http://hamptonroads.com/taxonomy/term/71 Category: Taste Test en-us Copyright 2008 PilotOnline.com / HamptonRoads.com. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:56:31 -0400   Steamed shrimp - it's one of summer's simple pleasures. To stretch out the season, a panel of five testers (culled from a pool of nearly 100) spent a windy Saturday sampling shrimp at the four local restaurants with the most reader nominations. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/09/hot-and-spicy-end-summer-areas-best-steamed-shrimp Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Dockside Inn First stop, Dockside Inn, right on the banks of the Lynnhaven Inlet where the stars and stripes strain in the wind and the headboats bob in port. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/09/hampton-roads-best-steamed-shrimp Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Laverne Andrews 43, Norfolk Occupation: Food court supervisor at Old Dominion University Nominated: Farm Fresh... and my own! On steamed shrimp: "I love the way shrimp tastes and the way my dad would fix his - steamed with garlic and butter and bay leaves."         Jeanie Misencik 47, Chesapeake Occupation: Retired Navy http://hamptonroads.com/2008/09/best-steamed-shrimp-meet-judges Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 CHESAPEAKE Pirate’s Cove NORFOLK Bodega Captain Groovy’s Greenies Hell’s Kitchen Hershee Bar Lido Martin Family Restaurant Ocean View Fishing Pier Scotty Quixx Tanner’s Creek The Banque Thirsty Camel Willoughby Inn PORTSMOUTH Barons Pub Clayton’s Flagship SUFFOLK Pisces restaurant http://hamptonroads.com/2008/09/shrimp-taste-test-nominees Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400   Three bagged lunches. Three student judges.  For this month's taste test, we asked lunch-packing pros to outline their idea of a great bagged lunch, and students to apply to be judges. In the meantime, reports were coming in about the rising price of school lunches - which now cost up to $2 a day, depending on grade level.  http://hamptonroads.com/2008/08/taste-test-brown-bag-lunches Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 "My Green Lunch" First up: Rachel Wilson, the youngest brown bag lunchmaker in this month's taste test. Rachel handed each judge a brown bag decorated with green spots and sporting the name "My Green Lunch!!" Green is Rachel's favorite color, and her presentation earned above-average marks. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/08/its-lunchtime Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:54:10 -0400 Anna Maher 17, Virginia Beach Senior, First Colonial High School On brown bag lunches "My dad has been packing my lunch since I was in kindergarten, and I've had everything from PB&J to sushi and risotto. While in high school, I've never had time to eat a school lunch with a full day of classes, so I've really come to appreciate the brown bag lunch."   Jamie Alperin http://hamptonroads.com/2008/08/meet-brown-bag-judges Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 Stretching out summer with steamed shrimp We're looking for the best steamed shrimp in South Hampton Roads and testers to determine the winner. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/08/next-taste-test-steamed-shrimp Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 MULTIPLE LOCATIONS Applebee's Atlas Bar and Grill Baker's Crust Baron's Pub Ben & Jerry's Bonefish Grill Bravo's Frozen Custard Bruster's Buffalo Beach Cheesecake Factory Cold Stone Creamery Friendly's Golden Corral Handel's Homemade Ice Cream & Yogurt Lone Star Steakhouse No Frill Grill Outback Steakhouse Shoney's Silver Diner T.G.I. Friday's Uno Chicago Grill http://hamptonroads.com/2008/07/nominees-best-brownie-sundae-hampton-roads Sun, 27 Jul 2008 15:38:52 -0400 It's in dispute. Has been for years. But there's a lot of chatter out there about Norfolk being the birthplace of the ice cream sundae. The story goes that years ago, when ice cream cost a nickel, an ordinance was passed banning the consumption of alcohol and "the growing 'Sunday Soda Menace' " in Norfolk, according to icecreamsundae.com http://hamptonroads.com/2008/07/who-serves-best-brownie-sundae-hampton-roads Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400