Oh yeah, that’s what I was referring to. Shame, because at one time there was a lot of useful information to be gleaned from Yelp reviews. It was always hit or miss, but now it’s more like the proverbial needle in a haystack.
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cut & paste/google is your friend. it’s what i do when i see an unfamiliar term.
[/quote]Thank you. That’s what I normally do. But in this case, a poster was talking (writing) down to me, knowing I didn’t understand. That’s the way I took it anyway. I don’t find condescension cool. Kind of like “Google is your friend.” Although I don’t think you meant it that way. I don’t think 
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I don’t know much about what people are talking about half the time either, but I don’t care. I like to learn from the masters, even if I sound dumb. And people like being smarter than other people, so we are actually doing a good deed by being so ignorant. 
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Yes. I get that.
Yes. There are masters on FTC. Talk about knowledgeable. That’s why I’m on FTC and rarely look at Yelp (which is what I referred to as “the 5 mean girls”). But I’m a fish out water half the time. Usually people are super helpful. It kinda’ sucks when others show off at your expense. It’s funny, it’s usually someone out of nowhere that I’ve never conversed with before.
Or maybe I’m just in a bad mood today.
no, i did not mean it to apply when someone is replying directly to you. if you suspect i’m displaying condescension or any other attitude suggesting a lack of respect (that isn’t intentional snark) in any reply i make to you, by all means call me on it.
going back to the original thought, i probably shouldn’t admit this, but there are times when i may not know a term that someone else thinks i should know - and sometimes based on how i’ve discussed or opined on some topic in the past, i can’t fault them for the assumption and they’ve done me a favor by showing me a hole in my understanding of something i want to understand more fully; when i’m curious about something, i tend to go full out.
maybe they’ve followed your posts and attributed to you (out of respect) a greater understanding of a subject than you possess?
i tend to disparage provincialism in all forms - except perhaps my own.
My personal best is 300 miles.
https://www.menuism.com/blog/how-far-would-you-drive-for-a-great-meal/
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You took it wrong. No condescension intended at all. The first part, about the long drives, was a reply directed to you. The rest was a general thread reply. I wasn’t writing down to you, because I wasn’t writing to you. I’m just used to italicizing non-English dishes and using their specific names from what I do 
Niu rou mian is the beef noodle soup found at Taiwanese diners. Its broth is dark, with a soy sauce and five spice flavor, Quite the opposite of the broth in Lanzhou-style beef noodle soup, which is meant to be light and almost clear. The perfect example that recent Chinese and Taiwanese Yelp reviewers can’t even get it right, so Yelp is lost 
Hope that explains it and, again, no condescension meant.
Yep, the mean girls club. “Why that b**** be lookin at my boyfren?” or “They were out of the tea I wanted, this place sucks.” 
(that first one is a verbatim quote from a Yelp review)
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You’ve got me beat by a long distance, though my 140-150 mile regular round trips add up. 185-190 miles if I’m out to Rowland Heights and the ESGV. I think I know every grain of pavement on certain freeways.
Let me also mention how much I like that photo used with your article 
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You got me beat too. My best was 220 miles from philly to new york and back for dinner. And 245 miles to tomales bay for oysters. This sounds like the start of a new thread.
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Elite’s version is very good. Jim’s Bakery also has them. Fresh ones usually come out of the oven after 12 PM on Saturdays.
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I hate the term “chicks.”
Regarding “mileage,” we frequently drive 50 miles one way from Lake Tahoe to Reno for dining and shopping. When we lived in SF it was time not miles. FWIW.
Geez, you people are impressive. I drive to Mozza and I’m all proud of myself.
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I can’t even be bothered to drive over the hill.
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Driving from San Sebastian to Etxebarri, my GPS took us on what in retrospect was probably as close as it could come to a straight line, and it took three or four hours.
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Please tell me those egg tarts were warm.
Golden Gate Bakery in SF Chinatown has my favorite dan taat’s, I bet those babies are probably better (if that is even possible)
They were brought out fresh from the oven, If I recall correctly. And even if they weren’t let’s say they were if it increases your torment. These were from China Red last summer, by the way. As it happens I also liked Lunasia’s version a lot.
my sister’s family of five are 5% of the 100 chinese in milwaukee. and we ate at fortune when i visited them.
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