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  • From: James Hepler <jameshepler AT yahoo.com>
  • To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: mmmmmm, Durham
  • Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 14:30:11 -0800 (PST)

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--- grady <grady AT ibiblio.org> wrote:

> RTP (specifically the intersection of 54/55) is on
> its way to becoming
> the Little Korea of Durham. In the stripmall at the
> northeast corner of
> the intersection, there's Chosun OK, which is a
> fairly straightforward
> Korean restaurant; the menu is kinda stripped down &
> I'm not sure if
> there's any cooking-at-table, but then again there
> are whole sections of
> the menu which are pricey & bizarre-sounding & which
> I haven't tried, so
> I dunno. The food that I *have* tried is Really
> Good.
>
> Then, a couple of blocks south on Highway 55,
> there's the top secret Vit
> Goal Tofu Restaurant. Turn at the new-ish stoplight
> in the direction of
> the Rudino's & the Dog House. Vit Goal is in a new
> little building
> that's kind of hidden behind some trees behind
> Rudino's. It shares the
> building with a brand-new Asian Market.
>
> The Vit Goal speciality is tofu soup served in
> superheated stone bowls;
> you basically get a blazing hot bowl full of tofu
> surrounded
> by/suspended in furiously boiling broth. There are
> various options for
> other ingredients -- various seafoods (mmm, the
> oyster is good), some
> meats, plus mushrooms or vegetable dumplings. The
> owner swears that the
> broth itself is vegetarian, making the latter 2
> soups vegetarian as
> well. Aimee grilled him pretty hard on this point,
> and he stuck to his
> story.
>
> They've also got a handful of other dishes -- the
> big mung bean pancakes
> with seafood & veggies; some variation on BBQ;
> they've recently added
> bebimbop as well -- but the tofu soup is the heart &
> soul of the operation.
>
> You get more of the little pickled-veggie plates at
> Chosun OK than you
> do at Vit Goal; at Vit Goal, though, you get
> all-you-can-drink cold
> green tea.
>
> More info here:
> http://www.tagzania.com/user/rtplunch/korean
>
> Ben Davis wrote:
> > And have I raved here about Vit Goal Tofu
> Restaurant yet?
> >
> > If you have - do it again....
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > grady wrote:
> >
> >> Not saying that Piedmont *should* charge more.
> I'm saying that the
> >> setting, the quality of the service, the food,
> the ingredients, and the
> >> care that goes into their preparation are all in
> line with a price-point
> >> that's somewhat higher than what they're
> charging, compared to pretty
> >> much every-other-restaurant of that caliber. The
> fact that they charge
> >> what they do means either they got a really good
> deal on their lease, or
> >> that Abby, Andy & Drew are willing to work extra
> hours & take home less
> >> profit. The latter, while admirable, can also
> lead to burnout, so here's
> >> hoping they've figured out how to make what
> they're doing sustainable.
> >>
> >> As for your desire for Durham to have more
> restaurants like Federal and
> >> Piedmont, well, don't get *too* greedy. Most
> towns don't even have *one*
> >> restaurant that good & that inexpensive ;-)
> >>
> >> I do dig what you're saying about Durham & the
> range of restaurants;
> >> it's a conversation that I've had with other
> people as well. You've got
> >> your [delicious] $5 Banh's, or the various
> tacquerias, and then you've
> >> got Starlu and Four Square and Magnolia Grill. In
> between there's a
> >> mixed bag of chain restaurants &/or places with
> midline prices but
> >> mediocre food.
> >>
> >> Rue Cler seems to be trying to hit that same
> $8-$15 sweet spot. I
> >> haven't been there for dinner (which I've been
> told, by at least a
> >> half-dozen different people, is excellent), but
> at lunch yesterday, $10
> >> for a Salade Nicoise featuring a big plate of
> those pre-washed greens, a
> >> single hard-boiled egg, and half a can of tuna
> was *not* doing the trick
> >> for me.
> >>
> >> The prewashed salad green revolution has pretty
> much killed the
> >> restaurant salad, near as I can tell. Nearly
> everyplace I go, I wind up
> >> with a *huge* plate of greens that's
> out-of-balance with the other
> >> ingredients, *and* (presumably thanks to the
> "pre-washed" sticker on the
> >> bag) inevitably the salad prep cook hasn't
> bothered to actually touch or
> >> inspect the greens, so the giant pile is laced
> with little
> >> shriveled/gooey blackened bits of rotting
> lettuce. I pulled 3 or 4
> >> particularly unappetizing examples out of the Rue
> Cler Nicoise
> >> yesterday, but I've also had similar experiences
> at too many other
> >> restaurants to name.
> >>
> >> Of course, I guess the lesson I should take away
> from this is to not
> >> order a green salad unless it's in-season, and
> you can reasonably trust
> >> the restaurant to have a reliable local source of
> fresh greens. Duh. OK.
> >> Point taken.
> >>
> >> Back to more talk of nice, reasonably-priced food
> in Durham! I had a
> >> really nice plate of Italian-style braised pork
> shoulder just now for
> >> lunch at the Park Diner. $7.95 with 2 vegetables
> and all the fresh bread
> >> you can eat. The only catch is that they're only
> open for lunch M-F.
> >>
> >> And have I raved here about Vit Goal Tofu
> Restaurant yet?
> >>
> >> Ross
> >>
> >> Virginia Ingram wrote:
> >>
> >>> I love Durham. I love the food in Durham. I
> love that Durham is well-known for it's food.
> >>>
> >>> However, I 100% disagree that they should be
> charging more for the food at Piedmont. I was there
> last night and it IS delicious. But Durham needs to
> be more competitive with restaurants in the Federal
> and Piedmont price-range. There are way, way too
> many 2 course one of them $17 dollar places in
> Durham.
> >>>
> >>> ----------------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> From: "rick sawyer" <rickbang AT gmail.com>
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 9:17 AM
> >>> To: "RTP-area local music and culture"
> <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> >>> Subject: Re: mmmmmm, Durham
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> What's the vegetarian option like? Or,
> alternately, where do they source
> >>>> their ingredients?
> >>>>
> >>> vegetarian options are scarce but available.
> they source their
> >>> ingredients locally, for the most part. when
> ordering, make sure that
> >>> you ask if there is hidden pork in the
> vegetables. they love the pig.
> >>>
> >>> r.
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> >>>
> >>>
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>
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