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Vermicelli from Baguette DeliI ended up at Baguette Deli again recently, but I wasn’t really feeling the sandwich thing.  Lucky for me they had another option.  Their vermicelli dishes come with a pile of rice noodles, all the veggies from their sandwiches, cilantro and your choice of toppings.  I opted for BBQ pork and sliced […]

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It may be a cliché, but there are some things a man just has to do alone.  For me, one of those things is eating at Campos.Let me explain.  I LOVE Orchard Road in Boise.  Ethnic eateries and markets of all kinds have sprung up along that street, and it seems there is never a shortage […]

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Kyoto Japanese Steak House is located just West of Curtis on Fairview, and has been for some time now.  They must be doing fairly well to have been open for so long, but I don’t recall the last time someone mentioned to me (or even within my earshot) that they had eaten there.  Among the […]

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If it’s any indication how behind I am in my posts, my most recent visit to The Egg Factory was the same day I went to the Western Idaho Fair.  In fact, they were the reason I had so little appetite to sample all the deliciously horrifying fair food, so feel free to blame them […]

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If memory serves, though it probably will less often as the years continue to pass, P.F. Chang’s opened their branch in downtown Boise back in 2005.  Just a quick aside: I don’t call it “Bodo”.  And I’m not going to.  Ever.  Anyway, like all new places, especially nationwide chains, it was a madhouse when the doors […]

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Tucanos is another one of those places I’ve wanted to visit for a while now but have never gotten around to (I know, it’s the story of my life).  When it comes to meat, I have a girlfriend who basically only eats poultry and a sister who only eats poultry and seafood, so whether at […]

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A breakfast burrito, if done well, is a beautiful thing.  I love breakfast food anyway, and if you can pack it into a portable form where I get a little of everything in each bite, I’m a happy guy.  I work in a somewhat large office, and there seems to be a little debate over […]

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For the two or three locals who haven’t heard, Boise’s Vietnamese Restaurant was completely gutted by a fire last week.  For those of you who aren’t local, Boise does have more than one Vietnamese restaurant, that was just the name of the place; they opened decades ago and were the only one in town back […]

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Just over a month ago, I wrote a blog on my thoughts regarding the Idaho Statesman’s “Best of Treasure Valley” poll.  Mostly it was me ranting and griping, and the first thing I discussed (indeed, the thing that made me want to write the blog entry in the first place) was the “Best Asian Restaurant” category.  […]