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A little tea and vegetarian fare are the secrets of Shangri-La.
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Shangri-La Teahouse
ubiquitous chains with the chef-driven In the time since Best of Boise (aka BOB) crawled sleepily restaurants into his hole last fall and emerged this September, full of like Chandlers wise-ass proclamations, a lot has changed in Boise’s culinary that are scene. Some restaurants have closed, others have opened serious about and still others have packed up and moved around the corner. fine steak and But most importantly for local meat-resistors, Boise finally got about getting a vegetarian restaurant to replace the dearly departed Kulture it right. After Klatsch. Located on the Bench on Federal Way, Shangri-La is all, Chandlers part tea house, part earthy vegetarian cafe and part massage didn’t take therapy destination. The menu brims with healthy options like top honors in wild mushroom miso soup and teriyaki tofu, tempting guiltthe fine dining riddled flesh eaters to step into the light. category as SECOND PLACE: BOISE CO-OP well for no reason. Rex THIRD PLACE: MAI THAI Chandler says the secret to his awardBEST LOCAL STEAK winning steak is in the 1,800-degree broilers, which caramelize the meat’s marbling. But surely, there’s another secret he’s not sharing. After all, if a good broiler was all a restaurant 981 W. Grove St., 208-383-4300, chandlersboise.com needed to put out a good steak, Chandlers would have to put up a “Steakhouse” is one of those bigger fight to get to the top every year. nebulous qualifiers that broadly
1800 W. Overland Road, 208-424-0273, shangri-la-tea.com.
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classifies an eatery without passing judgment on quality. That’s unfortunate because it lumps together the large,
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