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mindphlux posted:I've been to Mamak now 4 times. I discovered it after coming back from Singapore for my honeymoon. I'm showing my age, but it's been 20 years since I've been to Singapore, and it was like 2 days in a summer long tour of Asia, so I don't remember much about it. I do remember taking the night train to KL from Singapore and having Indian food that was so spicy it cleared my insides. I do have friend who did live there, and she said she hasn't found any good Singapore food here except for Mamak.
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finally made it to staplehouse I'm more curious to hear what other people have thought than to share my own impressions - anyone else been yet?
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Jul 25, 2016 06:58
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I went and had a great meal. Can't wait to hear how you hated it.
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venutolo posted:I went and had a great meal. Can't wait to hear how you hated it. lol goddamnit mindphlux doesn't hate everything I went and was really happy with everything. no one else is doing the poo poo they're doing right now in the ATL. I've been lamenting the lack of a interesting, quality "fine dining" place in town for years now - they've completely nailed what Atlanta has been lacking. the service was great. price spot on. if I had to critique something, (SINCE APPARENTLY MY LONG HISTORY OF HATING THINGS PRECEDES ME) it would probably be the tiny tables. place is dangerous because it's walking distance from me, I am scared I will start going in regularly.  ow ow ow my credit card bill
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Jul 25, 2016 23:01
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also goddamn that fermented potato roll please let me just eat like 20 of those and go into a coma
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I haven't been there since December of last year and I want to go back. The meal I had there in December was probably the best meal I had in Atlanta that year.
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The Atlanta subreddit has a topic of the most overrated restaurants in the city. Someone mentioned any of Ford Fry's places. The reply was "Don't provoke him, he'll open another restaurant just to show you up". I wonder if that was Mindphlux?
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antisodachrist posted:The Atlanta subreddit has a topic of the most overrated restaurants in the city. I don't do an "reddit", sry m8 reply however is accurate I'd love to know how he finances his projects / how leveraged he is, because jesus christ
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mindphlux posted:I don't do an "reddit", sry m8 I heard his wife was rich and bankrolls him or something? but that sounds wrong
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I wouldn't not believe it, but the kind of financing you need for like 10+ upscale fancy restaurants is obscene. I'd guess like 10-25mil at the low end. not the sort of thing I think a small family business - even propped up by a rich husband/wife - could finance. I'm sure he has investor groups and it all makes sense on paper, but I'm just honestly impressed. a couple restaurants is one thing, an empire is another entirely - poo poo doesn't happen unintentionally. that said, I am debt adverse and loans are dirt cheap, so I guess 10 million ain't that much to most folks if you have good concepts and a solid business model.
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Jul 30, 2016 08:35
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Staplehouse made it in to Bon Appetit as the best new restaurant in the US http://www.bonappetit.com/story/staplehouse-atlanta
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gave ton ton another go because what the heck it was marginally better - but still very expensive. ordered $3 of extra noodles with my $14 bowl of ramen and managed to make two meals out of it.  also no alcohol. which I guess prevented me from spending over $50 on two bowls of ramen.
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Question for you nerd lords. Anyone know of any of a good pho place north of Atlanta? Like the Marietta/Alpharetta/Sandy Springs area.
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Manuel Calavera posted:Question for you nerd lords. Anyone know of any of a good pho place north of Atlanta? Like the Marietta/Alpharetta/Sandy Springs area. I never found one up there when I lived up there. I always came in-town to Buford Hwy, or now So Ba in EAV.
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I have friends that really like Hoang Long in Marietta but I've also heard it's not quite as good as what you'd get on Buford Hwy.
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Passed the info on to the boyfriend. How about Saigon Cafe? That's nearer to him (he lives in Canton specifically.) We're planning ahead for my trip in a month.
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Manuel Calavera posted:Passed the info on to the boyfriend. How about Saigon Cafe? That's nearer to him (he lives in Canton specifically.) We're planning ahead for my trip in a month. saigon cafe is the panera, willies, or moe's of pho. it's a little overpriced, but arguably pretty decent above-average lunch fare, but bland in some weird homogenized inexplicable way. so no, if you're planning a special trip out to a great pho place, it would make me cry a little inside if forums poster 'manuel calavera' ended up at saigon cafe for his atlanta pho.
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Sep 10, 2016 06:46
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You must really care mindphlux if you actually used punctuation. We're considering somewhere at Buford Highway. It's an excuse to check out the karaoke place there too.
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<3
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Sep 10, 2016 23:36
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I somehow missed that Bell Street was opening up a new location in the Stove Works on Krog Street, but boom, there it is.
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Sep 14, 2016 19:23
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Not planning to do so casually but if I were to start planning to planning a nice dinner with the intent of ordering an omakase course for two (or I guess... just two of them?), what are the best places I should look at? The ones I've been told about are Umi, Tomo, and MF Sushi. It's an experience I've wanted for a while and always managed to miss out on when it was a possibility.
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Comic posted:Not planning to do so casually but if I were to start planning to planning a nice dinner with the intent of ordering an omakase course for two (or I guess... just two of them?), what are the best places I should look at? The ones I've been told about are Umi, Tomo, and MF Sushi. Hayakawa. With Brush and Craft (when Jey Oh is there) a bit behind. venutolo fucked around with this message at 23:50 on Sep 18, 2016 |
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Sep 18, 2016 23:46
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FYI B's Cracklin' Barbeque is now soft open in the old Hottie Hawg's space. I went for dinner tonight and had a pork & slaw sandwich and hash & rice. I really liked the peach mustard sauce. Definitely worth checking out as I don't think Atlanta has many (any?) whole-hog places. The pitmaster was there and was a good guy. I'll be going back soon.
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Hayakawa. Hesitant to try Brush based on dining room experience. Want to try Umi.
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Comic posted:Not planning to do so casually but if I were to start planning to planning a nice dinner with the intent of ordering an omakase course for two (or I guess... just two of them?), what are the best places I should look at? The ones I've been told about are Umi, Tomo, and MF Sushi. I'm partial to Doraku in Buckhead. It's always not busy, prices are great values, and they have unique menu items that break the trend of all the others. http://dorakusushi.com/store_locator/atlanta/ Funny story about the omakase at Doraku - we were sitting at the sushi bar watching a giant-rear end plate of omakase getting prepared. Probably the best looking plate of sushi I've ever seen, it was massive (it was 3 orders of omakase on one plate). The chef brings it out to a table and explains to them what everything is. The table consisted of a couple of lady friends and Nicholas Cage. Pretty rad! Hayakawa is awesome though. I like Tomo, but it's a little too buckheady.
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Thanks, I'm definitely looking at both Hayakawa and Doraku too though, both sound real nice for different reasons. Not seeing an omakase option on Doraku's menu though. Comic fucked around with this message at 20:24 on Sep 19, 2016 |
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Sep 19, 2016 20:18
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Comic posted:Thanks, I'm definitely looking at both Hayakawa and Doraku too though, both sound real nice for different reasons. Their online menu sucks and is not accurate for what they have at the restaurant (there's a LOT more on it than online). Their real menu is a wonderful world of obscure stuff, but nothing too weird or unpalatable. They have omakase for $49. Order 2 of these to stuff two people. Park in the garage, and they validate tickets. easy
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Sep 20, 2016 03:22
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oh no guy wong found a mindphlux post
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meh, not worth it.
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Oct 3, 2016 15:57
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Brunch at Ticonderoga Club is so drat good. That is all.
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i had a new burg recently from "bread and butterfly" that might be my new favorite burg in-town. not sure why this fancy cakes & ale french restaurant has a "burger americain" but god drat it was delicious 
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Yeah, that's a good rear end burger. Their pancakes are so loving good. The rest of their breakfast stuff is really good. B&B and Ticonderoga Club are probably my favorite breakfast/brunch places right now.
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Bread & Butterfly had our fav mac and cheese from the cheese fest last week too
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We went to bread and butterfly on a whim instead of the Spence, which closed like a week later. Everything we had was amazing and the waiter was just the right amount of French and rude. A+++ would recommend to everybody
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Stalizard posted:the waiter was just the right amount of French and rude. Good ol' 'Arold. I didn't' go back for a couple months after a couple back-to-back really negligent service experiences. I talked to a buddy who worked in the kitchen and he said they were going to make changes to the staff. When I went back, I didn't recognize any of the servers aside from our boy Harold. I guess they kept him for reasons of authenticity.
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He really was great. We actually picked the place based on the recommendations it got here, so thanks for that
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godzirraRAWR posted:meh, not worth it. oh my god are you guy wong  please say yes
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venutolo posted:B&B and Ticonderoga Club are probably my favorite breakfast/brunch places right now. +1
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mindphlux posted:oh my god Scoop, if true
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