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On 2015-09-17, Dave Smith > wrote:

> On 2015-09-17 2:10 AM, wrote:


>> in North America -- House of Bagels on Geary, just east of 15th
>> Avenue.


I don't know about all of N. America, but they are dang good. We had
one in Santa Clara and I usta stop in for lox n' cream cheese on a
jalapeno bagel to eat at work. Yum!

> I was tempted to go to the Jack in the Box, despite my aversion to
> franchises.


Yikes! You jes revealed yer bar. I wouldn't eat JitB with yer
mouth!! Worst burger franchise in history.

> As it turned out, Dong Bei Mama set a new bar for Chinese food for
> me. I will never be able to eat it here again.


That's the one thing I miss from CA, good Chinese food, despite it
becoming worse and worse, daily. We have two Chi restos, here. One
is completely inedible (thru 2 owners), the other keeps trying to
maintain a price point, so the quality continually diminishes and I
can no longer eat there.

nb