I thought that was in Roland Park or Homewood (snicker).

Break my heart. EL

Um...which coastal part of India? The Konkan (if so, I'm so there, that is where I lived), Tamil Nadu, Bengal or another part? India is a freaking peninsula, on a grand scale. It has a lot of coast, with a lot of different cuisines.

Yay! Dosas, without having to drive all the way to Mango Grove in Columbia!

A place in Baltimore to get dosas would be a good thing indeed!

I don't know if an Indian restaurant can succeed in Baltimore unless it is on the 800 block of North Charles Street.

Uh, RoCK, the Ambassador has done pretty well!

Slow down a second, so I can jump on the dosa bandwagon. Yum!!!

While we are on the dosas parade, Mt. Everest in Nottingham/Fullerton has them on their menu too.

I have been to the newly renovated Carlyle Club and it is absolutely outstanding. The decor is gorgeous and the place is one of the cleanest restaurants I have ever dined. The focus is on organic south Indian food with a variety of seafoods/steak/salads/
soups/dosas etc. The staff is friendly and the valet was a perfect convenience! You must try it!

This is just our week for shills, no?

Getting the website up and working would be more useful than a blatant shill.

Although The Carlyle Club has only recently reopened since its renovation I have eaten at the restaurant several times. The $25 tasting menu which includes an appetizer, entree and dessert is a wonderful deal (especially in this economy)! The ambiance is great, the staff is attentive and the food is extremely fresh. The avocado salad is sheer bliss. Definitely check it out...

Lissa & Hal,
I was holding my tongue, which makes it very difficult to talk.:-)

Sheer bliss ... who talks like that?
Oh yeah, shills.

air raid whistle sounding!!! Alert! Red Alert! Shills in the area. Take cover!

Joyce, I thought I was the only one who felt that way. What brings them out? Do they take turns checking this blog lest the opportunity to shill appear? On the one hand, I want to ignore them until they shrivel up and die, except that they appear to be doing a shill & run (much like a shuck & jive but nowhere near as entertaining) and on the other, I want to yell, How stupid ARE you people that you think we can't tell what you're up to?

Well, Eve, at least they have jobs, which is saying something in this economy.

Eve, you're in good company. The number of, shall we say "odd" posts by unknown posters seem to have multiplied dramatically with the openings of new restaurants!

I try to be open minded that this IS a food blog and people actually DO give reviews here, but as RayRay points out "who talks like that?"!

Here's a simple suggestion to new posters. Don't make your first contribution to our culinary congregation a rave. Even if you're expressing your honest opinion, you'll be taken (or mistaken) for a shill. On the other hand if Owl Meat describes a dish as "sheer bliss," we'll figure that a) he's been nipping at too much of Bourbon Girl's favorite concoction or b) it's so good it sent him into semantic shock and we oughtta' try it.

question for anyone: how vegan-friendly is the menu? {side note: is it called a menu? and if so, is that sexist?}.

Apparent web 2.0 shill modus operandi:
1.They work in teams, usually two.
2.One lies and the other swears to it.

If they get a discussion going, often with themselves, they get paid more. Who's on first might start "Anyone know anything about the new XXX?"

chowsearch - kinda "good cop bad cop"? Your theory makes sense, I think you are on to something here!

But now the shills will know what not to do and perhaps use another method. That is, if they bother to read comments this far down the list rather than just shill and run.

YP,
I think you are correct. Its drive-by shilling.

Ms YumPorchetta, you give shills credit for too much intelligence. (Reality, think of a slow bunny rabbit.) On many previous occasions we have pointed out how to spot shill postings. And yet the same techniques are used again and again. So, they will be back and oh so obvious.

The avocado salad is sheer bliss.

Who talks ike that? Tim Gunn.

It's nice to see shill killing continues in my absence.

These shills are so very bad at their jobs. So sad.

Eve, "shrivel up and die"? Now that's a tad bit harsh a penatly for shilling? That might be an appropriate penalty for taking an AIG bonus, but is probably excessive for promoting an avocado salad.

I would also imagine that when it comes to those shilling on behalf of a small restaurant in Baltimore, they are probably not part of some elaborate marketing business. More than likely it is probably friends and family of the owner who are just trying to help out.