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Cynthetiq · 09-24-2008, 10:44 AM

I eat too fast and too large portions and too much in general. That's my american style of eating. I'll eat standing up, walking to an appointment, in a meeting, in a hallway, on the subway, in the car, where ever it's convenient.

But dining, is a different story. I like to dine. Dining is an activity by itself.

Going to Europe it takes about 2-3 meals to settle into the dining experience.

In Austria, we found Pasta e Vino, a small little restaurant that sold wines and served pasta. It was sublime!!!! No menus. They spoke only German or Italian, since we were fortunate to know Italian food, we were able to order simple dishes. We ate for about 3 hours, drinking wine, best homemade tiramisu ever! We did not notice that no single table turned over during our dinner.

The next night we returned for dinner a bit later than the night before, and upon requesting a table, they suggested we return tomorrow. There is no waiting for a table. The table is yours for the night.

At many restaurants small candle warmers sat propping up your pot of food so that it stays warm the entire sitting. This happened in all restaurants we ate in, from Chinese to Thai, to Austrian fare.

Dinner isn't rushed. In fact getting staff attention is near impossible because you should pretty much have everything you need at the table, and they shouldn't need to disturb you for anything as crazy as "Is everything alright?" ever 15 minutes.

So when we dine here in NYC. I love it. One year we took Jess and Quadro with us to a couple fine dining restaurants. I left Q know that it was going to be a 3 hour dinner. He was a bit anxious the idea of sitting for 3 hours having dinner. As the night wore on, the drinks, appetizers, the amuse buche, entree, desert and apertifs all were spaced out in a time that broke up the 3 hours to the point at the end, it was like "We sat her for 3 hours?" It was wonderful to just sit and chat, talking and eating, not worrying about the table and the line forming at the door with waiter trying to clear the table.

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Cynthetiq Tilted Cat Head Administrator Location: Manhattan, NY	I eat too fast and too large portions and too much in general. That's my american style of eating. I'll eat standing up, walking to an appointment, in a meeting, in a hallway, on the subway, in the car, where ever it's convenient. But dining, is a different story. I like to dine. Dining is an activity by itself. Going to Europe it takes about 2-3 meals to settle into the dining experience. In Austria, we found Pasta e Vino, a small little restaurant that sold wines and served pasta. It was sublime!!!! No menus. They spoke only German or Italian, since we were fortunate to know Italian food, we were able to order simple dishes. We ate for about 3 hours, drinking wine, best homemade tiramisu ever! We did not notice that no single table turned over during our dinner. The next night we returned for dinner a bit later than the night before, and upon requesting a table, they suggested we return tomorrow. There is no waiting for a table. The table is yours for the night. At many restaurants small candle warmers sat propping up your pot of food so that it stays warm the entire sitting. This happened in all restaurants we ate in, from Chinese to Thai, to Austrian fare. Dinner isn't rushed. In fact getting staff attention is near impossible because you should pretty much have everything you need at the table, and they shouldn't need to disturb you for anything as crazy as "Is everything alright?" ever 15 minutes. So when we dine here in NYC. I love it. One year we took Jess and Quadro with us to a couple fine dining restaurants. I left Q know that it was going to be a 3 hour dinner. He was a bit anxious the idea of sitting for 3 hours having dinner. As the night wore on, the drinks, appetizers, the amuse buche, entree, desert and apertifs all were spaced out in a time that broke up the 3 hours to the point at the end, it was like "We sat her for 3 hours?" It was wonderful to just sit and chat, talking and eating, not worrying about the table and the line forming at the door with waiter trying to clear the table. __________________ I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not. What's the best nation in the world? DO-NATION!