Day: September 11, 2021

All the East Bay restaurants that closed in August

sNawaWebs.ADV 2 years ago

We don’t think we’re alone in noticing that it’s getting harder and harder to tell if a restaurant or bar is temporarily closed or has left us for good. 

This is not a new problem during the pandemic — since March 2020, when the boards went up and cobwebs began to gather on sleeping businesses, we have all had to put on detective hats and do our best to determine if a place is “closed closed” or simply “closed for now.” 

Occasionally, a business is mistakenly left for dead, thanks to a ghosted space, frozen social media accounts, broken

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Here’s the official ‘Ted Lasso’ biscuit recipe

sNawaWebs.ADV 2 years ago

There’s a new recipe trending on TikTok — and it’s not chaffles or twisted bacon.

Fans of the hit Apple TV show “Ted Lasso” are making the series’ iconic biscuits in their own kitchens, and the result is a buttery delight.

In the show, Ted Lasso, a small-time college football coach from the Midwest hired to coach a pro soccer team in England despite knowing nothing about soccer, tries to win over the team’s owner, Rebecca Welton, by making his famous biscuit recipe.

What are biscuits in the U.K. are actually cookies in the U.S., and Ted’s shortbread cookies become

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Why Is It So Expensive to Run a Food Truck in Seattle?

sNawaWebs.ADV 2 years ago

On weekends, food truck Dreamy Drinks floats through Ballard like a pink bubble, stopping at 2401 NW 80th Street to serve boba from its unicorn-adorned window. Until last year, Washington food safety regulations didn’t allow any mobile food vendors to prepare ingredients on board, so Dreamy Drinks — which opened in 2019 — rents a licensed commissary kitchen where they boil water for tea. Last summer, when tourists disappeared and offices allowed employees to work from home during the early months of the pandemic, Dreamy Drinks relocated to more residential neighborhoods.

Even without COVID-related difficulties, the business has encountered obstacles

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The New Cheval Blanc Is a Culinary Tour de Force in Paris

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Restaurant Plénitude.Photo: By Alexandre Tabaste

Then, there’s the classic French bistro on the seventh floor, ​​Le Tout-Paris. Sit at the bar, in the dining room, on the terrace, or in the garden while enjoying everything from tomato pie, to frites, to a soufflé au chocolat. On Sundays there is dimanche à la folie, a festive French feast where the dish to order is the roast chicken. “Le Tout-Paris, with its beautiful gardens, balconies and fresh look, features the best of Parisian brasserie food,” explains Boyens.

For their fourth and final restaurant, Cheval Blanc called on a neighboring city: Milan.

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Laut Chef’s Malaysian/Indonesian Restaurant Wau Arrives on the Upper West Side

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Restaurateur and chef Salil Mehta is expanding his Southeast Asian restaurant footprint in NYC. After opening hit restaurants Laut, near Union Square, and Laut Singapura, in Gramercy Park, Mehta is gearing up to open Wau, a new Upper West Side establishment, at the corner of Amsterdam Avenue and West 81st Street, on Thursday, September 9. This time around he’s focusing on showcasing kampung-style and comfort food dishes from Malaysia and Indonesia.

Diners familiar with Mehta’s restaurants will find several similarities on the menu with dishes like the Malaysian curry and rice dish nasi lemak, the Indonesian fried rice dish nasi

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