414192 Fri Jun 22 16:33:36 -0700 2007 5 2 Los Angeles Area 0 2685892 Hi everyone... I just want to get your feed back on "Which resturants do you like and dislike for the follwing cuisines" Please No Change Resturants - Good ol' American BBQ - Chinese Cuisine - Chinese Dim Sum - Japanese Cuisine - Japanese BBQ - Steak House - Mexican Cuisine - Italian Cuisine - Noodle House - Burger - Korean BBQ - Thai Cuisine - Greek - Soul Food - Fried Chicken - Hot wings Fri Jun 22 16:33:36 -0700 2007 107224 jcho 1 2685907 I'm assuming you meant "no chain" restaurants. Regardless, for this type of discussion, you'll get more responses if you split it up into a dim sum thread, a greek thread, a burger thread, etc. Also, doing a search for those individual topics will net you a wealth of information already. Nothing wrong with starting a new thread, but I've noticed that posts like this fall to the wayside, whereas if you offered your own opinions, then at least it serves as a starting point for the purposes of conversation. Because otherwise, the responses will all be "use the search button". Here are a couple existing threads that talk about some of the things you mentioned: "Rank the Steakhouses" http://www.chowhound.com/topics/58068 "Favorite Cheeseburger in LA" http://www.chowhound.com/topics/410267 Fri Jun 22 16:40:53 -0700 2007 2685892 50350 SauceSupreme 1 2685966 1) Chinese Cuisine LIKE: Ocean Star (Monterey Park), Empress Harbour (Monterey Park), Full House (Arcadia) DISLIKE: Elite (Monterey Park) 2) Chinese Dim Sum LIKE: Full House (Arcadia), New Capital Seafood (San Gabriel) DISLIKE: Empress Pavilion (Chinatown) 3) Japanese Cuisine LIKE: Shibuya (Calabasas), Little Brother's (Woodland Hills) DISLIKE: Crazy Tokyo Sushi (Woodland Hills), Kabuki (anywhere) 4) Japanese BBQ LIKE: Gochi (Encino), Gyu-Kaku (Woodland Hills) 5) Steak House LIKE: Ruth's Chris's (Woodland Hills) 6) Mexican Cuisine LIKE: Poquito Mas, Baja Fresh, Las Fuentes (Reseda), El Cholo 7) Italian Cuisine LIKE: Olive Garden (don't beat me up) 8) Noodle House LIKE: Dumpling House (Rosemead), Noodle King (Alhambra) 9) Burger LIKE: In n Out Fri Jun 22 17:01:36 -0700 2007 2685892 59502 WHills 1 2686415 Chinese: Like Genghis Cohen Uncle Chen's (when I need it healthy, leave me alone if I like it with no oil, sugar, cornstarch, you don't have to eat it) Mao's Chinese Kitchen Japanese: Like Musha Mako Thousand Cranes Sushi Urasawa Sushi Zo Azami Tama Sushi Sushi Ike Steak Like Ruth's Chris Cut Mastro's Mexican Guetzalgetza Tacomiendo Tacos Por Favor Babita Dislike Casa Vega Italian Like Vincenti Pizzicotto Valentino Angelini Osteria Il Moro Divino Burger Like Newsroom cafe 25 degrees Lucky Devil's Houston's Korean BBQ Soot Bull Jeep Greek The Great Greek Papa Cristos' Fried Chicken Cynthia's Albertson's (yup) Mediterranean Carnival Alcazar Ethiopian Rahel Meals by Genet Peruvian Los Balcones de Peru Healthy Newsroom Cafe Jack Spratt's Hugo's Eat Well Mao's (if you order right) Salads Galore The Dressing Room Chili My Soul (ordered right) California Chicken Cafe (chain I know) Breakfast Unhealthy Griddle Cafe More than waffles Doughboys Little Next Door Toast Quality Amandine Breakfast Healthy Kate Mantilini (egg white omelette) Jerry's Deli (egg white omelette ONLY!!) Hugo's Jack'n'Jill's Jinky's Eat Well Vegetarian Madeleine Bistro Woodlands Paru's Newsroom Cafe Mao's Chinese Kitchen HealthyCa Mrs. Winston's Sandwiches Bay Cities Deli Clementine Pie Apple Pan Bake'n'Broil Pie'n'Burger Polly's Babalu Al Gelato Fri Jun 22 21:05:26 -0700 2007 2685892 15572 Emme 1 2686449 - Good ol' American BBQ ... Taste of Texas - Chinese Cuisine ... [way too broad] - Chinese Dim Sum ... Sea Harbour (and is there dim sum that isn't "Chinese"?) - Japanese Cuisine ... Matsuhisa or Sushi Ike - Japanese BBQ ... Totoraku - Steak House ... Cut or Morton's - Mexican Cuisine ... Babita and Yuca - Italian Cuisine ... Angelini Osteria or Valentino - Noodle House ... Dai Ho - Burger ... The Redwood Bar & Grill - Korean BBQ ... Park's BBQ - Thai Cuisine ... Krua Thai - Greek ... Cafe Santorini - Soul Food ... Larkin's - Fried Chicken ... Pann's - Hot wings ... Indo Kitchen Fri Jun 22 21:25:33 -0700 2007 2685892 11583 ipsedixit 2 2691527 I guess Cafe Santorini can pass for Greek though it is owned by Armenians. Mon Jun 25 09:59:40 -0700 2007 2686449 10332 mc michael