alt. Tocai newsgroup

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> come on people  lets get out and eat some other places or at least change
>| the  mix a bit.
Someone wrote:
>you first.

 Believe me,I would love to expound on this but i've only lived here for two weeks....I'll visit these again and repost more info soon

so far i've enjoyed ( in no particular order)
HOUSE PARK BBQ
CASTLE HILL CAFE
CAFE JOSIE
HIGH LIFE CAFE
TOCAI
HOEKS PIZZA
G/M STEAKHOUSE
BASILS
CHINA HOUSE
MANGIA
CHEZ  ZEE'S
IRON WORKS

so like I said,  I'd really like to see this page go somewhere else instead of just people posting the address for tocai or looking for a fudge recipe....given a little more time here to develop a balanced opinion I will be a very active poster. The best advertising this industry has is by word of mouth....people have the power!

ciao for niao,
  Mobboss

Someone wrote:
>Hey all. i've got a grand idea, lets rename this newsgroup  ALT . TOCAI  or
>ALT.PRAISE TOCAI.... come on people  lets get out and eat some other places or
>at least change the  mix a bit. How bout a top ten for the 97 year, years best
>/ worst openings.... what does the new year hold for food trends?? lets all be
>as creative as the foods we love!!!!
>
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>1979 vespa p200E
>

Well, I don't know about best openings, but these are my favorite restaurants right now.

Tocai (of course).  By far the best restaurant in Austin for 1997.

Louie's 106.  Expensive, but great mussels.

Poo Thai.  Very good, spicy Thai food, especially if you order "Phil" hot (which is too hot for me).  However, can have extremely long wait for food, but apparently that's improved recently.

Wok And Roll.  Good, cheap Hong-Kong style fast-food.  Open late. Love the name and the decor.

Boiling Pot.  I like the sausages and the potatoes.  Where else can you be so messy while you eat except at home?

Some of the really awful experiences I've had.

Poo Thai.  Waiting for almost an hour for dinner one Sunday night. But the food, when it came, was really good.

All Indian restaurants.  I've had one pretty good dinner at Mr. India Palace.  It was an off-night because the next few times I went back, the food was oily and awful.  Then there's the one that advertises that Indian food doesn't have to be spicy to be good.  Right!  Yuck!

rajat