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24 Responses to “Contact Us”

1. 1 sam burn
   Apr 19th, 2007 at 5:22 am

   Thanks so much for the kind words. We are working on some additions to the menu (top secret of course) but, will probably be out in June/July. Next time you are in town, e-mail me and let me know, I’d like to treat you to a taste plate and get your opinion on them. Thanks again for dining with us, we appreciate your business, and your endorsement.

   Sam Burn
   Commissioner of Culture
   Jim ‘N Nicks

2. 2 Mariana
   May 9th, 2007 at 3:20 am

   Hola!

   Congratulations on your website..I love it.. I am a Mexican living in Germany and restaurants here (due to the lack of diversity) are most of the time a real torture… I love reading your reviews on restaurants and remember the good old times when I lived in New York…

   Keep up the great work!

   Saludos!

3. 3 Simon Blake
   May 9th, 2007 at 4:36 pm

   Hi.
   I would like to ask permission to be listed or how we can be interactive with our new company, Philadelphia Cheesecake at Darlings Cafe.
   We would appreciate any plugs that anyone would be willing to give to us as mother’s day is approaching. We have won best of Philly, and Best Dessert/Bakery from AOL

   on 21st and the Parkway, behind Franklin Institute we are the closest cafe to the start/finish for runforthecure.com here in Philadelphia

4. 4 Vinh Trinh
   May 15th, 2007 at 3:28 am

   Hey there!
   Wow! I must say, you have a cool looking website! And on top of that it is about my all time favorite topic, food and dinning! Thanks to your website I now have a clue to where I want to dine next! Also, props onto your yummy looking pictures of these various unique food! =]

5. 5 JHill
   May 22nd, 2007 at 5:38 am

   We’d love to have you check out National Mechanics at 3rd and Market, 22 South 3rd Street in Philadelphia, in the old Revival building. More pub than gastropub, simplicity without the Old City drizzle.

   http://www.nationalmechanics.com

6. 6 evie
   Jun 13th, 2007 at 2:22 am

   I’m constantly referred to this site by the amazing pictures featured on tastespotting; it wasn’t long before I began reading the stories that accompanied them! I can’t say which I enjoy more now: the mouth-watering images or the words that describe them. Keep up the lovely work, your blog never fails to fuel my imagination for a delightfully good eat
   - Evie

7. 7 Peter Mayer
   Jul 20th, 2007 at 9:51 am

   Cathy, Vernon -
   I came across your blog tonight and enjoyed it. Funny thing - I was born in Boston, my wife was born in La Mesa, we met at UCSD, and we live just outside Philly. Small world.

   We still have Roberto’s withdrawals after being away for a while (last visit was 2002). We usually go to Kennett Square (Taqueria Moroleon) to satisfy our Mexican fix, but small places keep opening up around Philly, so there’s hope.

   Keep up the entertaining posts!

8. 8 Grace
   Aug 16th, 2007 at 9:10 am

   Hi Cathy!

   My name is Grace and I’ll be a grad student at UPenn this fall. I’m
   at home (SoCal) right now, but I’ll be moving into my dorm on the
   28th. I’ve been reading your blogs for a while now (I first saw it
   after going on http://www.xanga.com/koreancooking, then clicking on the
   various blogrings, and yours was at the very top since you had just
   updated). At first I just really liked reading what you wrote and
   looking at all the yummy pictures you took, but then I realized that a
   lot of the places you were eating at happened to be in or near Philly,
   and some of the street names sounded like they were actually right by
   UPenn! I was so excited when it dawned on me that I would actually
   get to visit some of the places you wrote about!

   Other than the one time I went to UPenn for a few hours to attend my
   grad school interview, I’ve never been to Philly before, so I was
   wondering if you could help me out with something! I know that you
   are in Vietnam right now and are probably really busy, but if you get
   the chance, could you please tell me what restaurants you would
   recommend for an anniversary dinner? My boyfriend will be coming to
   visit me in two weeks for our second anniversary, and we wanted to go
   eat somewhere nice that isn’t too far from campus, but we have no idea
   where to go!

   If you have a few minutes, could you please help me out with some
   suggestions for restaurants we could go to? I would greatly
   appreciate your advice!

   Sincerely,
   Grace

9. 9 Alex
   Oct 7th, 2007 at 7:13 pm

   I’m from Montreal and will be in Philly soon; I gotta tell ya I was dreading crossing the 49th parallel for gastronomical reasons, but your reviews and the pics on this website have sown some hope and really boosted my moral! Thanks for this great blog!

10. 10 Nhu Phan
    Nov 14th, 2007 at 9:33 am

    I just wanted to say that I love your blog and thanks for blogging frequently and saving us folks on this other side of the world (I’m in Virginia) from boredom throughout the typical workday. It’s really nice bc you both are great writers/food critics and you’re able to convey your feelings and thoughts so well. I def look forward to reading whatever it is you have to say each time.

    I’m returning to VN for a month-long vacation (to celebrate Tet especially) from Jan 21-Feb 21 so i’m incredibly excited. I’ve been doing research on places to go and places to eat of course That is why I really really appreciate yours and the Astronomer’s blog. Keep up the fantastic work guys!!
    thanks,

    Nhu

11. 11 Sandra
    Nov 16th, 2007 at 11:19 am

    Hi there,

    I am about to go to Vietnam on my own, I really dislike big tours how many people were with you on your Mekong boat trip ? Sounds like a lot of other tour companies charge a lot like $80…..do you get what you pay for…..can you ask to customize the trip..

    Any recommendations, if I walk around district 1 will I get swarmed by tour operators……..

    I don’t want to book with the hotel as I know they over charge,

    S

12. 12 Gastronomer
    Nov 16th, 2007 at 3:48 pm

    Hello Sandra,

    I think there were about 30 people on the Mekong trip, which sounds like a lot, but it really wasn’t bad at all. The delta is really mellow and people behave accordingly. No children were on the trip. The $18 trip was a steal, but you can coordinate your own tour as well. I saw a few boats with smaller groups, but they seemed to be going everywhere our group was headed. So… if you do plan your own trip, make sure to specify that you want to go off the beaten path.

    All of the tour operators are in the “backpacker quarter” (Pham Ngu Lao Street). You will NOT be swarmed in District 1. You may be swarmed at the airport.

    Good luck,
    CD

13. 13 Elizabeth
    Dec 9th, 2007 at 3:02 pm

    Hi,
    I live in Nicosia. Searching for an interesting word for “bread-like”, I came across your blog because I wanted to check out the writing on the Metropolitan Bakery’s site (Philadelphia).

    I have to save you from sounding ignorant about the bakery. You really missed out.

    Try the French Berry Roll. Try their Miche (especially if you can deal with its size for a casual dinner party). Try their millet muffins. I don’t know who told you that the chocolate cherry bread would be a “signature” item, but you should know better than to test the merits of a bakery based on one item, especially one so specific.

    just a little helping hand from the Eastern Med -
    EHD

14. 14 Guy Madesclaire
    Dec 25th, 2007 at 7:51 am

    Hello and bravo for your blog I discovered today. I’m french and I foundit exciting and well done.

    Cooking is one of my passions. I have a simple and personal site :
    Passe-plats.com.

    If you agree, I could insert a link to your blog.

    Congratulations.
    Guy Madesclaire

15. 15 Gastronomer
    Dec 29th, 2007 at 12:51 pm

    gas•tron•o•my makes an appearance on the epi-log: http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/blogs/editor/2007/12/vietnamese-eats.html

    eee!

16. 16 Gastronomer
    Jan 14th, 2008 at 8:27 am

    gas•tron•o•my makes two appearances on the tastespotting 2007 top 100:
    http://www.notcot.com/archives/2008/01/tastespotting_1_1.php

17. 17 LLL
    Jan 18th, 2008 at 10:02 pm

    Looking for a restaurant in B’ham that has good bread pudding.

18. 18 Gastronomer
    Jan 22nd, 2008 at 10:54 am

    How about Hot and Hot Fish Club? Do call ahead to make sure that its on the dessert menu

19. 19 Françoys Crépeau
    Feb 5th, 2008 at 10:25 pm

    Astronomer/Gastronomer: this is so cool. My home street starting to make
    it on the ‘net!

    Of course, it should be expected, as HCMC keeps expanding.

    I used to live in HCMC, from 1999 to 2000, and I lived at 209/7 To^n
    Tha^’t Thuye^’t, in P3, Q4 of HCMC. I just saw your blog about Che`
    Nha~n. I am curious: do you remember near which intersection the lady
    sold you this?

    Thanks!

    Françoys Crépeau

20. 20 Tram Luong
    Feb 8th, 2008 at 10:57 pm

    Hey there!

    I stumbled onto your blog this morning, and haven’t been able to stop reading, scroling, gawking and drooling!!!! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE it!!!

    My name is Tram (Huong Tram) and I was born n lived in Saigon til I was 13. I’m currently living in Montreal, Cananda and I visit Vietnam when I can, and the last time I was there was in 2005. I’m supposed to go again this year!!!

    Ok, enough about me, I’m rambling… sorry!!! I just wanted to say that I love reading your blogs, especially the ones about Vietnam (P.S: my favorite place that I have to go visit everytime I’m there is Phu Quoc!!!) I really enjoy it, as all the pics n articles bring me very fond memories of Vietnam, being with friends and family there and eating awesome food.

    Again, thanx for creating such a great website, it is in my favorites!!!

    HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! (Im cooking up a storm this Saturday to feast with my friends to celebrate)

21. 21 Chris
    Feb 8th, 2008 at 10:57 pm

    omg! i’m so excited to find your blog!! in 2005 my friend karen and i spent 3 weeks in saigon, the mekong and phu quoc. we are meeting in saigon again in may (i’m from Los Angeles, she’s from Boulder, CO)… this time her husband will join us for 5 days on phu quoc. the cool thing about your blog is it’s about FOOD! and karen is not only a major foodie, she also works for the Culinary Institute of the Rockies… so last time we were in vietnam we were taking loads of photos of food and trying to figure out how to make it.

    anyway, i just wanted to say thanks! for such a fabo blog! i’ll be reading it regularly!

22. 22 amya
    Feb 27th, 2008 at 4:36 am

    I am interested in reprinting your ube image from

    Vegetation Profile: Khoai Mỡ
    Published December 11, 2007 Phu Quoc , Vegetation Profile.

    if I could have your permission to reprint some of your images. I am writing a special book for my Filipino Father in Law called, Beyond Rice-Memoirs of an American Daughter in Law in a Filipino Father’s Kitchen. This is the working Title. Basically it is about cooking with my Father in Law, my travels and food discoveries and stories of Filipino food, and general anecdotes revolving around food in our lives. If I could have permission to use some of your images that would be great. You should know that I am self publishing the book and as of know have no plans on distribution, I would be happy to give your credit in the book and send you and e-book. If your interested I would love to have higher resolution copies if possible.

    thanks so much
    amy

23. 23 Peko Peko
    Apr 5th, 2008 at 3:54 pm

    I love your blog!

    Please consider adding KyotoFoodie to your Mmm… (blogroll).

    Thank you very much!

    PekoPeko

24. 24 Michelle
    Apr 28th, 2008 at 8:55 pm

    Hi there, I LOVE your blog and it is my favorite food blog that I read. I love Vietnamese food and you have the most down-to-earth approach to your writing and the stuff you like reminds me a lot of myself - especially found the pictures of your airline food great (I do it too). I hope to visit Vietnam one day and use some of your eating recommendations!

    You inspired me to create my own blog which I launched today. Visit me at http://desperatelyseekingcrab.com

    Cheers!

    Michelle

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