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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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24 Ocotober 2002 - 9:21 am
I wonder if this means I should curtail my weekly trips to the Joy Luck Chinese Buffet?
Posted by on 24 October 2002 at 9:22 AM
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My dad had some friends with whom he used to go to New York City to, of all things, hit golf balls on Wall Street in the middle of the night. They had had some Chinese food earlier, and one of my dad's friends practically passed out in the middle of the road. He ended up sleeping for something like six hours in their van.
The point to all of this is that he had a horrible reaction to MSG (or so my dad says). But I think the use of it in Asian restaurants in the U.S. has decreased significantly because of all the research done on it in the '70s. But I think there are other reasons why you shouldn't spend so much time at Joy Luck, especially if you have any history of heart disease in your family.
Posted by rachel on 24 October 2002 - 11:28 AM