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Curry holds the power to destroy relationships. Think I'm kidding? Bring hot, steamy chicken curry takeout to your office every day next week, open the Styrofoam containers in the middle of your cubicle farm and let the aroma waft and linger in the confined space like the malicious blowing of
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A couple years ago I traveled to China and discovered the foods the Chinese eat there are, thankfully, nothing like the American-Chinese dishes we find in our stateside restaurants. The Chinese don't glop on the thickeners, sugars and alien-like sweet-and-sour sauces as we do in America, but rather prepare fresh,
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There is a tradition in some hoity-toity restaurants where pretentious patrons request a tableside visit from the chef so praise may be heaped generously upon the culinary master in front of the entire dining room with great fanfare and egomania. I've never partaken in this love-fest ... until recently. I didn't
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Following on the successful heels of the Weekly Volcano's Tournament of Tacos in March 2010, our editorial staff will present a new NCAA Basketball tournament-like event next spring. Once again we're hosting a number of daily games that pit one restaurant against another, leaving it to the readers to decide
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The recipe for Pizza Casa's gravy is literally a closely guarded secret that not even all the chefs are privy to. Thick, heavy and musty, it's evident the sauce stews for long hours (if not days) before topping the thin al dente noodles that are also signature at this Ponders
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No one loses weight dining at Carrs - the portions are truly bigger than our stomachs. But, beyond size, Carrs also delivers on taste, offering pancakes with a nice edge of crispy grease, fluffy with hints of buttermilk. Add a half-dozen links, maybe a couple fried eggs and you'll see
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Frankly, what isn't there to like at Indochine - the hip pan-Asian mecca in downtown Tacoma? A cutting edge leader, bringing finely crafted cuisine to the South Sound, Indochine features one menu item that stands above the rest: the Summer Basil Chicken Salad. But, don't wait for summer to dive
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Beef bulgogi, a Korean dish, consists of thin strips of super-soft beef marinated in a sweet, spicy concoction. Typically the meat is barbequed, though at Lakewood's Obok Restaurant it tastes more like it has been simmered with large pieces of white onion and is heavy on red chili peppers. I
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The thin crust New York-style pies at this popular downtown Olympia locale will be my number one pick when the Weekly Volcano hosts its Tournament of Pizza next March. And I am not alone. Old School packs them in anytime of the day with pizzas loaded with toppings on a
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Meconi's is an extremely popular lunchtime sandwich shop, and for good reason. The Philly cheesesteak features sliced steak, grilled green peppers, onions and mushrooms, topped with mozzarella on a hoagie that's been lightly fried on the grill. Stacked, rich in beef flavors and hot to the touch, hands down, this
