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- spl@alex.uucp (Steve Lamont) writes:
- >A collegue of mine is sort of working in Santa Cruz (telecommuting
- >most of the time and flying up every couple of weeks or so) and thus
- >far has been largely unable to find anywhere interesting to eat in the
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- One of the five best, and certainly the most interesting, restaurants
- on the whole dang coast is India Joze (I've recommended it here
- before.) While I list it as a 'coast restaurant' below, it can easily
- hold its own against any restaurant I've ever been to, the food is as
- good as I've ever had, the atmosphere is simple & airy & unpretentious.
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- India Joze, while perhaps best known for the annual International
- Calamari Festival (fresh Monterey bay squid) also serves wonderful
- food inspired by indonesian, persian, thai, indian and most of the
- rest of the cuisines from that part of the world. (Yes, I do know
- where Persia is.) Every week or so, a new country is highlighted on a
- changing menu, with a standard menu as well. When we were there, the
- weekly menu was Indian. The squid cooked in a thai-inspired green
- curry sauce was exquisite, and even persuaded my dining companion, who
- had never before found a squid she liked. The relishes are among the
- most inspired such condimants I've ever had. For dessert, try a piece of
- chocolate cake or two or three... these people know better than to
- make desserts from those eastern cuisines. A fine restaurant, I hope
- to get to the squid festival this year.
-
- If you like squid, the proprietors have written _Calamari Cookbook_
- available at the restaurant, or from Ten Speed/Celestial Arts.
-
- And don't forget a squid t-shirt or two, so that the cognoscenti back
- home know where you been hangin out....
-
- Bug em about having more Rijstaafels (an indonesian banquet
- they were once famous for but no longer do very often, apparently.)
-
- Pig out,
- __Kiran
-
- PS As for the other four coast restaurants, well, lessee: (heading south)
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- The Sanctuary
- Andrea's
- Cafe Beaujolais (only by reputation...)
- India Jose
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- (and is there another?)
-
- (Criteria are: easy access from the Coast Highway, not in a large urban
- area, and most importantly, food that is worth driving 2000 miles for.
- Suggestions are welcome.)
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- --
- "The truffle is not an outright aphrodisiac, but it may in certain
- circumstances make women more affectionate and men more amiable."
- ...Brillat-Savarin
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