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Cooking Taste Right (Munchies)

September 30th, 2008 · No Comments

You are gosh damn right it does. If you like Panda Express (shame on you, you should be ashamed) you would be insane not to like Cooking Taste Right. For the sole indisputable fact that it is, without hyperbole, one million times better. Maybe make that one hundred million times better. Or in other words, [...]

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Tags: AsianChineseOremProvoSushiUtah County

El Gallo Giro — Orem Location

September 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Have you ever had real Mexican food? I don’t mean taqueria style, like Betos or Gualbertos, nor do I mean any of the popular Americanized chains like Chevy’s, and I definitely don’t mean Taco Bell, The Taco Maker, Del Taco, or any other similar abomination. I mean real home-style Mexican food.
There are [...]

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Tags: InexpensiveMexicanOremRestaurantsUtah County

China Buffet

July 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Before I exult the requisite and wholly deserved praise on China Buffet, I’ll start by sharing my brief challenge to classify it.

Is it a Sh–hole? No… There was no visible feces.
More of a Hole in the Wall? Close, but it’s actually quite large and maintains a stable brisk base of lunch customers
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Lon’s Cookin’ Shack

June 24th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Ok, I admit it. I’m a barbecue addict. What can I say? I grew up in the south. So barbecue, for me, is nearly a religion. I must admit though, that until fairly recently, it was very difficult to get good barbecue in Utah. Joe Morley’s, in Midvale (post [...]

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Skippers – Smelly Fish Hole

June 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Jason believes we should be above reviewing chain and fast food restaurants. I am not above anything. Right next door to Jamba Juice there is (I mean was: luckily for all nearby residents it recently closed its doors) a Skippers Fish abusery. If what they sell can even be called fish.

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Tags: Fast FoodOremRestaurantsVietnamese

Pizzeria Seven Twelve

June 9th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Pop quiz: what is the significance of 712 in the name of the restaurant? (Answer at the end of the post)

Although located in “The Monstrosity”, in downtown Orem, Pizzeria Seven Twelve is a truly wonderful place to eat. Based upon the concept that “We don’t need to be hip foodies or cool cats to [...]

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