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30 minutes ago, Maverickpro201 said:

Do not have any plans to go to NYC. I would not go there if I had everything free trip. Not for me. Give me the country setting anywhere.

I stayed in the Hilton in manhattan in about the 15th floor I think.   Volvo dealer across the street was on the 4th floor.  Wild to see all the cars on the 4th floor.  Every time I went I couldn’t wait to get out.  I got rid of all my NY customers thankfully.  

[Johnsfolly]

41 minutes ago, ness said:

They know pizza.

So true. You do have to fold the piece to eat 😁

[Johnsfolly]

On 1/7/2024 at 5:07 PM, ness said:

I made my daughter’s favorite dessert Tiramisu:

Having a good Tiramisu is one of our criteria for going back to an Italian restaurant. 

General Tso's and fried dumplings were the criteria for American Chinese food places unless they are more authentic chinese 😉. It's been a few years since we had handmade dumplings. Used to be pretty common but not recently.

[Terrierman]

56 minutes ago, ness said:

NYC is expensive, dirty, smelly, noisy and the people are generally a-holes. Unless they're trying to sell you something and then you're 'my friend'.

I've been a few times on business. Got to go to the dealer desk on the edge of a futures pit many years ago. It was really interesting to see the open outcry trading with hand signals, shouting, bumping, etc. The guy I was with gave me a quick overview of the signals, then pointed out to me who the 'big swinging d***s' were to watch.

I went to a conference a few years back and stayed in Times Square. Got to see Naked Cowboy. Yippee. I had hotel food for the most part but did get out for some pizza. They know pizza.

I'm picky about where my hot dogs come from. I'd eat one of @Terrierman's before I'd eat one from a NY street vendor  

 

Edit: Found some pics. This was 2011

 

This guy got pissy because I took his pic without giving him money

Thanks.  I think.

[Terrierman]

Went to NYC one time in the late '80's.  I didn't care for it at all.  The main thing I remember about the trip was eating at Sparks, if that rings a bell for anyone.

[ness]

1 minute ago, Terrierman said:

Went to NYC one time in the late '80's.  I didn't care for it at all.  The main thing I remember about the trip was eating at Sparks, if that rings a bell for anyone.

I was there in the 80's. A couple guys got shot out front while I was there. Never did hear anything more about it  

[Quillback]

9 minutes ago, ness said:

I was there in the 80's. A couple guys got shot out front while I was there. Never did hear anything more about it  

Yeah, this guy and his driver.

Paul Castellano - Wikipedia

[Quillback]

28 minutes ago, Johnsfolly said:

Having a good Tiramisu is one of our criteria for going back to an Italian restaurant. 

General Tso's and fried dumplings were the criteria for American Chinese food places unless they are more authentic chinese 😉. It's been a few years since we had handmade dumplings. Used to be pretty common but not recently.

Big fan of the General's chicken.  The office I worked in when I lived in Washington had a Safeway nearby.  They had Chinese food in their deli for takeout.  The best General Tso's chicken I have ever had came from that deli. 

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36 minutes ago, Terrierman said:

Went to NYC one time in the late '80's.  I didn't care for it at all.  The main thing I remember about the trip was eating at Sparks, if that rings a bell for anyone.

Yep been there.  I was lucky to be on the company dime several times in NYC.  With the VP.   He had expensive taste and considered it part of his benefit package.  😂.  We sell 10’s of thousands of tons of steel in NYC area every year.   More bridges per mile than anywhere in the country.  

[ness]

1 hour ago, Johnsfolly said:

Having a good Tiramisu is one of our criteria for going back to an Italian restaurant. 

General Tso's and fried dumplings were the criteria for American Chinese food places unless they are more authentic chinese 😉. It's been a few years since we had handmade dumplings. Used to be pretty common but not recently.

I've been tweaking tiramisu for a long time and have it where we really like it. Nothing groundbreaking, just a little fine tuned from the recipe on the mascarpone container.

Love the steam/fried dumplings. Trader Joes has pretty good frozen ones. Blue Koi here in town does a great job with them. 

We went to a Chinese New Years party last year and a friend of a friend made them there. They were delicious. I scribbled down the recipe for the filling and sauce but probably won't do them from scratch.

There was so much interesting stuff to try at that party. I hope they do another this year.