be eaten. 8<D
re: Elyssa
re: Elyssa
Agree on the lobster mac 'n cheese. Lobster mashed potatoes with butter and cream...man. That is a combo.
re: flavrmeistr
Where have you had lobster mashed potatoes? Is this a side dish? Sounds incredibly rich (and possibly delicious...or falling into the same issue and lobster mac and cheese).
re: Elyssa
I dunno, I'm more receptive to the potatoes. must be the cheese part.
still as a MidWestern kid for whom ANY shellfish was a treat - I want to yell: keep it simple! doesn't need more (grumble grumble grumble) even drawn butter seems un-needed ('K I'll keep the lemon)
re: hill food
I think some cooks are afraid to keep it simple or risk having their dish called out as being "uninspired." Unsophisticated and uninspired are not the same thing. I'm reminded of the menu item I spotted in a trendy eatery that was obviously trying too hard. It was grilled cod served with a lime vanilla sauce. I told the waiter, "If I wanted a Key Lime Fish Pie, I'd order that."
re: monkeyrotica
once on the old Salon Table Talk I started a thread called "When Foods Collide, an Ingredient too Far"
this would qualify.
re: Elyssa
The Tasting Room in Frederick serves lobster mashed potatoes in a large martini glass as an appetizer. The creamy plain goodness of the mashed potatoes heightens the sweet richness of the lobster. Flavrfrau describes it as "Food of the Gods" and orders it as her main course. I am not quite as ardent, but it is a pretty good paring.
re: ipsedixit
gourmet pizza joints how many do we need
re: agarnett100
Flatbread Margherita if you aren't a pizza joint and you don't have a brick oven.
re: monkeyrotica
yeah what's wrong with a simple caesar? but even so it's never a proper one. either no dressing or bottled glop.
re: Jeserf
This is actually a trend I hope sticks around for a long time. I LOVE...LOOOOOVE the salty sweet dessert creations I see on menus these days.
re: Jeserf
I agree. I'm thoroughly tired of the salt-on-sweet trend.
Chocolate covered bacon is another thing that should go the way of the do-do bird.
Chocolate with chile - I don't care if that is the way the ancient Aztecs ate/drank it. If I want my chocolate funkied up I'll have it as a mole . . . .not a candy bar.
Macaroni and cheese bites, most restaurant can't get a good mac & cheese right, why bread it ant fry it.
Fried calamari . . . . more often than not poorly executed or frozen food service nastiness.
Well cup cakes in general but then I think saying cup cakes are overrated has become passe because so many people say it now. But Ill say it still... Oh and gourmet tater tots. Yes Ive tried some and there is never any real clear separation (minus sauce) between the over priced trendy tater tot menu items Ive tasted and the little nuggets I ate when I was in 2nd grade in the 70s... Yet full grown adults continue to get completely excited when they see tater tots on the menu at a fashionable gastropub or steak house and dont even blink when a small serving of them costs $10, $12, $15...
And as for pork belly being overdone, Id agree. But its still amazing stuff when done right. And the chinese have been making it right for 2000 years. Just never became trendy until high end Manhattan restaurants decided to bring it above ground.
re: Insidious Rex
ha ha I just had to share this link I found after making all those comments about pork belly and tater tots: http://ideasinfood.typepad.com/ideas_...
re: Insidious Rex
Speaking of cupcakes, it's gotten worse!
re: woodleyparkhound
Oh good lord... Ill wait for the pork belly vending machine.
re: drewpbalzac
Jump the shark comes from Happy Days when Fonzie jumped a shark on water skis.
Edit: I see that the guy you're referencing authored a book with that title. No, he gets nothing. No Soup For Him!
re: Dennis S
The book was a poor attempt to cash in on a trend that had already jumped the shark. 8>D
re: Dennis S
John Hein made millions from selling his "Jump the Shark" website to TV Guide.
He popularized using the Happy Days episode to represent when a TV show has gone stale and tries a gimick to bring viewers back.
Now he is that host of his own food show. . . .
re: kellyc96
I can only guess you've never had proper Korean BBQ pizza.
re: monkeyrotica
re: shake N baik
Why, Japan of course.
re: monkeyrotica
what a tease!! not cool!!
re: monkeyrotica
Great, Monkeyerotica! I was whinging about fake Chinese at Minerva a couple years ago, and the Indian woman I was talking to said that 'Chinese' Indian food is a popular sort of comfort food in India. It isn't real Chinese, but an Indian adaptation of it using Indian ingredients. Now Japanese Korean pizza adds another cultural fusion twist to the menu!
re: wineo1957
Korean Chinese IS fantastic. I lived in Seoul for a year, and YUM. Seafood is fresher, garlic is better.
I've also only had Japanese shabu-shabu in Seoul, so I don't know how it is "for real" but mannnn was it good in Korea!!
re: Kris in Beijing
There is an all you can eat Korean in Annandale that does AYCE Shabu Shabu for under $20pp. Right behind the Jerry Subs. Great when you are running on empty or are just a couple of hungry guys+++ like we are.
+++ any implication that I am using this term as a euphemism for greedy pigs will be dealt with as soon as the boy and I get our pants let out!!!
re: shake N baik
Amazing? As in amazingly awful?
re: monkeyrotica
Go on...
re: kellyc96
Korean tacos? Really? I know a few places have them, and we do have a Korean taco truck, but I don't really see them as ubiquitous yet.
re: The Big Crunch
There are at least 4 trucks doing Korean/Asian style tacos now.
This Maryland item jumped the shark years ago, but it still persists: Old Bay Bloody Marys. I don't mind a little in the mix, but the top of the glass encrusted with it like a margarita w/ salt? YUCK. There's more than enough sodium already floating around in the average Blood Mary.
And, a real pet peeve of mine that has also jumped the shark EVERYWHERE: using a combination of very expensive imported cheeses (combined so that none of them are even detectable) in the all-American mac&cheese that doesn't need it. What a waste. Snooty versions of junk food by cooking school grads have gotten very tired. It's sooo 1997.
re: staughton
This seems to be the critical flaw in the lobster Mac and cheeses I've tried. They usually use gruyere or Emmentaler and instead of rich and creamy it's burnt and greasy. Maybe they're not using a bechamel, but it seems a waste. I've also seen a lot of country fried steaks where they use strip or ribeye and fry it until its battered shoe leather. I can only assume some genius thinks its an expensive cut and, therefor, the best. Anyway, if you have no freaking clue how to make the original, please refrain from any "playful reimaginings of the classic," idiots.
re: monkeyrotica
agreed, a proper chicken or country fried steak just wants a stupid chopped steak.
I see a theme running through here. leave the good ingredients alone and save technique for the cheap stuff where it's needed.
wish more restaurant owners popped up or lurked here. Dean of Dino's has on occasion (but he doesn't seem to need this particular advice), and very few others.
re: hill food
Have you tried the grilled pancetta apricots at Dino? Mascarpone, balsamic vinegar, pancetta and apricots.
The avocado crostini at Cork?
I remember an egg on toast at Bar Pilar which was toast, a perfectly poached egg and a salty condiment.
Good olive oil, salt, bread?
re: wineo1957
that first one does sound wrong, the others sound good (I have an unswerveable prejudice about apricots)


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Dress I designed for draping class. I originally made it for the class dress form, but redid it to fit me better.
Front bust has two pleats and a princess seam pretending to be a pleat, matched across shoulders to back.
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Jan 14, 2008, 05.58 AMby lybu
I love it ! I love it ! I love it ! Super elegant and great details !
Oct 16, 2007, 01.32 AMby joclin
Thanks everyone! Senasews: yes, I created the dress in draping class. But since I took this class before my flat pattern class, the pattern itself is pretty horrific looking :) I actually haven't worn it out since I haven't found the right occasion yet. It's too dressy for work, but not dressy enough for things like weddings and parties.
Oct 14, 2007, 09.23 PMby mirela
Exquisite! wish I could do draping like that, the design is very beautiful, as well as the colors and embellishment choice.
Oct 13, 2007, 06.35 AMby lilo
lovely! great details and great fit; good work!
Oct 13, 2007, 06.17 AMby nikkishell
So classy! I love it
Oct 13, 2007, 06.01 AMby elainemay
beautiful- i especially love the detail of the contrasting color peeking out from the box pleat!
Oct 12, 2007, 02.39 PMby claireokc
Wow – great, great detail. Love the contrasting color and the creative use of it on this dress.
Oct 12, 2007, 01.35 PMby senasews
Looks great and i love the inverted pleat. Don't know wether i get it right: did you construct the pattern on your own? thats even more impressing.
Oct 12, 2007, 12.29 PMby stephanie-s
Very wearable and a great fit on you!
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great job! the v-neck details are really impressive.
Oct 12, 2007, 09.23 AMby lauriana
I love the way you shaped the bodice, with all the curved seams. It's a great dress, wearable and spectacular at the same time.
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I love the way you shaped the bodice, with all the curved seams. It's a great dress, wearable and spectacular at the same time.
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It's a "wow" dress, I'm very impressed by the v-neck details.
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I like that curved v detail on the neckline, and the dress is very flattering. Nice work!
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Boston Bombing Conspiracy Theory: Skeptics Allege Blast Was Fake, Victims Are Actorsby Free Britney at . Updated at . Comments
Here we go again.
It's been a week since the Boston bombings killed three people and injured 170-plus, and with Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in custody, the city can begin to heal.
Not that there's anything to actually heal, or move past, according to the obligatory conspiracy theorists who insist the entire thing is a hoax. Seriously.
Among many pieces of "evidence" cited by skeptics? The photos of victims - or alleged actors, depending on what you believe on message boards.
"If you loose both legs from explosive trauma half your blood is gone in one minute via the femoral arteries, you're dead after two," writes one theorist.
Not believing the amputees are real, he "explains":
"Bleeding out is worse with blunt force trauma (like shrapnel) because flesh is torn rather than cut, exposing more arterial and vascular tissue."
"The human body holds 5 to 6 LITERS of blood. If that really happened you would see blood EVERYWHERE, the guy would be drenched in it."
The victim aided by Carlos Arredondo - the peace activist lauded as a hero after his efforts to save lives - has come under particular scrutiny online.
"His hands have no blood on them. There's no blood on the ground. The color in his hands and lips shows good circulation," the skeptic alleges.
Sound familiar at all?
If you recall from the Sandy Hook conspiracy reports and videos, the Newtown man who hid children in his house was nearly turned into a pariah.
Nevertheless, chatter of a New World Order and a government-enabled hoax continues to permeate the Internet. Writes the conspiracy theorist:
"These are actors. This is staged. It was flash powder."
"There was no crock pot nail bomb. There are no bombers, only patsy. If your looking for a gunman look at the Army in the streets of Boston."
"Share this knowledge with everyone."
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Since when are the tinfoil wearers "skeptics"?
Im from boston and I can tell you real people died. With that said I do believe it was because of government actions. This was all to get people familiar with military presence ( as a form of martial law ) and also to get local law enforcement familiar with working along side military while breaching peoples homes.
Some people in the video were saying, what noise when the first so called bomb went off. Also, pressure cooker bombs work best when laid on there sides, right? If that is the case, then if the pressure cooker was on it's side, then how come they found the "LID" on the roof of a 6 floor building? Also, when they were filming this, why didn't they film body's up close? Also, when they were taking the bodys into the ambulance, how come the white wrappings weren't saturated in blood? I also thought it was really cleaver to tell the people of Boston, "Please give us your film, the killers might be on your cameras".........Also, how come the runners that were very close to the finish line, how come they did not stop running? It seemed to me they were more concerned about finishing the Race? I'm very confused, so I decided the footage is not real.
Someone who is a supposed EMT should know that the femoral artery is up VERY high, in the groin not in the lower legs. Not even in the thighs. It is literally in the groin area. What kind of EMT doesn't know that?
For the names of the principal actors in this and similar staged events, go to
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No they didn't fake their injuries. That is silly. Real people got hurt....http://www.examiner.com/article/bosto...
Faith in America and BenDover both have great points
I apologize for my launguage but this subject really hits home for me
i believe is fake just as the sandy hook bullshit! 911 was fake and still many people died
Until we get an explanation for the other two jokers in black t shirts and backpacks talking on phones at the time of the blast, we must assume that the exercise was a drill or a false flag.


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In what may be a sign of things to come across other Google properties, the advanced search search options in Google News have been moved away from their own page and placed right inside the main search bar.
Here are before and after screenshots to show what I'm talking about.
There's a small triangle on the far right of the search bar and, when your mouse moves over it, that "Advanced news search" indicator appears. When you click on the triangle, a full set of advanced search options appears — no need to click through to a separate page.
As far as I know, the actual advanced search options in that dropdown are no different than what used to be on the separate page (but it's not like I memorized them, sorry).
Google Docs already has a similar feature, where a small triangle on the right of the search box brings up advanced search options. The upcoming Gmail redesign will also have (advanced) search options that are accessible this same way.
Other properties, like Google Image Search, Google Calendar and Google.com web search continue to have advanced search options on a separate page. But it's not a stretch to imagine similar functionality rolling out across all Google properties, especially considering their summer announcement of plans to update the overall Google user experience with a "consistent visual experience."
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