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Originally Posted by gregorio
Howard Beal once told me that he does not always trust Italian restaurant recommendations from people who were raised in places with dubious Italian credentials.
lol. I've been searching, searching for anything remotely close to what I had back East. I grew up in New Rochelle, NY which was half Italian and worked in The Bronx with it's huge Italian population including the Belmont section and got used to Italian food at its finest. Then I moved to Phoenix and asked for, and got, the most horrible recommendations for Italian restaurants. Here's what I imagine the placement interview at the Italian chef school goes like:
'Mario, you graduated near the bottom of your class. I hardly know what to say. Veal chop stuffed w/ Swiss cheese? Manicotti w/ pepper jack? Steak pizzialo does NOT mean pizza w/ steak on top of it. Hmmmmm. We're going to send you to, let's see, ummmmm,
PHOENIX! where they're likely to not know the difference! Same goes for Chinese chef school.
Now, for real, when the topic comes up, I first ask where the recommender comes from. Typical answer: Wisconsin. My answer: STFU!
Hick.
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Originally Posted by I_AM_EVIL
The Macaroni Grill is 10000x better than Olive Garden.
That's saying a lot. I'm never setting foot in Olive Garden, thanks for the warning.
Last edited by Howard Beale; 08-12-2010 at 01:36 AM.
Reason: I think I should be bragging about getting pm's from gregorio, actually.