Comments on: A CIA spook at the Coconut Grove http://davidlansing.com/a-cia-spook-at-the-coconut-grove/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-cia-spook-at-the-coconut-grove travel writing from a modern-day flâneur Fri, 01 Aug 2014 18:49:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Sonia Rodriguez http://davidlansing.com/a-cia-spook-at-the-coconut-grove/comment-page-1/#comment-748 Sonia Rodriguez Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:14:06 +0000 http://davidlansing.com/?p=2794#comment-748 He is correct. Everyone now has a say in the food service business. Seriously it can make and break you. But really if you think about it, the everyday person is the one eating there, and word of mouth is great business. Ive gone to dinner at places here in Austin, and have researched the opinions of everyday ppl. I have had some good things, and not so good food from opinions. Like mexican food....thats a win or miss by just what ppl think is good mexican food. So I stay loyal to one place for that reason. Well how exciting you ate with him....jealous. I want to meet Gordon Ramsey...Huge fan... Smiles He is correct. Everyone now has a say in the food service business. Seriously it can make and break you. But really if you think about it, the everyday person is the one eating there, and word of mouth is great business. Ive gone to dinner at places here in Austin, and have researched the opinions of everyday ppl. I have had some good things, and not so good food from opinions. Like mexican food….thats a win or miss by just what ppl think is good mexican food. So I stay loyal to one place for that reason.

Well how exciting you ate with him….jealous. I want to meet Gordon Ramsey…Huge fan…

Smiles

]]> By: david http://davidlansing.com/a-cia-spook-at-the-coconut-grove/comment-page-1/#comment-736 david Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:48:41 +0000 http://davidlansing.com/?p=2794#comment-736 Charlie was very cool, very mellow. Cooked me up some scallops on sous vide pork belly. Had that with some champagne (which he knows I love) and talked about food bloggers versus the big newspaper critics for the NY Times, LA Times, etc. He thinks newspaper restaurant critics are a dying breed. I think he's right. Charlie was very cool, very mellow. Cooked me up some scallops on sous vide pork belly. Had that with some champagne (which he knows I love) and talked about food bloggers versus the big newspaper critics for the NY Times, LA Times, etc. He thinks newspaper restaurant critics are a dying breed. I think he’s right.

]]> By: Sonia http://davidlansing.com/a-cia-spook-at-the-coconut-grove/comment-page-1/#comment-735 Sonia Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:32:26 +0000 http://davidlansing.com/?p=2794#comment-735 Oh my..I looked up Charlie Palmer...and felt very embarassed. I knew who he was..Pigs & Pinot, I am a Top Chef junkie...and he judged a episode and talked about it. Matter of fact two of his former chefs(brothers) competed , were the final two and one won. You met him and interviewed him? How was it? spill it Oh my..I looked up Charlie Palmer…and felt very embarassed. I knew who he was..Pigs & Pinot, I am a Top Chef junkie…and he judged a episode and talked about it. Matter of fact two of his former chefs(brothers) competed , were the final two and one won.

You met him and interviewed him? How was it? spill it

]]> By: Sonia http://davidlansing.com/a-cia-spook-at-the-coconut-grove/comment-page-1/#comment-734 Sonia Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:26:28 +0000 http://davidlansing.com/?p=2794#comment-734 Out of place...isnt that what tourists always look like. People not from that area, disconnected, out of sorts, confused and overwhelmed by what others see everyday. CIA? Culinary Institute of America, Central Institute of Astrology, Curious Idiot Overwhelmed & Astonished Smiles...You are just island hopping arnt ya... Out of place…isnt that what tourists always look like. People not from that area, disconnected, out of sorts, confused and overwhelmed by what others see everyday.

CIA? Culinary Institute of America, Central Institute of Astrology, Curious Idiot Overwhelmed & Astonished

Smiles…You are just island hopping arnt ya…

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