restaurants

Dakshin Restaurant: South India’s Finest, in the North

December 23, 2007

a selection of chutneys (coconut, tomato, coriander, ?) with crunchy fried things to dip in them. Delicious as these are, don’t fill up – there’s a lot more food coming! While in Delhi I spent a morning working at Sun’s office, which is such a hive of activity that desks are at a premium! Then [...]

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An Over-the-Top Italian Restaurant in the US

June 24, 2007

I usually avoid Italian restaurants in the US – why bother, when I can get far better Italian food from the grocery store at home? But during my last US trip I did end up going with friends for takeout to an Italian chain restaurant, Buca di Beppo (whose name is already funny to an [...]

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Dining in America (and Italy)

January 15, 2006

I instinctively dislike chain restaurants: when someone says “Let’s eat at a [name of chain restaurant],” I wince. And it’s getting harder and harder to find a restaurant in the US that isn’t part of a chain. However, my instincts may be out of date: chain restaurant food seems to be improving. During this recent [...]

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Ristorante Belvedere: A Gem on Lake Como

July 17, 2005

We set out for a lunch somewhere along Lake Como, knowing only that we wanted a view. After pulling into a few parking lots and then changing our minds, we climbed the hill towards the Monastery of Piona, following signs for Ristorante Belvedere – with that name, it had to have a view. The Belvedere [...]

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Il Capriolo: A Wonderful Restaurant in an Italian Alpine Village

September 6, 2004

Saturday Enrico and I were restless and decided to go for an outing. We visited the abbey at Piona (a small town at the northern end of Lake Como), then headed up the mountain. We had a booklet listing restaurants in the province of Lecco, including one more or less in the area where we [...]

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Crotasc – A Winery Restaurant Specializing in Wild Game

March 15, 2004

We’ve discovered a new treasure, Crotasc, a restaurant attached to the Mamete Prevostini winery in Mese, just outside Chiavenna (a town north of the northern tip of Lake Como). Their specialties are salumi and insaccati (dried meats) and wild game (including salumi made from wild game), and of course their own wines.   The house [...]

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