New Dan Dan Noodle thread

[VTB]

Hi, Who would be in for a Saturday night dinner at Shangrila
Chinese Restaurant near Wayne State University? Probably one of the
first two Saturday's in May. What are your special requests (be
creative)? I'll compile the feedback and present the proposal to Chef
Raymond Wang, and confirm a budget based on the final agreed upon
selections.

[Doug Ranz]

We are interested, but too sunburned and inebriated today to
comment intelligently!

Life in at the Four Seasons in Nevis is tough.  Tough!
I have to decided betw a Pina Colada or Banana Mudslide?
Do I want the hot stone massage, or deep tissue? Or ... or ...

Then there is the matter of pretty girls.  One of'm cut me
down to size by asking if the young stud on the diving board
was my son.  Pffft.

-dougg

> Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:33:00 -0700
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[mari...@netzero.net]

I would love to go to this dinner, but I can only make it on May 7th.

Maria

[JanPrimus]

I would like one painfully spicy dish! Maybe Mapo Doufu......

Also.....what about a hot pot?

[Erin Walker]

What happened to trizest? (Haven't been paying close attention obviously...)

I'm in, with a plus one if there's room. And I humbly request xiao
long bao again, because I just can't get enough.

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[janelle]

I'm in, either Saturday night works for me so far. Since I couldn't
make the XLB event, I'd love to have them do XLB again, in addition to
the noodles... even if they might not necessarily go together. But
really, anything we can't get anywhere else in metro Detroit is fine
with me!

-janelle (jjspw)

On Apr 16, 9:18 am, Erin Walker <opp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What happened to trizest? (Haven't been paying close attention obviously...)
>
> I'm in, with a plus one if there's room. And I humbly request xiao
> long bao again, because I just can't get enough.
>

[donbui82]

The first of May works for me. I'm open to anything, as long as the
food's good. If the chef is worthy, which it seems like he is, I
always enjoy putting it in his hands and seeing what he comes up
with.

Don

On Apr 15, 12:33 pm, VTB <xzn...@yahoo.com> wrote:

[goatgolfer]

The Goat is a go!

On Apr 15, 12:33 pm, VTB <xzn...@yahoo.com> wrote:

[berkleybabe]

I'm interested, let me know.

On Apr 15, 12:33 pm, VTB <xzn...@yahoo.com> wrote:

[Wooderson]

I'm in if there is room, May 7th is a slightly better date.

Andy

[VTB]

Sorry about the ambiguous description of the date proposals. When I
said, "one of the first two Saturdays in May," I meant May 7 or 14.
In any event, it looks like we have a broad positive response for
***MAY 7***, so let's preliminarily progress with that date (at
7pm).

It also appears that, unlike the unified theme of dumplings, people
aren't jumping on an "all noodle" concept. So, I'll take your
specific suggestions from above, and then draft a menu with Chef
Wang. I report back before finalizing things. The dumpling dinner
was very reasonable in price so I don't think price will be an issue,
not to mention that Shangrila's openness to separate checks protects
those like Pepsi-sipper Boagman from having to subsidize JanPrimus'
high octane throwdown.

Leveraging the leadership tools I've gleaned from Goat Golfer, I'll
start a running/publishing a tally of the RSVPs. We may have plenty
enough people already right here on the Google Board, so I probably
won't post an invitation update on Chowhound, unless you guys think it
really would be the swell and right thing to do. KEEP IN TOUCH, in
case I/we have changes or updates.
Cheers,
Vince

On Apr 15, 12:33 pm, VTB <xzn...@yahoo.com> wrote:

[Erin Walker]

big +1 for May 7 although it looks like we have nailed that down, I just booked a flight for May 14 so that's a no go for me.

[Doug Ranz]

VTB,

May 7th is good for us.  Yes; my bride will attend
again.

I totally trust you & Julia with the menu matters; and
Chef Wong with the kitchen matters.  Thank you for
organizing this feed.

-doug




> Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:12:44 -0700
> Subject: [detroitchow] Re: New Dan Dan Noodle thread
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[goatgolfer]

Goat Golfer is good to go on 7 May @7 and leaving the menu in your
capable hands. Call sign Paul

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[Christina Nygren Lazic]

Me +1 too, if there's still space.

Christina.

[JanPrimus]

Not sure if anyone but myself cares....but if your interested. May 7th
at the Works on Michigan Ave will also host Recording Artist Afrika
Bambaataa. Pretty much the Godfather of Hip Hop.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrika_Bambaataa

I like all music so I will go.....if anyone else wants to get weird
when it gets late....join me.

[goatgolfer]

Dan Dan noodle and Sichuan Lamb on Food Network Meat and Potatoes -
Episode Meat with Heat. Tivo got it Sat 4/30 11pm. Very interesting to
get a front row view.

On Apr 19, 12:12 pm, VTB <xzn...@yahoo.com> wrote:

[VTB]

Hi Guys :-)
We're still on for this Saturday! To be honest, Chef Wong seems kind
of busy and Mother's Day diners won't make things any slower. I've
not been able to spend time with him in a calm/quiet environment. He
has something in mind, so I think the best thing is to just let him
"run with it." He will make wheat noodles with Dan Dan sauce, and his
thought is to also serve a wide sampling of other noodle doughs, so we
can compare and contrast---mung bean starch noodle, yam starch noodle,
rice noodle, extruded, pulled (not on site), kneaded & shaved or
sliced, etc. The sauces would vary, and include fish, vegetable,
beef, etc. Not a perfect night for Atkins dieters, but should be fun.
Here is where I think the roster currently stands (pls inform me of
any updates):

VTB+1
Rainsux Doug +1
Mariskany+?
JanPrimus
Janelle+?
Erin+1
Don+?
GoatGolfer
BerkleyBabe+?
AndyWooderson+?
ChristinaNL+1
rcloud+?

16 RSVPs plus six "?s" = approx 18 people (pls help me fill in the "?
s")
The cost is same as last time ($20pp). Looking forward to seeing you
there!

[Ryan Cloud]

VTB- 

Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it this Saturday. Extremely disappointing as since I found out about the event my craving for 担担面 has reached epic proportions. 

Hope everybody has a great time and hopefully someone will take pictures so everyone else can see all the great food we missed!

[Wooderson]

I'll be there solo.

[VTB]

Here's the latest as of 5pm Friday (if you're a TBD, pls reply ASAP,
thx!)

Confirmed
GoatGolfer
VTB+1
Rainsux Doug +1
JanPrimus
ErinOppsie +1
AndyWooderson

TBD *************
DonBui+?
BerkleyBabe+?
ChristinaNL+1

Can't come
Mariskany
Janelle
rcloud

[VTB]

ChristinaNL+1 also has confirmed.

Just a reminder, it's at 7pm, at
Midtown Shangri-La
4710 Cass Avenue
Detroit, MI 48201-1202
(313) 974-7669

On May 6, 5:03 pm, VTB <xzn...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Here's the latest as of 5pm Friday (if you're a TBD, pls reply ASAP,
> thx!)
>
> Confirmed
>   GoatGolfer
>   VTB+1
>   Rainsux Doug +1
>   JanPrimus
>   ErinOppsie +1
>   AndyWooderson

> ChristinaNL+1
>
> TBD *************
>   DonBui+?
>   BerkleyBabe+?

[berkleybabe]

I'm in, too + 1 = berkley gary

[VTB]

Our table will be upstairs. Here's the final confirmed line-up:
Confirmed
GoatGolfer Paul
VTB Vince+1
Rainsux Doug +1
JanPrimus
ErinOppsie+1
AndyWooderson
DonBui+1
BerkleyBabe (Martha?)+BerkleyGary
ChristinaNL+1

[VTB]

JanPrimus "John"

[Erin Walker]

Might be a few minutes late, watching Verlander's no-no.

On 5/7/11, VTB <xzn...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> JanPrimus "John"

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[goatgolfer]

Thanks VTB: fun menu, venue lively converation as always. Thanks
again, GoatGolfer

[VTB]

Thanks Paul. It was a blast, and I certainly hope to see everybody
soon. I fell a bit short, compared to you, with the organizational
skills: I probably should have gone with a $15 budget (because I—and
everyone?-- was full half way thru), I forgot the name tags, and I
probably should have micromanaged the menu. Also not sure why
separate bills were do-able last time, but suddenly not this time. In
any event, the noodles with the diced mushrooms were excellent, and
the seafood broth with noodles was quite nice in my opinion. The “Dan
Dan” noodles were, well, confusing. The location was good and I also
crossed-off two items from my bucket list in ONE night—meeting donbui
and berkleybabe! I love that Christina and Peter come over from
Windsor…we should return the favor some time. I didn’t have a chance
to much meet Andy, or to chat with my favorite Coast Guard pilot Doug
Rainsux. But, I’ll show up early at the “Trizest* Night of
Destruction” (I think that’s how Oppsie put it) and catch up
then. :-)

*damn, Trizest doesn’t have a liquor license. Perhaps we should meet
at Kuhnhenn for a pre-game or post-game imbibe, or we should somehow
“fly under the radar,” if you get my drift.

PS—It’s pretty neat how generations spanning four decades can meet up
for a good time and have things in common over which to converse.
Cheers,
Vince

[Christina Nygren Lazic]

Talking about food is universal, unless you're dead inside. ;)

Vince, I was told after I took the table pics that you're photo-averse; those have been deleted.

Anyhow, I got everything except for the Singapore noodles, which is sad because I liked them best. And, the photo quality went down as the meal went on...and the carbs hit my brain.

Christina

[JanPrimus]

Not Jan