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it's not just service, the food is also elevated. experience and setting are big. though it is somewhat unspoken, everyone knows that one star restaurants are somewhat designated for inventiveness, creativity and quality of the food almost in isolation with little regard for the service/setting. hell, i think an argument could be made that the con todo taco truck could at least get some consideration. but to achieve 2 to 3, the techniques require significantly greater elevation and precision in their eyes. as to the service, it is a lot of both tangible and intangible things stemming from professional levels of service and training. it's a bit of a you know it when you see it thing. the "forks" episode of the show "the bear" wouldn't be the worst introduction into what i mean. the recruiting thread did cheese puns for nearly 30 pages and the coaching search thread did burger ratings for like ten days. but point taken, i'll hit eject with saying that imo, quality and diversity of restaurant offerings in austin is one of the few things that is not the subject of a wtf is wrong with the city topic.

michelin has a strong japanese bias problem when it comes to asian cuisine. they fucking love love love elevated japanese to a near fetish level to the detriment of other east asian cuisine imo. and i say that as someone who prefers japanese over most. that said, i ate at lung king heen in hong kong for some family style cantonese right after it was awarded its third star and was genuinely surprised with the rating. i find myself disagreeing with certain elements of their ratings sometimes but that was one i just didn't get. ychang is on point with his post as well. michelin's restricted footprint obviously creates a lack of information on a number of great food destinations and i would personally posit that houston is one of the greatest overlooked spots in the world. i love austin and the food here but houston has such a deep bench across a lot of cuisines that it is embarrassing. i would posit that other than melbourne and sao paolo, there are not any non-asian cities that could best houston on asian cuisine quality and diversity. it is in a club with l.a., san francisco, and ny on that category.

since you're being a bit of an ass, i'll respond in kind with plenty of ostentatious pretension. i have...over 100 of them in the last 20 years. and over 30 3 stars in the last 20 years across 8 different countries. i disagree with your subjective take. the food at odd duck and dai due is absolutely capable of achieving a one star status on its better days. as i said, no restaurant in austin is capable of achieving a 2 or 3 because the service necessary is simply not part of the city's dna and there is no market to prioritize the level of hospitality/service necessary to achieve that. but on just the food basis (which is the priority of a one michelin star restaurant), dai due and odd duck are absolutely capable. not guaranteed, but capable.

uchi and uchiko are definitely michelin star level food. they have no service though. they have waiters. nowhere in austin has 2/3 michelin star service/hospitality. not even close. it's an order of magnitude difference...totally inconsequential to the quality and enjoyment of the food but it there is not a single place that even tries to achieve anything in that arena.

used to do nevada until 2019 as well but stopped because people weren't buying the book for vegas. as our local michelin reviewer expert, i can tell you that there are a few restaurants in austin that that would definitely qualify for at least a star if, as jimmy points out, michelin actually reviewed austin. i would venture a guess that amongst pasta bar, juniper, este, dai due, suerte, franklin, odd duck...there'd be a couple that could get a star. certainly nowhere in austin has the focus on service hospitality necessary for a 2 or 3 star but food quality wise, there are a few.

i think we may be in trouble. all you other clubs keep shitting the bed against luton fucking town. we really need to win out 10 point deduction appeal.

you two nut jobs are the only people i would ask this based on posting history... grabbing a bottle of salon for a gift. have either of you compared the 2012 to the 2013 and have any opinions on the superior vintage?

no. as you know, you are either just a terribly pathetic troll or truly one of the dumbest fucking idiots to ever roam this rock.

That was me and i remain of the opinion unless one is significantly overweight.

called it after the austin show. i could just tell.

More green, drivers for the spring.

appears to be legit stacked fwiw.

i did not enjoy it nearly as much as i expected to but then again, i can't stand carey mulligan so that probably did not help.

still have nightmares about when you and i saw him 17 years ago. was like seeing your childhood her get publicly raped by a donkey-pig mutant. hopefully this better venue will improve the experience.

i watched it and it was nothing groundbreaking but still an amazing thing to see all that talent in one place. the only thing that stuck out to me about it was stevie wonder's ability to imitate bob dylan's singing voice. that shit was crazy. and the job he did shaking bob out of his funk.

i am so disappointed in this nonsense at this point. the paranormal jump scare bullshit out of horror movie playbook is so lame. i still have no desire to root for anyone at this point. i kind of hope a pack of polar bears just eats the entire town. this director is fucking horrible at this. we should be two, maybe three episodes in for the amount of information conveyed. filling it over and over and over with drone shots of trucks driving through desolate, snowy roads in iceland every thirty seconds to extend it to six episodes is insulting and i have no idea how this director got this job. consistent with some of the comments on this page though, the music supervisor for the show is the only person that should not be fired. they are doing an absolutely fantastic job. the use of jon hopkins's "feel first life" last night was excellent, if not too brief.

While I would welcome some new roundabout overlords throughout the city including all along Barton springs, it would require a driver reeducation program to teach people what to do. Putting one at Barton and Lamar would resemble the clusterfuck of throngs of tourists trying to navigate the arc de triomphe roundabout.

The congestion I am referring to is the traffic upstream of the bottleneck eastbound. Everyone going into azie Morton getting funneled into one lane…people in the right lane pretending they don’t know it is coming and forcing a merge and fucking everything up like it is an exit lane on mopac. The congestion is through the park back to mopac upstream of azie. And it is fucking awful. I will acknowledge that westbound from lamar is not nearly as bad and I think a reasonable compromise is achievable to have two lanes eastbound and one west and give the ped/bikes a comfortably wide area on the north side of the road (which is where everyone wants to be anyway) that unburdens the light at A.M. eastbound and gives non vehicular mobility increased safety and a better experience.

I use the road virtually every day and live less than half a mile from it. Traffic is many orders of magnitude worse, I am a lot less happy using it, everyone I know that uses it with any frequency fucking rage hates it, it backs traffic up all the way from azie morton through the park to the mopac service road routinely, and I suspect you have no actual empirical basis to say it Is any safer yet given we are merely six months into this idiotic experiment. Or maybe you think a tower.net blog entry saying they saw a twitter post one time is actual data satisfying an event study comparison. I don’t know who Todd and Donn are I don’t understand the Leander or 19xx red herrings other than to say they are ineffective and unpersuasive.

Everyone that was involved with the Barton springs to one lane each way decision should be shot to the fucking moon and forced into involuntary slavery for the benefit of creating spiked dildos to fuck their own asses with. Stupid fucking idiots.

Fantastic Goredho. This is a hell of a musical accomplishment. I hope others on here with good taste and appreciation will give it a listen. Phenomenal structure and such a good interpretation of prog. Perfect combo of Pink Floyd and genesis. The solos are really nice and the chord transitions throughout are awesomely sophisticated. i know it was a lot of work for you and i think it paid off. Lyrics are really good and while you know the singer’s voice is not my particular cup, he did a nice job executing it all and we both know how bad vocals CAN sound compared to a quality contribution like this. Great job again, goredho. It is in my regular rotation.

All the Italian houses seem to be leaning into the greens this spring. Grabbed a new unstructured Luigi Bianchi and liking it.

There is a bit more creepy for the sake of creepy to this season than i would prefer. it's hard to describe how they did it so perfectly in season one but they just did and they've been chasing it ever since. i am still in and i am interested in where it is going but it would be nice if there was just an occasional sense of normal life and not everyone being a stoic, unredeemable asshole with a totally fucked up life and horrible interpersonal relationships incapable of making a decent decision. the older detective prior allowing himself to be catfished feels unrealistic, the amount of shit the younger prior takes off jodie seems unrealistic, the stereotypical everyone talks to ghosts because there are indigenous people around, the jodie just being a bulldozing bitch to literally everyone. the interpersonal stuff between jodie and the trooper is fucking tired. knock that shit out in ep 1 and let them start working together. again, they nailed that with matthew and woody...that they annoyed each other (even fucked the other's wife)...but there was at least some helpful dialogue and professional working relationship and respect between them. it wasn't just this constantly miserable "fuck you, fuck you" trope. so far, the teacher that jodie went to consult, her daughter's underaged girlfriend, and the bartender that trooper keeps bootycalling are the only people i don't hate. It's trying to be a darker twin peaks but without any of the enjoyable parts. hopefully now that our two main characters are going to start collaborating, it will become a bit more enjoyable.