The “bigger the better” is, though a common, not a universal rule; it does not, for instance, apply to fish, nor to mutton….But it generally applies to receptacles of wine, and to those of champagne very specially. – George Saintsbury
ARCHI’S THAI Fail
Expansion has killed more restaurants than bad food ever has. – ELV
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First, a little history. ELV’s office used to be a mile or so from Archi’s Thai original location, so he estimates he’s eaten there at least a dozen times over the years. Second, you should know a Thai client, whose name was something like Chaiyaanunt Krungthepmahanakornamornratanakosinmahintarayutthayamahadilokphopnopparatrajathaniburiromudomrajaniwesmahasatharnamornphimarnavatarnsathitsakkattiyavisanukamprasit, took him there two times maybe five years ago, after swearing it was the best Thai in all of Vegas, and the only place “all the local Thai people go” — so ELV used to be impressed with its bona fides.
Let’s Play: Guess That Fish!
ELV note: The BEEG WEINER is @anonymous who correctly pegged this as the famed John Dory/San Pietro/San Pierre/kuparu fish known to be found in European and Australian/New Zealand waters. The specimen below gave its life for someone’s tasty meal at Milos — where the Greek word for it is the tongue-twisting Hristopsaro. Efxarsitou (a Greek thank you) to Chef Pericles Koskinas for the information and for overseeing (and cooking) such an astounding array of delicious things that swim. (BTW: at Milos they usually designate it as the San Pietro fish, recognizing the difficulty non-Greeks will have saying: her-IS-top-sa-ro.)
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On this most religious of days, ELV thinks it’s time for another round of Guess That Fish!