Subject: Bangkok

• A Harried Evening

  July 23, 2007

• One Ritzy Art Gallery: A Hotel Room

  August 8, 2007

• How 'Bout Them Knockers: Texan Steak

  Patrick MichelsHere's a hot cooking tip for summer! Don't put Styrofoam in the microwave. Use the grill instead...Texan Steak4817 Ross Avenue214-521-7999Promised delivery time: 45 minutesActual delivery time: 35 minutesNovelty of concept: 15No menu online, or discernible storefront on street: -20Helpful guy taking orders over the phone: 20Talking delivery driver through directions to my house: -20Expert packaging of potentially disastrous delivery order: 18Quality of steak: 14Not having to choos

  June 1, 2009

• How ‘Bout Them Knockers: Bangkok City

  November 10, 2008

• How ‘Bout Them Knockers: Picasso's Pizza and Grill

  Merritt Martin Clean, timeless design. Picasso’s Pizza and Grill, 7215 Skillman St., 214-553-8100 Promised in: about 40 minutes Delivery time: 30 minutes The Score: The Phone: Enthusiasm: 7 Suggestion of dessert: 9 Payment, etc: 11 The Delivery: Enthusiasm: 15 Degree of Difficulty: 7.5 Minutes paused on Mystery Diagnosis for answering door, prepping dinner tray: 7.5 Photos taken of delivery guy: 1 The Food: Temperature: 10 Sauce inclusion: 2.5 Taste: 15 Total: 85.5 ...which gives Picas

  November 17, 2008

• How 'Bout Them Knockers: Yumi To Go

  Yumi To Go5200 Lemmon Ave.214-528-9864Promised delivery time: 25 minutesDelivered in: 21 minutesThe ScoreCojones of phone order guy: 20Driver beating the odds: 65Degree of difficulty: 9 (no one likes driving on Oak Lawn or Maple)Stoicism of driver: -8Bonus because he had reason for suspicion: 4Thai-style chicken skewer: 9Orange chicken: -1Total Score: 98Overall StandingsYumi To Go 98Picasso's Pizza and Grill 85.5 Angelo & Vito's 77 Bangkok City (on Greenville) 73Chef Chu (North Dallas)

  December 1, 2008

• How 'Bout Them Knockers: Campisi's

  Campisi's 5405 W. Lovers Ln 214-350-2595 Promised delivery time: 45 minutes to an hour Delivered in: 54 minutes The Score Phone friendliness: 7.5 Order efficiency: 9 Delivery Squeezed in just before the buzzer (sort of): 7 Temperature of Eggplant parmesan and spaghetti: 9 Flavor and sauce: 9.5 Spill-safe packaging: 10 Total Score: 84 Overall StandingsYumi To Go 98Picasso's Pizza and Grill 85.5Campisi's 84Angelo & Vito's 77 Bangkok City (on Greenville) 73Chef Chu (North Dallas)

  December 8, 2008

• How 'Bout Them Knockers: Sushi Zushi

  Sushi Zushi3858 Oak Lawn AvenueDallas, TX 75219214-522-7253 Promised delivery time: 45 minutesActual delivery time: 26 minutes Plucky, aptly-named tele-server: 9 pointsZippy delivery: 10 pointsFood temp: 10 pointsTentacle tenderness: 8 pointsPoints deducted for timid tuna: 2 Total Score: 90 Overall Standings Yumi To Go 98 Sushi Zushi 90  Picasso's Pizza and Grill 85.5 Campisi's 84 Angelo & Vito's 77 Bangkok City (on Greenville) 73 Chef Chu (North Dallas) 68 Funny thing about

  December 15, 2008

• How 'Bout Them Knockers: A Yumi Year

  Normally an end of the year Top 10 list should account for at least ten items--more if a tie score happens to muddle things. But the powers behind City of Ate (which would be us) sorta procrastinated until long about November, so...well, we only got around to testing out the services of seven food delivery joints in 2008.But Yumi To Go dominated this abbreviated season, nabbing the fastest delivery time, shrugging off the horrendous degree-of-difficulty caused by creeping Oak Lawn traffic, putti

  December 22, 2008

• Hot Dish

  May 8, 1997

• Chaya Sushi cooks

  March 26, 1998

• Best cheap dinner

  September 21, 2000

• Best late-night restaurant

  September 21, 2000

• Bangkok City

  Tasty Thai joint just what the doctor ordered

  October 23, 2008

• In the Heat of the Knight

  Summer '08: Batman saved the season, while a little Sex went a long way and the indies went south

  September 4, 2008

• Bengal Tiger

  Spice and everything is nice at a new Indian eatery

  June 19, 2008

• Bum Bo No

  Wash your mouth out with soap

  September 20, 2007

• Thai one on

  Bangkok City offers thrills beyond searing spices

  November 10, 1994

• Sport Eating

  The Taste of Dallas returns

  July 12, 2007

• Jaa Rules

  Martial arts sensation Tony Jaa makes the most of his screen debut

  February 10, 2005

• Coming Home

  Terry Allen's lost Amerasia re-emerges decades later

  August 14, 2003

• Thai Sigh

  Coppell's Siam Thai Cuisine is a dry run

  July 24, 2003

• Bass Ackwards

  Irréversible desperately attempts to turn the world upside down

  March 13, 2003

• American Sex Tourist

  Caught in the act of molesting young boys in Thailand, Coppell businessman Nicholas Bredimus came up with a last-ditch defense: obstruct justice

  February 20, 2003

• All Thai'd Up

  Bangkok Dangerous gives plenty of Pang for the buck

  January 10, 2002

• The Band Who

  Coldplay conquered America before its passport was even stamped

  June 7, 2001

• A bowl with a view

  Fishbowl is for peering. Eating isn't bad either.

  February 24, 2000

• Life's a Beach

  Leo goes looking for an island paradise, and it's apocalypse, like, wow

  February 10, 2000

• How 'Bout Them Knockers: Bangkok City

  Duck curry Bangkok City4503 Greenville Ave.214-691-8233Promised delivery time: 45-60 minutesActual delivery time: 59 minutesHaving to call 3 times before someone actually picked up the phone: -20Finally getting someone to answer, and very politely take my order: 15Double-checking my long order, and making sure the portions I wanted were in fact what I wanted (when it came to either a single soup bowl vs. the larger family size, etc): 15Two words: Free Delivery: 20Food arriving just under the buz

  May 11, 2009

• Veggie Girl: Bangkok City

  For me, comfort food doesn't necessarily mean junk food. In fact, it almost never means junk food (with the notable exception of homemade cookies, which to me don't count as junk), but rather healthy food, easily gotten. This is precisely why my favorite haunts include Khalachandji's and Spiral Diner. But it's also the case with Bangkok City. Admittedly, I didn't expect much. I pass this place daily on my way to work, and it's in one of those nondescript old apartment buildings that looks li

  May 21, 2009

• How 'Bout Them Knockers: Amico's Pizza & Pasta

  Each week in 'Knockers' we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Amico's Pizza & Pasta4032 Cedar Springs214-520-1331Promised delivery time: None stated, and I didn't think to ask.Actual delivery time: 29:35 Phone friendliness: 20Not stating order total or ETA on phone: -15Delivery time well under my assumption of 45 minutes during lunch hour: 15French fries actually crispy and hot on arrival, to my wonder and amazement: 20Meatball

  June 15, 2009

• How 'Bout Them Knockers: Oriental Lite Restaurant

  Each week in 'Knockers' we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Oriental Lite Restaurant14925 Midway, Addison972-788-2288Promised delivery time: 45 minutesActual delivery time: 31 minutesScoring:Quick and easy ordering: 6Surprisingly extensive delivery area: 12Beating promised delivery time by 14 minutes in spite of delivery area: 9Deduction for damaged probably caused by driver hurtling through the Midway-Beltline intersection: -8The

  June 22, 2009

• How 'Bout Them Knockers: 2nd Quarter Review

  At the end of March it looked as if Quesa-D-Ya's and its 94 points would stay on top all year long. Then, two weeks into this quarter, a City of Ate staffer ordered from Izmir Market.Bye-bye, Quesa-D-Ya's. At least until the playoffs.For the most part, May-June proved to be strong months. Besides Izmir's near perfect 98, Bangkok City racked up 95 points, also squeezing past D-Ya's, while Lover's Pizza and Philly Connection filed into the top ten with scores in the low 90s...overshadowing nice ef

  June 29, 2009

• How 'Bout Them Knockers: New Big Wong

  Patrick Michels"Using the moon's gravity, we'll slingshot you back to rendezvous with the dumpling here."Each week in 'Knockers' we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.New Big Wong2121 Greenville Ave214-821-4198Promised delivery time: 30 minutes Actual delivery time: 23 minutes Scoring Summary:Food arrived on time, and even minutes early: 27Years in business, according to the guy on the phone: 20Years between Apollo 11's moon landi

  July 20, 2009

• How 'Bout Them Knockers: Pizzarella

  ​Each week in 'Knockers' we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Pizzarella2155 Marsh Lane, Carrollton972-416-3333Promised delivery time: 40 minutesActual delivery time: 40 minutesPhone order doubling as identity/data-mining center: -12Ridiculous cheese-related boasting: -6Prompt delivery: 10Prompt delivery on a Friday evening: 25Un-pitted olives in salad: 14Calling potato wedges "wedgies": 10Driver with a cartoon moustache: 12Alumi

  July 27, 2009

• How 'Bout Them Knockers: Oak Cliff PIzza

  ​Each week in 'Knockers' we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Oak Cliff Pizza & Pasta1315 W. Davis St.214-941-8080Promised delivery time: 50 minutesActual delivery time: 56 minutesScoring SummaryEase of telephone communication: 20No delivery charge: 10No parm or red pepper: -10Delivering to our neighborhood at all: 20Being far superior to Little Caesars or this joint: 25Also being pricier than the two aforementioned competito

  August 3, 2009

• How 'Bout Them Knockers: Piggie Pies Pizzas & Pasta

  ​Each week in 'Knockers' we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Piggie Pies Pizzas & Pasta 5315 Greenville Suite 120 B 214-821-OINK Promised delivery time: 45 minutes Actual delivery time: 35 minutes Scoring Summary The promise of a big floppy slice of "New York Style" Pizza: 20 The no-nonsense ordering process, prompt and succinct: 20 Some of, if not THE largest pizza size options (up to 20"): 25 No extra goodies (like che

  August 10, 2009

• Veggie Guy: Bengal Coast

  ​The only thing worse than listening to Coldpay is listening to Coldplay on the sitar. Unfortunately, that's the kind of crap you'll hear while dining with your hot date at Bengal Coast.Yes, vegans can score hot dates, too...sometimes.Bengal Coast is a South Asian fusion restaurant located on the cusp of Oak Lawn and Uptown. The place offers a wide variety of dishes, and the menu notes that vegan and gluten-free modifications are available upon request. My dinner companion and I arrived at t

  August 11, 2009

• How 'Bout Them Knockers: Panda's Restaurant and Bar

  Patrick Michels​Each week in 'Knockers' we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Panda's Restaurant & Bar3917 Cedar Springs Rd214-528-9999214-528-3818214-526-3333Promised delivery time: 30-45 minutesActual delivery time: 28 minutesDialing options: 3Early delivery: 10Number of times name of my dish, "Subgun wonton," ran through my head the next day: 63Baby corn so big, you might could just call it "corn": 7Cents added to my final

  August 24, 2009

• How 'Bout Them Knockers: Mango Thai

  ​Each week in 'Knockers' we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Mango Thai Cuisine4448 Lovers Lane214-265-9996Promised delivery time: about 45 minutesActual delivery time: 48 minutesFriendliness of the guy on the phone: 11Ease of personalizing an entree: 25Reading back my order to ensure accuracy: 9Delivery dude's BMW: -5Fact that the BMW unleashed heavenly aroma of Thai food I could smell at my door as soon as he opened his: 15Cri

  August 31, 2009

• How 'Bout Them Knockers: Brother's Pizza

  Something's wrong with this picture.​Each week in 'Knockers' we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Brother's Pizza 4151 Travis214-219-5200 Promised delivery time: 50 minutes Actual delivery time: 90 minutes The ScoreActually experiencing a John Hughes movie moment in real life: 15 Experiencing a John Hughes movie moment that involves my dinner: -15 Short and to the point ordering process: 20 Not lying about delivering to my neigh

  September 14, 2009

• How 'Bout Them Knockers: Pluckers

  ​Each week in 'Knockers' we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Pluckers 5500 Greenville Ave.(214) 363-9464 Promised Delivery Time: 60-75 minutes Actual Delivery Time: 80 minutes Scoring Summary: Entire order arriving with appropriate sides, sauces, and condiments: 20 Friendly employees with money saving recommendations: 35 The literally named Fire in the Hole wings: 5 Five minutes late on game night: 0 Fried goodness t

  October 5, 2009

• Short Orders: Thai Chili

  Anselm27The bustling sidewalks of Las Colinas.​Thai Chili397 Las Colinas Blvd. E, Irving972-831-0797All those self-sustaining, walkable neighborhoods built, or to be built, in the DFW area are supposed to make the city seem somehow, well, like a real city. But one of the original and most European developments languishes.Oh, the apartments are doing fine, as far as I know. And those glass office towers still cling to tenants, presumably. But the colony along Las Colinas' canal system have a di

  October 5, 2009

• How 'Bout Them Knockers: Nara Pizza & Oven

  localism.com​Each week in 'Knockers' we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Nara Pizza & Oven3716 Belt Line, Addison972-488-3663Promised delivery time: 40 minutesActual delivery time: 27 minutesScoring summary:Beating--nay, crushing--the promised delivery time: 23Five minutes spent in limbo on the phone as they figured out if I was worthy of a delivery run: -8Sense of uncertainty about delivery that lingered until knock on door

  October 12, 2009

• How 'Bout Them Knockers: Hunan Express

  Each week in 'Knockers' we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.​Hunan Express 2025 Cedar Springs 214-754-4747 Promised Delivery Time: 30-45 minutes Actual Delivery Time: 40 minutes Scoring Summary: Efficiency of delivery: 10 Delivery man's sunny disposition: 9 Absence of MSG: 9 Strangely expensive egg rolls: 2 Grease content in pan-fried chicken dumplings: 4 Veggie variety in the Hunan Delight: 7 Tofu consistency: 8

  October 19, 2009

• How 'Bout Them Knockers: Qdoba Mexican Grill

  ​Each week in 'Knockers' we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Qdoba Mexican Grill 6505 W. Park Blvd.,  Plano972-403-7372 Promised Delivery: 60 minutes Delivery Time: 45 minutes Scoring Summary:Finally having Mexican food delivered to my apartment: 40 No awkward phone pauses: 20 Getting three meals out of one: 13 Offering a variety of salsas: 10 Making me feel like a professional burrito eater: 5 Total: 88(Qdoba tie

  October 26, 2009

• How 'Bout Them Knockers: Pizza Xpress

  ​Each week in 'Knockers' we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Pizza Xpress3355 Trinity Mills972-307-6600Promised delivery time: 35 minutesActual delivery time: 29 minutesScoring Summary:Handily beating promised time, though by not enough to catch you off-guard: 6Seemingly endless amount of food piled into your arms by driver: 65Having to survive enhanced interrogation techniques in order to arrange delivery of endless food: -10St

  November 2, 2009

• How 'Bout Them Knockers: Papa John's Pizza

  ​Each week in 'Knockers' we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Papa John's PizzaDenton (2 locations)Promised delivery time: 30 minutesActual delivery time: 26 minutesScoring summary:All important phone courtesy: 9.7 Speed of delivery: 9.9 Higher than college-town price: 7.3 Order accuracy: 6.9 Presentation: 6.8 Pizza quality: 7.2 Condiment quality (including use of good chemicals and additives): 2.5 Taste vs expectations: 7.9 Can

  November 9, 2009

• How 'Bout Them Knockers: Domino's Pizza

  dominos.com/Patrick MichelsMy Domino's order: even hotter in real life. But online, the pizza was less like a greasy sponge.​Each week in 'Knockers' we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Dominos.comdelivered from 4420 Gaston Ave.Promised delivery time (implied): 30 minutesActual delivery time: 27 minutesScoring summary:Money saved by online coupon (dollars): 1.11 Time wasted tinkering with interactive pizza order system (minutes):

  November 16, 2009

• How 'Bout Them Knockers: Oliver's Eatery

  ​Each week in 'Knockers' we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Oliver's Eatery 4727 Frankford Rd972-818-5445Promised Delivery Time: 25 minutes Actual Delivery Time: 15 minutes Scoring Summary:Speed Racer type delivery: 40 Extra crackers for chili: 20 Falling in love over the phone: 15 Not eating Chinese: 10 Mysterious salad dressing: 2 Total Score: 87(Oliver's Eatery narrowly misses a berth in our Top Ten)Top Ten Izmir Market &a

  November 23, 2009