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  • From: Mary Anne Barckhoff <barckhoff AT yahoo.com>
  • To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: good ethnic food in Durham/RTP area
  • Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:01:23 -0800 (PST)

Sorta like this?
http://triangle.citysearch.com/search?cw3=63&flavor_id=2&constrained=1&started=1

grady <grady AT ibiblio.org> wrote: Oh man, I registered rtplunch.com years ago
in an attempt to force
myself to develop a site so I could remind myself where to eat in RTP.
It unfortunately suffered from mega-feature-creep in my head & so I
never convinced myself I had enough time to build it, so it remains
non-existent.

It would know where all the restaurants are, and be able to do
googlemaps for them. It would know what time they all close (most close
at 2:00 in RTP but a few stay open later). It would be categorized by
cuisine, yes, and by price, and speed-of-service.

It would know where I work & tell me how long it'll take me to get
there, eat, and get back.

It would allow users to post reviews & comment on them. It would have
scans of take-out menus.

See, this is why I never got around to building it; doesn't that seem
like it'd take forever? Although according to a Ruby On Rails demo I
watched a couple of weeks ago, now it would apparently take 15 minutes ;-)

Ross

Steven Keith wrote:
> The developers where I work hobbled together this tool for keeping tabs
> on where to dine for lunch in Raleigh. I think we need to build/revise
> for the joints listed on this thread in Durham/RTP/Chapel Hill. What
> attributes in a tool like this would be valuable to you?
>
> http://www.wheelolunch.com/raleigh/index.php
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ch-scene-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:ch-scene-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Mary Anne
> Barckhoff
> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 4:10 PM
> To: RTP-area local music and culture
> Subject: Re: good ethnic food in Durham/RTP area
>
> I think I'll have to try me some of that Korean BBQ for dinner tonite --
> I've never been there and it's right on the way home. Thanks for the
> tip!
>
> Hey, while your dining about S. Durham, don't forget about Bombay Grille
> - in that little strip mall on Hwy. 54 in RTP in that "ditch" by the RR
> tracks. Best Indian food around, I think. Chicken Tikka Masala...Mmm!
>
> I've been wanting to find a good Thai restaurant around here -- most
> have been somewhat unsatisfactory to me, so I'm curious about that
> Sawasdee place -- but not sure I can stomach driving on Capital Blvd.
> for it (ugh)!
>
> mab
>
>
> grady wrote: Yeah, Chosun OK is way more Korean than
> you might expect for a stripmall
> in south Durham; it's pretty good. I haven't been in a few months & I
> don't recall what if anything they had which was
> vegetarian/vegan-friendly.
>
> Next door to Chosun OK (this is a stripmall at the corner of 54x55, as
> Tommy said, the one with the Pizza Hut in the parking lot) is Spice &
> Curry, which is actually a pretty good Indian restaurant. It's owned by
> the same people who own the kickass Udupi in Cary. Udupi is
> all-vegetarian. Spice & Curry isn't, but there's a good range of stuff.
> I'm told the menu is better than the buffet, yet I keep doing the
> buffet.
>
> Cary is really the place to go if you're looking for Indian & Asian type
>
> food, though; there's a set of stripmalls centered around the corner of
> Maynard & Chatham which contain several good Indian joints (including
> the aforementioned Udupi), plus Korean & Japanese & I'm not even sure
> what-all else. You can hit it & then drive a long block south on Maynard
>
> and go see an Indian movie at the Galaxy Cinema, which also has a better
>
> arthouse-cinema selection than the lazy-by-comparison fare at Chelsea &
> Carolina.
>
> The African restaurant in Durham that Rossi mentioned was the
> now-sadly-defunct (so I'm told) Safari Cuisine. Those people were
> driving from Knightdale every day, too, which must've sucked.
>
> If you haven't been told about the "more Vietnamese" menu at Banh's on
> 9th Street on Wednesdays & Saturdays, just go. The vegetarian plate
> rocks my world, moreso on Wednesday (broccoli+tofu+bok choy+sticky rice)
>
> than on Saturday (substitute a spring roll for the veggies).
>
> Pao Lim, over near Hepler's house (15/501 business in Durham, right
> before it doglegs into Forest Hills) is pleasant mid-scale
> Indian/Chinese fusion that costs a bit more & executes reliably with
> fresher ingredients etc. Nothing groundbreaking but always tasty, and
> they've got wider booze options than most Asian joints. There's also a
> new Thai place (Thai Cafe? maybe that's the one you've already been to
> -- it's Brand New) right down the street, as well as an Indian joint
> just up the street the other way. Hepler?
>
> I like the pho at 9N9 (corner of Miami & Alexander in RTP) better than
> the pho at Lime & Basil; my sources have lately informed me that Lime &
> Basil was sold & the new owners didn't get the pho recipe from the old
> ones. These people say it's not as good, but who knows, maybe I'd like
> it better now.
>
> I've had at least one tasty meal at the oldest Vietnamese restaurant in
> Durham, Kim Son, which is on Guess Road just south of I85 (as in it's
> the last thing you pass before you drive under the highway). That was
> like 8 years ago; I just don't find myself in that neighborhood that
> often.
>
> The best Thai restaurant in the Triangle is Sawasdee on Capital Blvd N.
> in Raleigh. It's in that same area as the Guitar Center & Tiger Direct
> (on the same side of the road) but it's sort of buried in this
> side-street stripmall. The sign on Capital just says "Thai Restaurant."
>
> Thai Palace in Chapel Hill is still just as reliably good as it was when
>
> you were at UNC.
>
> If you're traveling in RTP, Sarah's Empanadas is worth a stop. It's in
> Glenwood Commons shopping center on highway 55 about 2 miles south of
> that 55/54 intersection. It's empanadas and not much else, but they do
> have veggie empanadas (I think all the veggie ones have cheese, though).
>
> Not asian, though. They're not open for dinner, though.
>
> That's the same stripmall as the Park Diner, which means this is my cue
> to tell Bo that it's still there & as good or better than ever. Come on
> home, boy.
>
> There's also a Thai place (two, actually) in that stripmall, but I
> didn't think they were worth driving to. And yet another Indian buffet,
> which is owned by Dale, the guy who owns Dale's on 9th Street, which is
> serviceable but generic.
>
> Greg Cox, the food critic for the News & Observer, is actually a fairly
> useful resource when it comes to ethnic food. He has some blind spots
> (he seems to have a soft spot for some only slightly-above-average
> chinese food) but he sniffs out the new stuff fairly quickly & overall
> can be a pretty reliable guide, particularly if you're looking to know
> which of X cuisine is the best to try. http://www.triangle.com/dining --
>
> you can search the restaurant reviews & narrow it down by region &
> cuisine, and then sort on price or # of **s.
>
> Speaking of slightly-above-average chinese food, the homemade noodles at
>
> (oh crap, what's it called? Eastern Lights, I think) the chinese/korean
> joint next to the Sally Beauty Supply in one of the many stripmalls
> behind where South Square used to be are actually really good. The rest
> of the menu is spotty.
>
> I gotta go back to work, but that should get you started. Plus it's your
>
> duty to check out all the joints within 5 miles of your house & then
> report back to us.
>
> xo
>
> Ross
>
> tommy gibson wrote:
>> I'm a big fan of Jamaica Jamaica - the wait can be a bit long during
> the
>> lunch rush, but the food is consistently good. Also, O.K. Chosun BBQ
> at
>> the corner of 54 & 55 (closest corner to I40 east). It took some
> persuading
>> to get me to try Korean BBQ, but it's really quite tasty (and not too
>> expensive).
>>
>>
>>
>> rchrdlln AT gmail.com wrote:
>>> OK, I *know* this group has some recommendations for me. We have
> tried
>>> the Blue Nile and Thai Cafe, now we're looking for recommendations
> for
>>> other good ethnic restaurants: Ethiopian, Thai, Vietnamese, etc. Not
>>> really looking for recommendations for, say, Chinese or Mexican
>>> (although if someone knows of some incredible unknown place I'd be
>>> interested to hear it).
>>>
>>> Ross Grady, this means you. I know you know your way around an RTP
>>> restaurant or two.
>>>
>>> --R
>>>
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