What not to eat

caseopele wrote: shishkab, have you tried Vegetarian Palate on Flatbush? I especially like their asparagus with tenderloin tips and it's nice to order anything on the menu knowing it's all vegetarian.

no, but every time i've passed by it on the bus i've wondered about it. i think you may be the first person who mentioned it. good to know -- i'll have to try it someday and report back to you

I enjoy Aunt Suzie's. It is good for what is is, an old fashioned Italian resturant that serves a great variety of things.
A lot of the dishes that they do with marsala and mushrooms or butter, mushrooms, onions and wine are what my aunts prepared for company, but would not be considered every day food. (my grandparents were born near Sorrento & one of my aunts lived in Italy most of her life.) The tomato sauce I grew up with was not a heavy meat sauce, but more of a light and sweet marinara.

I have also had many enjoyable meals at Sotto Voce. The last time
I was there was during the Brooklyn dining week with a group of
friends, the food was terrific and so was the service.

I've eaten at Belleville a few times and have been underwhelmed each time.

I have gotten sick from the food at the Villa and will never eat there again.

I think the food at Laila's is terrible, and Olive Vine is not much better.

The food at Tutta Pasta is medicore to poor, the same with the
food at Rancho Allegre and that Japanese resturant under it.

Laila's - I tried it fifteen years ago and hated it, tried it many times since, and a year ago, and it's always been terrible. I'm sure I'm ordering the wrong things - but everything I've tried from there lacks seasoning and tastes like frozen veggies (note to all: frozen veggies aren't made for serving 'al dente'). Olive Vine on the other hand is amazing...

Indian Food - nothing new to add there - it's all pretty pathetic. I'm not even an indian food snob - I'm happy with decent run of the mill americanized Indian food if the real thing can't be had. I still say India House was the best I've seen in the Slope, sad as that may be. Have been settling for Star of India for the past year or so, but my last order was marked by rude service and nasty food, so they're off the list. Will have to mediocre along with someone else, maybe Amin?

Sette - been once, mediocre experience

Sotto Voce - been a couple of times, underwhelmed. The one time I ate inside, the bathroom seemed to be venting into the dining area - only household cleaning product smells, thankfully, but not good for ambiance.

Beet - park slope is blessed with many great Thai places, but that's not one of them

Bar Toto - want to love the place, but can't take the salt

Katina - used to be uninspired food in a really gross setting; since the renovation, the setting is nice, and the food is still nothing special. To be fair, pretty average diner food, much like Purity.

Ok, let's end on a happy note: brunched at 12th St Bar and Grill last weekend, and Stone Park this weekend - two of the best brunches I've had in a decade! Expertly prepared food.

i'm still waiting for a decent indian spot to open in the slope. maybe i got lucky but my experience has been the opposite of everyone else's. india place was the worst. amin actually gave us the best food and really friendly service. maybe it depends on what you order..hmm..

SouthSlopeSuit wrote:
Indian Food - nothing new to add there - it's all pretty pathetic. I'm not even an indian food snob - I'm happy with decent run of the mill americanized Indian food if the real thing can't be had. I still say India House was the best I've seen in the Slope, sad as that may be. Have been settling for Star of India for the past year or so, but my last order was marked by rude service and nasty food, so they're off the list. Will have to mediocre along with someone else, maybe Amin?

I previously dashed to Amin when I craved verbal abuse on top of bland tomatoe paste with greasy, over-cooked, tasteless vegetables laying beneath an inch of oil. I then switched from Amin to Star of India. The waiters are slightly less rude at Star of India and the food is still close to sucking, but can kill an Indian food craving if you are desperate.

If I'm hellbent on a GOOD Indian meal, I go into Manhattan or Queens.

With all the Indian food hate, I'm still going to stick up for Kinara. No, it may not be the Shun Lee (or whatever) of Indian, but it's certainly more than servicable for takeout. And they don't treat you like a baby when it comes to the spices. Does anybody like this place besides me?

brooklynpotter wrote: has anyone tried the new philipinne place on 16th/ppw? where that crapola mediterranean hole in the wall was?

there was a discussion about it in the Windsor Terrace forum

http://brooklynian.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=35189

Rosewater - i thought it was way overpriced and i was completely unimpressed by the food

Ate at Kinaras and did some take out this winter... and I liked it well enough. I just don't get the feeling to eat Indian food very often... think I maxed out on it years ago when I had no money and ate on 6th street a lot.

Regarding Indian food - I like the food at an Indian restaurant on 5th Ave. It is between 10th street and 11th street but I can't remember the name at the moment. They have lunch special that you can't take out - basically everything is 50% off the menu price.

I liked India House. The one on 7th Ave by 6th Street. The carpets were dirty, the air was musty and the chefs' hand washing was questionable. All of that added to the flavor of the food.

i find hunan delight pretty dull all of the time. i ask for it to be more spicy, it's barely spicier. i keep trying because everyone raves about them, but they don't do it for me.

gross

raw wrote:
When ordering from Szechuan Delight on 7th Avenue, I loved my spciy take-out dinner until I found a huge piece of pork, which I don't eat, floating in it. The fact that I found a huge hunk of meat in a vegetarian dish combined with the extra prompt arrival of the delivery person, who appeared as soon as I hung up the phone, make me paranoid that Szechuan Delight is throwing a bunch of leftovers together.

Extra prompt food delivery creeps me out as well. I'm a vegetarian too and I tend to think unless every other vegetarian in town orders from the same place the same dish, there's no way it should be ready that quickly.

raw wrote: Although I no longer order from Lemongrass Grill (because the staff has screwed up my order and told me to "stick it"), I claim that when I was a Lemongrass Grill regular, I once gulped down their oily soup and then barfed it up. I'm not sure if the soup made me sick, but I remember as I inhaled it being slightly concerned about drinking too much oil. Another time, I gulped down their oily soup and then barfed it up. I'm not sure if the soup made me sick, but I remember as I inhaled it being slightly concerned about drinking too much oil.

Ah, but did you "stick it" or not? Inquiring minds want to know