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@Erinmfs
That’s a great place. I tried Abalone there and haven’t had any since. But the view, especially at sunset is spectacular. Sometimes it’s a long walk from available parking though, but I’m no athlete.
I forgot the name but there was an exceptional restaurant in Manteca, not where you’d expect such a great place to be. I had alligator. It tasted like chicken but more dense/firm. I heard it had a mild fish taste but the waiter said it didn’t and I didn’t think so either. So when you come back to California where are we going to eat???
Jake
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I never made it to Manteca unfortunately. Keeping to the healthy eating topic... There was a Mongolian Grill restaurant in Mountain View that my co-workers and I would head to for lunch regularly. i don't remember the name of it, it's probably not there anymore. The same co-worker always wanted to go downtown San Jose for spaghetti, there was a spaghetti place downtown SJ with great food. I learned to dislike Thai Food while there, it's too hot and spicy. Curry is not my favorite. The guys loved sushi, I have a craving for sushi occassionally because of my coworkers there in the Bay Area.
After I moved back here, I was invited to a conference in Orlando with British Telecom at my work. I have some fun memories of this Disney World conference with the BT, engineering team, and the conference served alligator on a stick! It was like a chewy piece of chicken. I didn't care much for it. We thought Florida alligator in Florida, it should be fantastic, but it wasn't. I was attending an engineering symposium for a merger, and the merger fell through after we got back 🙁 Maybe it was the bad alligator at Disney?
I worked a bit on this BT and MCI merger, it was exciting, but it fell through
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB84706364994208500
I was thinking last night a visit out there is in order sometime, we could have a get together someplace? @jakedduck1 and @lioness and maybe a few others?
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@Erinmfs
Have you ever been to Ernies in SF? It’s gone now. It was awarded 5 star classification over 30 years in a row. Alfred Hitchcock recreated it in Hollywood for the movie Vertigo.
My friend and I ate at the The Rotunda in Neiman Marcus, it was excellent but we were hungry when we left so went to McDonalds on Market St. what a come down.
Jake