Word: garlic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Thanksgiving day: the turkey was about to go in the oven. The pies were available for inspection. There were even cheese and garlic grits on the stove, thanks to a chef from Arkansas. But where were mom and dad, Aunt Gracie and Grandpa George...
Wong adds that MSG represents only a tinyproportion of the spices in his dishes. He leads avisitor into his kitchen, and points out agigantic bowl of broth, sitting next to smallerbowls with salt, garlic and the white crystals ofmonosodium glutamate. "This is broth," he says. "Agood restaurant must have broth. In this big bowl,I put only a pinch...
...anything we had expected. Instead of fresh, unadulterated shrimp under a zesty citrus shower complemented by crisp green lettuce (this is how it's usually prepared in Asia,) it was suffocating in a coagulated spicy red paste. Abominable! Speaking of abominations, both the Pears and Prawns and the Pleasing Garlic, despite the clever appellations, should be chucked from the menu...
...real work of art was that night's appetizer special ($4.95), a very light, very large pastry shell filled with a copious assortment of veggies: eggplant, tomato, scallion, mushroom, red pepper. The whole concoction was saturated with a thick, browned butter and garlic sauce, with thinly-chopped parsley subduing the richness. Says Annette, "I hate all of those vegetables normally, but in the medium of the sauce, it was really good." Says Adam, "Ditto (well, really it's the eggplant and mushroom I won't even look...
...odor of the cheese was nauseating; as I was chewing it, I felt the cheese expanding in my mouth like bubble gum." The vote was unanimous on the Shrimp Noelle: an over-generous and uneven dowsing of lemon juice made us wince and killed any hint of butter, garlic and Feta cheese...