D'Sens canceled, need great restaurant in BKK w/ view & nonThai food
Feb 15th, 2008, 10:14 AM
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About 10 years ago, I took a French pal to Ocean Avenue Seafood in Santa Monica... very good seafood restaurant. We sat at the oyster bar where you can order oysters from all over the world.
I ate some Japanese ones, he had another kind. He took a cab to LAX & was violently sick all the way to JFK. I was fine.
I went to a topnotch sushi bar w/ a couple. We all ate oysters. I was fine, her husband was fine, she was violently sick all night.
You can't tell if there is a toxin in an oyster... I don't care if they are farm raised, toxins are toxins... and the idea of being that sick on a 15 hour flight back to LAX... now that is hell.
It's not worth it. The oysters in New Zealand are from their very cold ocean... not farmed at all.
I ate some Japanese ones, he had another kind. He took a cab to LAX & was violently sick all the way to JFK. I was fine.
I went to a topnotch sushi bar w/ a couple. We all ate oysters. I was fine, her husband was fine, she was violently sick all night.
You can't tell if there is a toxin in an oyster... I don't care if they are farm raised, toxins are toxins... and the idea of being that sick on a 15 hour flight back to LAX... now that is hell.
It's not worth it. The oysters in New Zealand are from their very cold ocean... not farmed at all.
Feb 15th, 2008, 10:21 AM
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Tim,
I never said it was the only safe place to eat oysters. YOU are reading something that I never posted.
I said, it was the only place I would eat oysters... big difference.
We are talking about traveling & eating out while traveling... and New Zealand is the only place I would eat oysters while traveling.
If I'm going to risk being sick, I want to be sick in my own toilet. ;-)
BTW, cooking toxin polluted oysters does not make them safe. IMHO, having a farm raised oyster w/ a toxin is a greater risk than wild oysters in the ocean off of New Zealand.
The warnings for pregnant women are for toxins & mercury (in large fish) as they cross the blood/brain barrier & can cause birth defects or worse.
The Vietnamese are raising all kinds of prawns & dumping incredible amounts of antibiotics into them to kill bacteria. For those of us who are deathly allergic to penicillin, it's very important to know the origin of the seafood you buy. They've tested some of the shrimp from there & China & the antibiotics they've found are scary.
I buy 'natural chicken' too. I nearly died from chicken liver (penicillin) once... had to go to the ER to get an injection, as my throat was closing... so I don't mess w/ farm raised shellfish.
I never said it was the only safe place to eat oysters. YOU are reading something that I never posted.
I said, it was the only place I would eat oysters... big difference.
We are talking about traveling & eating out while traveling... and New Zealand is the only place I would eat oysters while traveling.
If I'm going to risk being sick, I want to be sick in my own toilet. ;-)
BTW, cooking toxin polluted oysters does not make them safe. IMHO, having a farm raised oyster w/ a toxin is a greater risk than wild oysters in the ocean off of New Zealand.
The warnings for pregnant women are for toxins & mercury (in large fish) as they cross the blood/brain barrier & can cause birth defects or worse.
The Vietnamese are raising all kinds of prawns & dumping incredible amounts of antibiotics into them to kill bacteria. For those of us who are deathly allergic to penicillin, it's very important to know the origin of the seafood you buy. They've tested some of the shrimp from there & China & the antibiotics they've found are scary.
I buy 'natural chicken' too. I nearly died from chicken liver (penicillin) once... had to go to the ER to get an injection, as my throat was closing... so I don't mess w/ farm raised shellfish.
Feb 15th, 2008, 11:11 AM
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This is all way too amusing.
Who needs TV when you can read this?
Zoologist, filmmaker, third-world pharmacist, haute cuisine critic AND food safety advocate...I wish I had so many talents.
The word snob comes to mind as well, but I would never make that accusation. Oh wait, I just did! Oops.
Who needs TV when you can read this?
Zoologist, filmmaker, third-world pharmacist, haute cuisine critic AND food safety advocate...I wish I had so many talents.
The word snob comes to mind as well, but I would never make that accusation. Oh wait, I just did! Oops.
Feb 15th, 2008, 12:26 PM
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I am definitely not an expert. Pandas do not have complex nervous systems. We eat all types of shellfish. We apply the following ditty(yes it's original):
Neither kosher, nor obsessed shall we be
When considering food from the sea.
Dumped into the maw
Whether cooked or raw
If you don't then it's just more for me.
I've done hundreds of asbestios cases. This was the miracle product used throught American commerce and manufacturing. Turns out it was carcinogenic. Who knows what current miracle product is injurious to our health? In a world of imperfect knowledge, we cannot protect ourselves completely. To think otherwise is folly. While consuming shellfish does increase the chance of encountering neuro-toxins, it's much safer than driving a car in Boston. I choose not to give up some unique tastes in exchange for a slight increase in personal safety.
Neither kosher, nor obsessed shall we be
When considering food from the sea.
Dumped into the maw
Whether cooked or raw
If you don't then it's just more for me.
I've done hundreds of asbestios cases. This was the miracle product used throught American commerce and manufacturing. Turns out it was carcinogenic. Who knows what current miracle product is injurious to our health? In a world of imperfect knowledge, we cannot protect ourselves completely. To think otherwise is folly. While consuming shellfish does increase the chance of encountering neuro-toxins, it's much safer than driving a car in Boston. I choose not to give up some unique tastes in exchange for a slight increase in personal safety.
Feb 15th, 2008, 12:32 PM
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Feb 15th, 2008, 12:44 PM
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Haha! ekscrunchy, now it all makes sense. I had no idea a dog was writing these posts.
Personally, my dog hates oysters and has never been to New Zealand, so I'm afraid I can't vouch for much else on this topic.
Personally, my dog hates oysters and has never been to New Zealand, so I'm afraid I can't vouch for much else on this topic.
Feb 15th, 2008, 02:26 PM
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Kathie-a wise decision. I'm not from here. I was amazed that bad Boston drivers and angry Boston drivers are not confined to young men. One is just as likely to get flipped off by a middle-aged woman. Socio-economic differences also disappear. Newton (see Rizzutto) and South Boston are the same. Apparently, natives believe that it is OK to take out your frustrations on anyone else stupid enough to be driving around. Some sort of "Assumption of the Risk" doctrine.
I have a friend, who flies planes and is 300 pounds who drove here from maryland, parked his car and said he was not driving again until he was leaving. the thing that sent him over the edge was when he was stopped at a light trying to decide which way to go when the car behind him honked its horn continuosly. My friend was prepared to start yelling when he looked back and it was an elderly woman.
Oysters don't drive here either. If they did, they would all drive a Ford Mercury. Shrimp, of course, would drive sub-compacts.
I have a friend, who flies planes and is 300 pounds who drove here from maryland, parked his car and said he was not driving again until he was leaving. the thing that sent him over the edge was when he was stopped at a light trying to decide which way to go when the car behind him honked its horn continuosly. My friend was prepared to start yelling when he looked back and it was an elderly woman.
Oysters don't drive here either. If they did, they would all drive a Ford Mercury. Shrimp, of course, would drive sub-compacts.
Feb 16th, 2008, 08:49 AM
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but I've already committed his ditty to my memory!
Yea, I too, found driving in Boston made me violently ill from driving in Boston...or perhaps it was violent AND ill?? All that cursing made me sick.
Oh well, at my age, and since I already had cancer, who the hell cares about a little mercury?? I eats what I wants! I eat all the worms and I spit out the germs.....
You nailed it filmwil!
Yea, I too, found driving in Boston made me violently ill from driving in Boston...or perhaps it was violent AND ill?? All that cursing made me sick.
Oh well, at my age, and since I already had cancer, who the hell cares about a little mercury?? I eats what I wants! I eat all the worms and I spit out the germs.....
You nailed it filmwil!
Feb 16th, 2008, 10:50 AM
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We knew we could count on Lucy. anyone with a child at BU is OK in my book.
The trick to driving in Boston is to assume that everyone else on the road is crazy. I've gotten to the point where it all amuses me. It's great to see so many people emotionally involved when I am distant.
The trick to driving in Boston is to assume that everyone else on the road is crazy. I've gotten to the point where it all amuses me. It's great to see so many people emotionally involved when I am distant.
