NNTP-Posting-Date: 30 Jun 1999 22:46:34 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: alexander.INS.CWRU.Edu austin.food:4939 Listers, Hi! My name's Drew and since I'm new to this newsgroup, I thought that I'd introduce myself and give a restaurant review... I've been in Austin about three years, and have sampled many of the fine eating establishments around town. If you want to eat out, Austin is the place! I ate at the Sea Dragon last night, at 183 and Peyton Gin. While a little expensive, the food was excellent. We had Clams with Black Bean sauce, which was very fresh and tender, Chinese Spinach (another good one), General's Chicken, which was very good and I can compare it favorably to Suzi's, and the most expensive dish, Lobster with scallions, onions, and garlic. This was lightly battered, deep fried, and then sautéed in the onions and scallions. What a treat! Not like you normal Lobster Tail, I tell you. The whole thing (two lobsters, in fact) came out in 10 or 12 pieces, head, legs, and all! I was taken aback for a moment, the the meat was very sweet and tender. The entire bill was $90! But the food was good. We just didn't know what we were getting into...they gave us much more lobster than we thought we ordered. I'll go back, once I get paid again! By the way, if anyone can respond to my previous post "German and Fondue" I would be most appreciative! Drew Shuller Austin, TX
Austin, TX
Sea Dragon
NNTP-Posting-Date: 17 Aug 1999 09:10:41 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Xref: pale-rider.INS.CWRU.Edu austin.food:5471 Someone wrote: > Has anyone else been to Taste of China on Research? I think it used to be a > Sirloin Stockade(sp?) Anyways, I thought it was great. Some of the best > Chinese I've had in awhile. I really liked the Seafood & Vegetables item. Been there twice now, and was totally underwhelmed. I am a fan of "spicy" food(s), and found *nothing* there to wipe my brow over. <grin> That said, we (my wife and I) were favorably impressed by the cleanliness of the place, and the promptness of the servers. But would rather go on south to the intersection of Anderson Ln. and 183, to the Buffet Palace. Not as clean looking(smelling), but a much better selection of different dishes IMNSHO. Later... Ray
quoting [email removed] : > Does anyone ever try the SeaDragon Vietnamese Restaurant? best lunch buffet > in Austin, plenty variety. Why don't you guys go to Seadragon for a try? been there, done that. since 1985 (or there-abouts)! Learned to appreciate Vietnamese cooking there, when they were still in that tiny place in the strip mall in front of where they are now, still have my own menu somewhere where I check-marked each dish as I ate my way down the list of what they offered... just as their spin-off Twin Dragon, I never learned to appreciate their becoming "a real restaurant" (with a Chinese menu) and worried that the expansion would lead to a quick (or eventual) failure. I'm glad they're both still around, but I miss the mom-and-pop atmosphere they once had, and moved on to Saigon Kitchen, then Dong Phuong, and now am delighted every time I eat at Tam (at 8222 N Lamar) Seeing that us Round Eyes are usually outnumbered there, I feel confirmed in my preference! oh, tomorrow it Friday, a TAM-day! :-)
NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 08:52:41 CDT Xref: alexander.INS.CWRU.Edu austin.food:5550 Sea Dragon (both locations) is my favorite Vietnamese restaurant in Austin and I've eaten at quite a few. They have a nice vegetarian selection too, if that matters to you. The best Chinese restaurant I eat at is Veggie Heaven. My second favorite is Wok and Roll. Someone wrote: > quoting [email removed] : > > Does anyone ever try the SeaDragon Vietnamese Restaurant? best lunch buffet > > in Austin, plenty variety. Why don't you guys go to Seadragon for a try?
User-Agent: slrn/0.9.5.7 (UNIX) Lines: 16 Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 00:31:21 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.93.48.144 X-Complaints-To: [email removed] X-Trace: typhoon2.austin.rr.com 934849881 24.93.48.144 (Mon, 16 Aug 1999 19:31:21 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 19:31:21 CDT Xref: pale-rider.INS.CWRU.Edu austin.food:5473 Someone wrote: >Has anyone else been to Taste of China on Research? I think it used to be a >Sirloin Stockade(sp?) Anyways, I thought it was great. Some of the best >Chinese I've had in awhile. I really liked the Seafood & Vegetables item. We've tried it 3 times, since it's convenient. If you get there around the time the dinner buffet starts, it's pretty good (as buffets go). If you're late, the food tends to be soggy, rubbery, or cold and fairly awful. Too large batches made for too few people sitting too long in steam trays.