Denise Hamilton's book THE LAST EMBRACE has been mentioned on this board before. Here the author goes on a food tour of LA. Bradbury, Harryhausen and Ackerman are mentioned.

It mentions the Pig 'N Whistle!

Mr B and jkt and I supped there just a few weeks ago right before heading over to King of Kings.

Wayward carriage! Sorry.

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Originally posted by Doug Spaulding:

Wayward carriage! Sorry.

Upon boarding your wayward carriage, I took it upon myself to whistle for my own pigs. The results were less than optimal:


I'm afraid it's now a wayward, wayward carriage...

MTD

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Originally posted by philnic:
Denise Hamilton's book THE LAST EMBRACE has been mentioned on this board before. Here the author goes on a food tour of LA. Bradbury, Harryhausen and Ackerman are mentioned.

'Twas but I that did the deed. As it turns out, the article just happens to picture one of my favorite family style restaurants in and around LA: Dupar's. They have world famous hot cakes that are stand alone in their affect on the pallate. There used to be several, now only one or two locations left, their most interesting being on Ventura Blvd. in the
San Fernando Valley, in Studio City, where on any given day one may see people in the Business just enjoying themselves like you and me over a stack of hot cakes and coffee, or in my case Te Caliente! I hope they never close Dupar's. The waitresses are lifers and very unique as well, though, like every other restaurant in California, they are likely to be speaking Spanish these days.

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Originally posted by MogtheDog:
...I took it upon myself to whistle for my own pigs. The results were less than optimal...

Soooooooooey!*


* sp?

patrask, if only I had known of all these eateries when I came to LA... I would have gone home ten times heavier!

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Originally posted by patrask:
...the article just happens to picture one of my favorite family style restaurants in and around LA: Dupar's...they are likely to be speaking Spanish these days.

Sounds intriguing - I'll go.

And there's one in TO as well. I imagine they still speak un poco Anglais in Thousand Oaks.

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Originally posted by philnic:
Soooooooooey!*

* sp?

Suey, surely.

Yes, I used to enjoy the winners of this contest on the Johnny Carson show back in the eighties.

Please don't think all Americans are like this!

We used to eat at (forgive me if I misspell)
Belisle's. I understand it's gone now.

Braling II:
Are we talking the place near Disneyland in Anaheim here? The place with the $15.00 hamburgers and the $20.00 milkshakes?

Of course, one hamburger fed a family of 5. And one milkshake could last you all week. Last time I was there was around 1992 thereabouts.

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Originally posted by Nard Kordell:
The place with the $15.00 hamburgers and the $20.00 milkshakes?

So you can get a proper meal for $35?

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Originally posted by Doug Spaulding:

Suey, surely.

Only if following on from "chop". A word which, in isolation, possesses porcine connotations of its own.

Porcine is a good word.

Nard, I honestly don't recall the prices, but if they were that high, I think I would. I only remember the unparalleled selection and immense portions...