The name of this particular Chinese restaurant in Edinburgh (Morrison Street) escapes me at this moment.

However, painted beneath the window is the slogan, "One billion people can't be wrong". I may be paraphrasing slightly, but that's pretty much what it says.

I smile every time I see it.

" Rice to Riches"

This one is in New York and it doesnt even make sense. Rice doesnt sound like Rags. There are so many other possibilities: Of Rice and Men, Miami Rice, Have a Rice Day, The Rice is Right...

There is a burgeoning (at least, around here) chain of sub shops named Potbelly that I would like to nominate.

Also, a friend of mine told me that when he lived in San Francisco, one of his favorite chinese restaurants was a hole in the wall which simply bore the name "Noodle."

thyklopth wrote:There's a little Thai Place on Lincoln Ave. smartly named:

MATSU SHITA

I shita you not.

We have a Matsushita restaurant here in Chicago, too, on Clark St not far from Wrigley. It's Japanese, which makes sense since Matsushita Japanese language, not Thai. Weird that a Thai place would use Japanese language for the name of their restaurant!

Also, somebody like Linus could clarify since he speaks good Japanese, but I believe it's pronounced like "ma-TSOO-shtah"

There's a Chinese restaurant on Chicago Av (in Chicago) between Damen and Western... the name of it is "Takie Outit". REAL PLACE.

white rose system hamburgers.

not gross sounding, i just think the 'system' part is peculiar.

My Dung? wow!

154 wrote:My Dung? wow!

Yeah--I even have photographic evidence, but it might just be in negative form. Dunno if I ever printed a contact sheet for that.

ironyengine wrote:There is a burgeoning (at least, around here) chain of sub shops named Potbelly that I would like to nominate.

they're opening one of those here soon and supposedly they have local bands play there, but by that i don't know if they mean local bands or crappy open mic hippie jam shit.

scott wrote:

thyklopth wrote:There's a little Thai Place on Lincoln Ave. smartly named:

MATSU SHITA

I shita you not.

We have a Matsushita restaurant here in Chicago, too, on Clark St not far from Wrigley. It's Japanese, which makes sense since Matsushita Japanese language, not Thai. Weird that a Thai place would use Japanese language for the name of their restaurant!

Also, somebody like Linus could clarify since he speaks good Japanese, but I believe it's pronounced like "ma-TSOO-shtah"

I'm here. Yes. /mah-TSOO-shtah/ is about as close as you'll get to pronouncing it right. Maybe same or burun could back me up on this, since I'm not the only Japanese-speaker here (if you are a Japanese speaker, and you are not same or burun, then moushiwakegozaimasen!). But maybe "Matsu Shita" are Thai words as well, and it's just a coincidence that it resembles the Japanese "Matsushita". Maybe.

Lettuce Souprise You

I would not eat at a restaurant called "Lettuce Souprise You."

Kayte R. wrote:

ironyengine wrote:There is a burgeoning (at least, around here) chain of sub shops named Potbelly that I would like to nominate.

they're opening one of those here soon and supposedly they have local bands play there, but by that i don't know if they mean local bands or crappy open mic hippie jam shit.

They mean crappy acoustic covers during the lunch rush. Pretty good food though.