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...began our Italian feast with a batch of plump scallops ($10) seared to perfection. Lightly washed in a slightly acidic balsamic, the tender scallops were served on a bed of crisp lentils and other spring vegetables. The beef carpaccio ($7) was simple, providing the perfect stage for highlighting the delicious meat. With both these dishes, a colorful plate of crunchy vegetables complemented the softness of flesh...
...skillet roasted skate with morels, fava beans and asparagus ($19) was a very nice rendition of a fish that seems to be turning up on more menus by the second. The ample portion of skate was perfectly cooked, with a nice crust on the outside, but still extremely tender inside. The dish did not need to be literally swimming in butter, but the morel mushrooms were also fresh and flavorful. In another entrée bright spot, the pork and garlic sausage player in the Blue Room’s mixed grill ($21 for the sausage and two tasty...
...outside the country?or "upstairs" as the underworld lingo has it? from the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and, especially, from Pakistan. The most powerful criminal syndicate in India is headed by Shakeel and his godfather, Bombay native Dawood Ibrahim, son of a police constable, who now depend on the tender mercies of the Pakistani government for their continued existence...
...general and welcome every single Air Force Cadet in the ROTC program to Brian’s common room. I feel empowered by the fact that I am bigger and stronger than the AF-ROTC troglodyte girls and force them to drink Pabst Blue Ribbon while I tender libations at the bar. Cadet Sean D. McGrath ’02 of Eliot House allows me to referee an arcane Air Force drinking contest. That, of course, is my great honor...
...hard these days to find authority as all-encompassing as in Singapore, where citizens learn from a tender age to watch what they say, do and even think. But as Sigmund Freud would say, where there is a censorious superego you shouldn't have to look too far to find a subversive underlying id-the perfect description of Jack Neo, an actor, writer and director who doesn't keep much of anything inside. Ask him about any topic-sex, money, Big Brother-and he'll unleash his Gatling gun laugh. And that's what Singaporeans adore about Neo: the fact...