22159 Mon Nov 25 18:07:46 -0800 2002 6 1 San Francisco Bay Area 0 81472 A little while ago I asked for recomendations on Noe Valley area Chinese takeout spots. One of the names tendered up was the Jasmine Tea House. We finally got around to trying it this weekend. Very good. More to the point though, this morning in one of the columns in the Chronicle they had a few paragrraphs informing us that Bill Clinton while staying at the Fairmont last week ordered takeout from said "Jasmine Tea House" not once but twice! Okay, say what you like about BC but perhaps there is one thing we can agree on- the man is CHOWISH (and okay perhaps a bit of a hound)! Mon Nov 25 18:07:46 -0800 2002 0 Mr. Lunchbox 1 81489 I like Jasmine Tea House, but I can't imagine his gofers driving across town when they're so close to chinatown. Maybe there's another place close to the Fairmont with a similar name? Mon Nov 25 22:57:23 -0800 2002 81472 0 Windy 2 81491 It's the Jasmine Tea House in the Mission and the owner personally delivered to Bill's room, make that presidential suite, not once but twice. Mon Nov 25 23:48:30 -0800 2002 81489 0 Jim 2 81543 Hmmm... I read in the paper that Bill Clinton dined at the Laurel Court Tea House inside the Fairmont. Was there a mix up in the names? I can't imagine him getting take-out from Jasmine Tea House in Noe Valley, with so many other choices. Like Jasmine House Vietnamese in the Richmond District, for starts... Wed Nov 27 14:10:49 -0800 2002 81489 0 yonkers 2 81546 The article is quite detailed and specific. I've linked it so you can read it for yourself! Link: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/11/25/DD180203.DTL Wed Nov 27 14:37:02 -0800 2002 81489 0 Ruth Lafler 1 81513 Yes, Clinton was one of the few chowhound presidents in recent history (wasn't it Nixon who liked cottage cheese with ketchup?). Tue Nov 26 15:26:36 -0800 2002 81472 0 Ruth Lafler 2 81526 And Reagan who declared ketchup a vegetable. Mr. Fishwilson claims it wasn't Reagan; it was someone on his staff. And adds that although a tomato is biologically a fruit, legally it is a vegetable. Tue Nov 26 23:46:44 -0800 2002 81513 0 jenniferfishwilson