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Owners thought that a new name would make people think of the dining cars on trains. They began to call their businesses "diners. "

In some smaller restaurants with fewer people dining, like the case of a couple of diners, the measure's adoption could be optional.

Just as Spearmint Rhino calls its customers "gentlemen" , the folk Flash Sushi wish to attract are a cut above the usual diners.

The first, a polychrome , fish-like object swims through the front window, displaying the menu and welcoming diners into the restaurant.

If it's not the close proximity that irritates you, it's the sheer pushiness of your fellow diners.

He hesitated under Henry's direct gaze, looked around at the other diners, and all at once burst out in a howl of abuse at the waiter.

Ali said only three diners have previously managed to finish the killer curry out of at least 100 who have tried the dish.

New Jersey has more diners than any other state and is the shopping mall capital of the world, with seven malls in a 25-mile radius.

Fry Cook Looks like the diners going to get a new Fry Cook. Ill just say this once: hold the mustard, extra pickles. Ha ha ha.

Korean taco might be a new taste for a lot of her diners.

For many generations of diners, a restaurant menu has been a way of sweet memory or recording a trip or voyage.

The makeover elements are meant to help diners achieve happiness and fortune -- whether they realize it or not.

Diners were stunned when Michelle Obama, Simon Cowell and Britney Spears sat down next to them for a meal.

Still, some diners made sure to ask whether the eggs were safe, said Chef Patric Bell.

For many generations of diners, taking a restaurant menu has been a way of preserving a memory or documenting a trip or a voyage.

They built diners out of shiny stainless steel and made brightly colored signs lit by the neon gas.

Diners find the fish delicious, while fish farmers appreciate its ability to grow up to ten times faster than most other species.

This revealing new program offers diners a sort of Cliff's Notes version of the full length Operas in their season.

Chinese food attracts diners from all over the world for its various types, fragrance, pleasant tastes and reasonable nutrition composition.

At the front door, they wield electronic wands, scanning the evening's other diners for hidden weapons.

Dozens of different meals are carefully prepared to meet diners' needs and tastes.

they built diners out of shiny stainless steel , and made brightly colored signs lit by neon gas.

In a noisy crowded restaurant, diners waiting for a refill of their teapot may find it hard to attract the attention of servers.

Mapo Doufu or Spicy Hot Bean Curd is one the most famous dishes in Sichuan cuisine, it is popular among diners due to its spicy-hot flavor.

imitation that Phyl looked round to see if the other diners were listening and thinking he spoke with his real accent.

As its brand suggests, Diners Club provides cardholders a sense of belonging to an exclusive organization.

Even if none of the food on diners' plates is from Japan, ongoing fears could dent the popularity of Japanese-style cuisine worldwide.

Diners sit at communal tables, ordering Thai dishes in a bowl served with a couple of side dishes as "accessories" .

Two years later, the volume of diners has returned to pre-crisis levels, just like Taiwan's technology-dependent economy.

Restaurants in the city are congested with diners all day round.

at royal milk , diners can follow up a meal with a range of grooming services , including ear cleanings.

Or, Greek diners may head to a bakery for honey- dipped cookies, nut cakes, puddings, or other desserts.

After World War Two, companies began to make diners that looked like rockets and spaceships.

Given the variety of delicious side dishes served this time of year, some diners, including myself, eschew the turkey altogether.

As the couple dived to the floor, other diners, including Germans and Americans, ran into the kitchen or neighbouring rooms.

Karma Kitchen, a US volunteer-run experiment, is cooking up kindness and generosity by calling for diners to pay for a stranger's bill.

Wiltons, which takes pride in its exclusivity and insists that gentlemen diners wear jackets, made him think of James Bond.

We had just finished the first course, when he leaned in towards me, so the other diners would not hear.

While diners may be eating out less, chefs around the world are still creating dishes with unusual ingredients.

The negative associations with 13 have been traced to the number of diners at the Last Supper, before the betrayal of Jesus.

Proponents claim the body warms the cold fish, so diners can better focus on its taste and texture.

Unbeknownst to the diners or to their waiters, the economists monitored the choices of people who ordered from the prix fixe menu.

The diners argued as an hour long dinner stretched to an hour and a half.

Diners gathered round as a doctor scrubbed and sewed my right hand at a table in a village restaurant.

Business was good from the outset, as local diners and curious foreign diplomats crammed in for a taste of the new China.

If you eat with your left hand, expect your fellow diners to be mortified.

The diners are packed into a small room facing onto the street. Posters of the house specialities adorn the walls.

Diners at the Hotel Metropole in Monaco are still willing to shell out 137 euro for a grand dish of rock lobster.

Customers who ate sprouts were found to be almost nine times as likely to be infected as other diners.

Before choosing a restaurant, Ms. Zagat finds out about her fellow diners' food and location preferences.

IN a private room in a mysterious little restaurant in Chengdu, my fellow diners goaded me to eat the turtle.

The Diners Club credit card continued to grow more popular and didn't receive competition until 1958.

In this day and age other diners are highly unlikely to be bothered or perturbed by a single person dining alone.

If there are quite a few Chinese diners, then it's a good bet that the cuisine is authentic.

Consumers and corporate diners are encouraged to actively use the Guide as a reference when buying seafood at markets and dining out.

One day gunmen walked into the restaurant and shot diners and staff at close range, spattering blood over the walls.

In China, people tend to call "going Dutch" an " AA treat , " meaning dividing the bill equally among all the diners.

Outside, there were no green mountains, just an endless stream of traffic to remind diners they were still in Delhi.

D. Bottled water satisfied diners' desire to fashionable.

Diners might see an upside, too. Getting a table at Manhattan's hot new Alain Ducasse restaurant need to be impossible. Not anymore.

Diners sit and order at a long counter, which results in considerably shorter waiting times as well as more conviviality.

They seated various groups of six diners at a nice restaurant in Haifa, Israel, and noted how they responded to different payment schemes.

It also advises diners to put a toilet roll in the freezer when they get home.

diners are known for " comfort food " , this kind of food reminds people of the meals their mothers and grandmothers made.

Among them the nation's thousands of diners, Dunkin' Donuts, and Starbucks had tremendous revenue.

In the nineteen forties and 'fifties, teenagers would meet at diners to talk, drink milkshakes and listen to music.

Where once the sea lapped almost at the feet of diners, there is now a vast expanse of rock and sand.

In its early days, the Diners Club card took a hefty 7% cut of the tab from restaurants that accepted it.

The Boot Room Sports Cafe can meet the demand for up to 230 diners, so booking isn't essential.

For ages, diners have been told that drinking red wine while eating seafood can produce an unpleasant fishy aftertaste.

Diners are told that Baltic Surprise is off the menu forever on seemingly dubious health grounds.

KFC said Monday it was conducting market tests of grilled chicken menu options for diners who prefer not to eat fried food.

Kaspar was carved from a piece of plain tree in 1926, and was seated at the table whenever there were thirteen diners.

But shark's fin soup is considered a delicacy by many Chinese diners, who also claim it has medicinal qualities.

In a small restaurant in Buenos Aires, a couple tangos for the diners, pivoting and gliding to timeless melodies.

The American flag invites diners to foreign restaurants, Japanese, Italian, even Afghan.

Diners may also find some delicious appetizers here like royal court radish peel, bitter lettuce salad and baby cabbage chicken soup.

FAITH LAPIDUS: A diner is a small restaurant. Old-time diners were built in a factory and transported to their place of business.

Translation A diner is a small restaurant. Old-time diners were built in a factory and transported to their place of business.

It has been revealed that diners in the two American cities are the lowest tippers in the country.

Inside, diners eat at candle-lit tables with a contemporary cave painting hanging in the background, according to Spiegel Online.

Diners usually have an open kitchen and a long counter. People can sit at the counter and watch the cookware their food.

And diners will know when to turn away from a plate in disgust.

It is illegal to give any pie to fellow diners . It is also illegal to take unfinished pie home. All pie must be eaten on the premises.

We need to get that pizza to the diners before the mozzarella congeals back into a hard lump.

FAITH LAPIDUS: Some people, though, are loyal to the old diners that have stayed in business.

The final step was making sure diners knew that local food was being used, for example by specifying the place of origin in the dish's name.

The Diners Club credit card was invented by Diners' Club founder Frank McNamara and it was intended to pay restaurant bills.

On a recent day all seats were full in the simple restaurant, where diners sit on backless chairs and eat from plain white dishes.

The income of this model comes from franchised restaurants according to the number of diners.

Unrecognised by fellow diners, he could not help overhearing the conversation of two women sitting nearby.

The Diners Club Card was initially made of cardboard.

It's not hard to imagine a day in the near future when Web sites will let mothers rate sperm the way diners rate restaurants on Yelp.

CONCLUSION: Diners read menus like a book and their gaze doesn't linger over any particular location on the menu.

Gluten- and sugar-free cakes, like a spicy pumpkin pie, are available for those Stone Age diners who don't want to skip desert.

In the cube, diners "can fully savor the presence of their companions and the taste, texture and smell of the food. "

Job opportunities can range from local diners to national chains to expensive restaurants in major cities and resort areas.

Diners can now see a picture of what each dish looks like and view tasting notes before making that all important decision of what to order.

'Why should we tell diners everything they're getting? ' he asks, adding that he thinks traditional menus spoil the surprise.

The shining chef team brought a feast of flavours for diners to experience the culinary originality, creation and passion.

Some diners complained; others searched for meaningful explanations.

The seafood with breed rich and famous, attracted large quantities of guangdong province diners to specially.

He vowed never again to be so embarrassed and so created the Diners Club Card, the first credit card.

A 1960's time bubble, it is one of the oldest, best preserved "Cha Chan Teng" tea diners.

In the best restaurants, diners blanched after learning by cell phone that their money was gone.

Trained under famed chef Alain Ducasse, Mr. Lai can whip up dishes that will convert the most traditional of diners.

Excellent flavor, the market is extremely difficult to imitate, diners are all left a deep impression after tasting.

Some diners are turned off by the heritage turkey's slightly gamy flavor. But most sing its praises.

Out of 20 diners choosing the steak and mushroom pie over the vegetable quiche, 18 are men.

They eat at diners so often that the waitresses remember their names and ask about their families.

The diners opened up the duck's stomach with their chopsticks, and found the sparrows baked in the duck.

Diners can enjoy succulent cherry tomatoes filled with a nutty sesame sauce. Or they can try fish topped with a generous helping of caviar.

When the water is brought to the boil again. the meat or fish slices may be put in, little by little, by the diners themselves.

And, most of all, will anyone admit to taking advantage of their fellow diners when they know they'll all be sharing the cost?

At formal occasions all diners will wait to begin until the hostess or host lifts a fork or spoon.

Diners in Philadelphia and St Louis are known to be the best tippers at an average of 19. 6 per cent.

I think our diners are genuinely interested in sustainability and diminishing food supplies.

Rather, it's the mental energy of the people, a wit and a wisdom on buses or in diners.

After the diners have ordered, the robots in the kitchen set to work cooking.

China's growing middle class of diners remains enticing to Western restaurateurs.

The orientation of the building, with its generously glazed facades, is toward the urban life of the campus, from where the diners arrive.

Pancakes are the favourite breakfast food at diners.

We're making a great meal in the kitchen, but we're failing to deliver it to some hungry diners.

Indeed, you're far more likely to find Beijing diners feasting on ducks' feet, ducks' heads.

The aroma, he is fond of noting, can conjure up such powerful memories that it makes some diners cry.

The curry is so hot that diners are asked to sign a disclaimer confirming they are aware of the risks involved before daring to eat it.

Some diners waited as long as 12 hours to make sure they would get a taste as supplies are limited for now.

Diners can sample grilled eggplant, deep-fried fish, bean soups, and all sorts of spiced meats.

The practice caught on, and waiters began presenting the cork to diners to verify a wine's identity.

Shopping outlets could offer coupons to diners in a local area.

One wall is the bar, the other an open kitchen with seating for diners to watch the theatre of cooking.

Its purely natural food imaginatively served to delight the most discerning of diners.

Lettuce is a special favorite among diners for its tender, crispy, and sweet nature.

He recommends diners to "dip the fresh woodworm in lime, vinegar and salt before eating. "

Diners would hastily turn to the more appetising part of the menu.

Diners use a touch panel to order soup and other side dishes, which are delivered to tables on special express conveyor belts.

High-end diners were hit even harder, with a nearly 10 percent tab increase.

But actually the sensationally cheap little diners (on just about every street) were every bit as exciting to our kids.

What's that nice smell For drinkers and diners in France on Wednesday, the answer was fresh air.

Pancakes are a favorite breakfast food at diners.

Businessmen say eating separately raises cost and they would be happy to accept eating together if diners choose so.

Diners' Club would pay the restaurant and the credit card holder would repay Diners' Club.

In this way, I can satisfy the physiological needs of the diners and attain the goal of reasonable nutrition.

There were urban landscapes and rural, diners and flags and juke boxes, kids and cars.

Their entrees arrived, and they ate together in silence in the windowless, paneled room, glancing around at the other diners.

Diners were great ed by Hawaiian girls and presented with sea-shell wreaths .

In 1950, the Diners Club issued their credit card in the United States.

He pairs it with salmon-belly tartar and says some diners have asked to purchase an entire tin for the table.

In this crusade, Megamaxi, Diners Club International, the National Institute for Children and Families (INNFA), MIES have joined.

Diners pick from clams of all shapes and sizes, tropical fish and several species of crabs and prawns.

You're only really done when your code is running in production - and there are no complaints from the diners.

Chinese and western culture in the title and name, meet, diners, ladies first five aspects of different forms of etiquette.

Coca-Cola, Diners Club and General Motors have become sponsors.

The people I meet in small towns and big cities, in diners and office parks, they don't expect government to solve all their problems.

Many diners offer Greek foods like baklava, a sweet, nut-filled pastry.

I found it odd to imagine a nation of convivial[4] diners surrendering their birthright.

Clandestine meetings were held in parking lots and diners.

About 50 diners regularly attend monthly naked meals held at a restaurant.

Be noticeably thrifty: fly coach, stay in cheap hotels, eat in diners.

If your fellow diners are economists, then my analysis will apply.

The diners were mostly very polite, and thanked us for making the dinner.

Exports of Australian boxed beef grew nearly sixfold between 2005 and 2009, to the delight of diners at posh restaurants in Jakarta.

Diners usually have an open kitchen and a long counter.

Soup base: Diners can choose between bases of pork, beef or hot-and-sour soup.

According to Chinese custom, people eat jiaozi on that day and many jiaozi restaurants in Beijing are filled with diners.

But since water is much cheaper than wine, and many of the fancier brands aren't available in stores, most diners don't notice or care.

In the nineteen sixties, diners became less popular.

Meanwhile, the passers-by can inspect the diners' food.

Nobody else seemed concerned. In the darkness, diners held up lighters while the waiter passed out candles.

C. Most diners find bottled water affordable.

Several large companies have opened new diners that recreate the look of the past.

Local diners join us at the table, politely ignoring our fancy dress.

All they need to do, in most states, is to display posters demonstrating how to aid diners in case they are choking.

That's why the chairs face outwards, so that the diners can inspect the passers-by.

McDonald's is enticing cash-strapped diners with meals for as little as $1.

In addition, diners soon became permanent buildings.

Jiagougou: 1. Old-time diners were built in a factory and transported to their place of business.

The diners were at first quite curious and then someone alerted the coastal authorities.

Leaving a deep impression on the diners.

The diners perceived a faint aroma of dill.

In fact, in New York City, there are dozens of diners that serve homemade borscht.

The tortoises, considered a delicacy in China, are among many rare animals that fetch high prices among diners.

After a hard morning's work in class and fighting a ferocious rainstorm, it is nice to finally sit down among a throng of excited diners.

mold on the food sickened the diners.

In China, Burger King's strategy is particularly to chase younger, more individualistic diners in the country's big cities.

Diners Club A 15-18 character number that identifies a Diners Club credit card account.

They can help select what's good and what's a bit too strange for first time diners.

Allegedly so that diners don't have to listen to their own screams.

but also to create a quiet and comfortable environment for diners, intelligent ordering equipment has been widely used.

'And so is that other guy. ' The three of us waited to see what other diners would do.

His newly opened Singapore restaurant, Waku Ghin, covers 743 square meters but seats just 25 diners.

Many diners enjoy bread with their soup.

Some regulations help: forcing restaurants to post calorie counts on dishes, for example, prompts diners to pick less calorific treats.

Using their wine app, diners can flip through an assortment of wines and make an educated decision.

can use Diners Card, can't I?

The diners are not supposed to cut large pieces of food, such as steak or chops, into small pieces all at one time.

For example: I've seen some diners pile heaps of raw salmon on their plates, only to eat half of it and discard the rest!

Hungry diners devoured some 61, 700 pounds (28, 000 kilograms) of beef.

The dining rooms in all big hotels not only serve their guests, but also serve outside diners.

You guys haven't been to any diners lately, huh?

Hong Kong diners seem OK with expensive dinners.

His idea of using conveyor belts to offer diners a steady stream of sushi on small plates was not a new one ;

To Happiness: Life is like a splendid feast serving all diners sitting at the table;

Perfect for self-serve buffet areas, lighter volume restaurants, diners, and cafes;

They encourage diners to take home restaurant leftovers;

In the US a lot of small diners, convenience stores and gas stations are open

its members are hoping that diners will vote with their forks

diners will vote with their forks

Hong Kong, China: Diners inside a restaurant at the Peak