Word: squid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...decided to go the Adventurous route and order squid, which was of course a mistake. Squid is sort of a standard weirdo; just strange enough to be repellent, but not actually exotic enough to warrant wading through...
...restaurant with the red and gold painted signs had the best squid selections, so I went there. The squid, which was chewy and seafood-like, saw more of my armpit than my stomach as I reached across the table to eat off other people's plates. Crowding with other people is really the point of this place anyway; long cafe tables, piled with bring-your-own beer bottles and crumpled napkins, tend to promote sharing. When other Reviewers got sick of sharing (which your friends may also do) I drank the free tea and watched the activity. Scallions getting chopped...
Having agreed to share entrees, I was a bit nervous about my choice, "chicken vegetable fried noodle." How could this bland little meal ever compare to curry chicken or squid? Fortunately, the squid was too chewy for most, and the chicken, though popular, was too spicy for my taste...
...Thai Cuisine, the tiny kitchen at the far end of the Chinatown Eatery, is like the rest of the store-front restaurants, a congenial, family-oriented place. After the trauma of squid and other eastern exotica, something with chicken in it sounds appealing...
...from the simple reality of sitting in a $5 seat on a rainy day, in a half-deserted stadium, wrestling with a box of Curry Noodles (the box won in the opening round). Beside him, three local zanies were wearing doll masks on their heads and munching Smoked Soft Squid. In front of him, two sporting- goods salesmen from Ensenada, Mexico, were crying out Spanish exhortations to Tino Martinez, the U.S. baseball team's first baseman. On every side, four separate groups of cheerleaders, led by men in suits, were throwing themselves through furious gyrations in support...