out of touch?

[realthog]

Could someone please hint to the writers at the New York Times's "Dining & Wine" section that there's an economic recession under way? Here's from the e-headlines today:

Great Meals for Two, Under $100 (It's Possible)
By FRANK BRUNI
Getting food of some distinction in full-service restaurants and staying below $99 isn't too easy, but it can be done.

Y'know, I've been lying awake at nights preoccupied with the difficulties of finding a decent restaurant meal for under a hundred bucks. Oh dearie, dearie me. Where to turn? And now at last, thanks to those doughty folks at the NYT, I've found a few pointers . . .

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[realthog.livejournal.com]

There are plenty of places in NYC where you can get a fine meal for two for far less than a hundred bucks, I assure you.

[lonfiction.livejournal.com]

My favorite meals in NYC usually involve street vendors and hot dogs...

Well under a hundred bucks. :)

(Though potentially just as heart-stopping, alas!)

[realthog.livejournal.com]

"My favorite meals in NYC usually involve street vendors and hot dogs..."

Mine usually involve sushi or biriani, but they're still well under $100 for the pair of us -- more like $40, including hooch.

[lonfiction.livejournal.com]

That's one of the things I miss most about the Northeast, the variety of international foods.

Took a long time to find a sushi place here in Dayton I wasn't afraid of. (Kinda far from salt-water, you know?) And we've recently become enamored with a Turkish restaurant. But generally, unless you want to eat Korean food at one of the half dozen places right outside of the Air Force base gate, you really have to work to find good international food.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

I know the problem. Our nearest (barely adequate) Indian restaurants are about 30 miles away -- or we could go into NYC, 45 miles away. Since I'm from the UK (Indian restaurant on every corner) and Pam lived 20 years in NYC (likewise), this is Very Difficult for us.

We have a good Thai restaurant locally. We have a supermarket that has a surprisingly acceptable (not wonderful) sushi counter. But if we suddenly get a hankering for, say, a Greek meal?