Breakfast for dinner

Richard Kaszeta said:

I've always been more of a "dinner for breakfast" sort of person.
Someone has to buck the trend.

hmmm I can relate to that. If I am ever out for breakfast, I'll hope
it's not too early to order a sandwich or burger. But, I like breakfast
for dinner now and then. Lunch for breakfast, breakfast for dinner, and
lunch for lunch.

Karen

serene said:

Steve Pope <[email hidden]> wrote:

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Have you tried Zamarono, on International (E. 14th)?

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Nope, but I will. Should I do it before or after we loosen the budget a
little?

It's not pricey, but I haven't been there in several years.
As of the mid-90's, they were about the only people up here
making a carnitas burrito or a taco al pastor that would
measure up to the equivalent in SoCal.

Steve

Steve Pope said:

serene said:

Steve Pope <[email hidden]> wrote:

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Have you tried Zamarono, on International (E. 14th)?

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Nope, but I will. Should I do it before or after we loosen the

budget a

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little?

It's not pricey, but I haven't been there in several years.
As of the mid-90's, they were about the only people up here
making a carnitas burrito or a taco al pastor that would
measure up to the equivalent in SoCal.

Steve

I dont recall the name of the Mexican place but its on the north west
corner of Haste and Telegraph in Berkely and makes a good carne asada as
well as steak burritos.---
Joseph Littleshoes

Steve Pope said:

serene said:

Steve Pope <[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

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Have you tried Zamarono, on International (E. 14th)?

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Nope, but I will. Should I do it before or after we loosen the budget a
little?

It's not pricey, but I haven't been there in several years.

Well, next time you're up for some good carnitas, give me a yell. :-)

serene

Joseph Littleshoes said:

I dont recall the name of the Mexican place but its on the north west
corner of Haste and Telegraph in Berkely and makes a good carne asada as
well as steak burritos.---

Frausto's? We found it mediocre. (But I may be wrong about which place
you mean -- I think Frausto's is a block south of Haste.)

serene

serene said:

Joseph Littleshoes said:

I dont recall the name of the Mexican place but its on the north

west

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corner of Haste and Telegraph in Berkely and makes a good carne

asada as

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well as steak burritos.

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JL

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Frausto's? We found it mediocre. (But I may be wrong about which
place
you mean -- I think Frausto's is a block south of Haste.)

serene

No, Manuel's i think, iirc. I have never had gourmet Mexican food, i
have had very good Mexican food in America but never authentic good food
in Mexico. And i used to live in San Diego and knew a guy whos mother
routinly made tortillas by hand, with out a tortilla press, she made
good food.

I love 'steak ranchero' and 'carne asada', fluatas, tamales, etc. I am
lucky enough to live 2 blocks from a basement that has been making
traditional Mexican tamales for the last 50 years ( a baement where they
have been made by the same family for the last...).

12 tamale for 10 dollars.
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Joseph Littleshoes

Joseph Littleshoes said:

serene wrote:

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Frausto's? We found it mediocre. (But I may be wrong about which
place
you mean -- I think Frausto's is a block south of Haste.)

serene

No, Manuel's i think, iirc.

Not sure it's there any more. Our laundromat is on that corner -- OH,
no, wait, we're on Shattuck. Duh. Haven't tried Manuel's. Will give it
a go next time we walk up that way.

serene

serene said:

Joseph Littleshoes said:

serene wrote:

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Frausto's? We found it mediocre. (But I may be wrong about which
place
you mean -- I think Frausto's is a block south of Haste.)

serene

No, Manuel's i think, iirc.

Not sure it's there any more. Our laundromat is on that corner -- OH,
no, wait, we're on Shattuck. Duh. Haven't tried Manuel's. Will give
it
a go next time we walk up that way.

serene

I got a reflex giggle out of that, i think i know the place on Shattuck
you mentioned. Watered down pseudo mexican "style" food?

Im sure Manuels is probly only an above average mediocre, i really do
not know Mexican food, but that little basement is in oakland if you are
interested.

Manuel's is just across the street from Cody's book store on
Telegraph..
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Joseph Littleshoes

Joseph Littleshoes said:

serene wrote:

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Not sure it's there any more. Our laundromat is on that corner -- OH,
no, wait, we're on Shattuck. Duh. Haven't tried Manuel's. Will give
it
a go next time we walk up that way.

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I got a reflex giggle out of that, i think i know the place on Shattuck
you mentioned. Watered down pseudo mexican "style" food?

Yes, yes. I mean, Mexican food, but with no oomph at all. And not
fresh-tasting.

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Im sure Manuels is probly only an above average mediocre, i really do
not know Mexican food, but that little basement is in oakland if you are
interested.

Cool, thanks. :-)

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Manuel's is just across the street from Cody's book store on
Telegraph..

Was just out that way today. Guy took me to Raleigh's. Everything was
yummy. Hungarian bean soup with a peppery sausage; lovely fresh onion
rings; roasted eggplant sandwich on artichoke-rosemary bread that they
bake themselves. Mmmmmm, yum. The service was awful, but we didn't
care much, because we were in the opposite of a hurry. We had walked a
long way and wanted to sit for a long time.

serene

serene said:

Steve Pope <[email hidden]> wrote:

[ Zamarono, on International (E. 14th) ]

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Well, next time you're up for some good carnitas, give me a yell. :-)

Thanks -- I will!

But I mis-stated; the carnitas is fine but it's the chile verde
that's really excellent there (and reminisence of L.A.).

S.

Steve Pope said:

serene said:

Steve Pope <[email hidden]> wrote:

[ Zamarono, on International (E. 14th) ]

Quoted message said:

Well, next time you're up for some good carnitas, give me a yell. :-)

Thanks -- I will!

But I mis-stated; the carnitas is fine but it's the chile verde
that's really excellent there (and reminisence of L.A.).

I've never had chile verde (or, really, many meat dishes at all, given
the circumstances -- people have been helping me catch up on twenty
years of missed opportunities to stuff my face with dead animals. ;-)

serene

serene said:

Joseph Littleshoes said:

serene wrote:

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...that little basement is in oakland if you are
interested.

Cool, thanks. :-)

Serene:

I responded to what i am guessing is your interest in "the little
basement"? Honestly i am not sure if you are merely thinking me for
mentioning it or if you would like more precise information as to it
location. Assuming the latter i sent you an e mail to the address as is
listed in your post. But i am not sure if it actually got to you. I
apologized in the first sentence for e - mailing you but as the
information was a tad personal i thought it might be better to
communicate it 'off list'.

My apologies if i presumed too much.
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JL

p.s. 'Gawd'! that all sounds awfully pompous, my apologies for that to.

Joseph Littleshoes said:

Assuming the latter i sent you an e mail to the address as is
listed in your post. But i am not sure if it actually got to you. I
apologized in the first sentence for e - mailing you but as the
information was a tad personal i thought it might be better to
communicate it 'off list'.

My apologies if i presumed too much.
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JL

p.s. 'Gawd'! that all sounds awfully pompous, my apologies for that to.

Actually, I think you're a darling. I have just been working a lot the
past few days, and let my email get backed up (when I'm tired/busy, I'm
more likely to look at Usenet than email, because email takes more
emotional energy.)

Off to actually look at email. :-)

serene