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The Melting Pot

Mike Langford — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:44:26 +0000

Location: Melting Pot Restaurant – Boston - at 76 Arlington Street in the Park Plaza Hotel, Boston, MA

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Mike and Jeff ate from the same steaming bowl of goodness. They enjoyed seafood, beef, chicken in a savory and slightly spicy broth. They also enjoyed traditional cheese fondue and some decadent chocolate goodness at the end of the meal. This menu was interesting for the superstar and the cabbage because – like at a couple other venues – the boys put themselves in the hands of their host. Renee did a great job sharing the essence of Melting Pot with them. The boys also had Sangria, some fluffy, girly drinks, and a healthy helping of steam.

Conversation Topics

LIFESTYLE – Favors - Where is the line when asking someone to water your plants? Or feed your cats? Or pick up the mail? Does it go way over the line if you need to empty a little box, administer medicine, collect people at the airport? The duo went headlong into this like they were diving into a fondue pot.
TECHNOLOGY – Climate Control - How in the world – and this almost went rantalicious – can businesses not have climate control when it’s ten billion degrees out? This also speaks to places without wifi or other ‘necessary’ facilities. But how can a business not realize that their place is too cold to eat or work or even peruse the shelves? Aren’t we past needing to manually figure out what’s too hot and too cold?
RANT! Marketers Who Don’t Get It - Mike and Jeff share war stories of how they’ve run into folks who really don’t know how to sell their products or market them correctly. The politician who throws pamphlets on doorknobs, the Tupperware woman who fills the mailbox with brochures right before the mailman comes, and the random folks who try to convert you to their religion when they clearly know you’re in the Jehovah Witness Protection Program.

During this Episode NomX3 Ate With…(you’re always welcome to join us for lunch, too!)

Elephant and Castle

Mike Langford — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:37:23 +0000

Location: Elephant & Castle – 161 Devonshire Street, Boston, MA

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Mike ordered Haddock, Halibut and Cod (yes, all three) and a London Pride Pale Ale.
Jeff ordered the Yorkshire Pudding with Roast Beef – essentially a roast beef sandwich on Yorkshire pudding. He also sucked down a tasty Black Velvet – a layered pint of hard cider and Guinness. He also nommed on Bread Pudding to wrap up the meal.

Huge thanks to our camera man Gradon Tripp whose voice you hear from off camera. Gradon also ordered some food this show and went with the Bangers and Mash.

Conversation Topics

LIFESTYLE – Authenticity in Restaurants – How the entire dining experience, especially when you make a choice to dine in a themed or authentic-style restaurant, hinges on the ability of the staff and the entire company to pull off authenticity. Elephant & Castle do it with their selection of food and beer. They also have malt vinegar on hand for folks to put on their fries. And they employ a good number of staff who have real British and Irish accents. It lends to the meal when your memory can be boosted with a few authentic touches.
TECHNOLOGY – Marketing the Multi-Location Restaurant – An amazing challenge faced by some restaurants is marketing their multiple locations while staying in touch with their local clientele. How can you run a special in one market and not have it in another? How can you have Facebook presences in multiple cities? Stuff like coordinating messaging and menus and events is very difficult and we peek inside E&C’s method to tame this madness.
RANT – World Cup Soccer – Can there be a more boring game? Why isn’t there a winner in every game? What’s with the amount of time – is it random? Ties are normal. Mike feels that this sport and the entire spectacle is idiocy! He also hates that there’s no key to the teams in the scoreboard. Tell viewers who has what color uniform.

During this Episode NomX3 Ate With

Not Your Average Joe’s

Mike Langford — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:36:19 +0000

Location: Not Your Average Joe’s – Medford - at Station Landing at Wellington Circle – 501 Fellsway, Medford, MA

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Mike ordered the Lamb Kabob.
Jeff went off the rails and ordered a Cobb Salad. He was eating lighter because he had demolished all of Joe’s Ahi Tuna Wontons earlier in the evening…. DELICIOUS!
We also ordered some lighter, summer beers to accompany the meal. Krunkin’ in the afternoon. Yes, Jeff had the Blueberry!
And we were honored to get a pop-in from Rob Mondavi of Folio Wines. He stopped by to taste Jeff’s beer and talk about wine, conversation and friends. Look for Mike and Jeff in Napa, California SOON!

Conversation Topics

Restaurants and Technology- How the places we go to most are doing things right – and wrong – when it comes to using technology. Reaching out to customers is just the tip of the iceberg, how about ordering via iPad or taking a satisfaction survey on an iPod Touch? Having a Twitter account is far different from using that account to engage customers. And what about Textaurant and other firms that are giving customers better ways to connect with the places they like to dine at most? There’s a lot to talk about and learn when using technology to run a restaurant!
When is Lunch NOT Lunch? - Mike is freaked out by the concept of having breakfast food for dinner. But it doesn’t stop there. He’s also against mixing designated foods at the wrong meal time. Jeff was too astonished to bring up Lupper or Brunch, but had the wherewithall to share his love of breakfast at any time of day or night. Also mentioned was the time-honored practice of going to Denny’s or iHop at 3AM to have breakfast after a night of boozing.
RANT! LITTER - Mike went off again on the madness of people throwing trash out of their windows and how the world’s biggest litter producer is probably Dunkin Donuts. Mike believes that Dunkin Donuts is responsible for the downfall of society and the non-beautification of the globe because their cups are all over the place. Jeff contended that if Dunk’s wasn’t so successful, there’d be less of their litter around. Catch 22!

During this Episode NomX3 Ate With…You should join us for lunch soon!)

Manuel’s with Molly Wood and Tom Merritt of CNET’s Buzz Out Loud

Mike Langford — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:03:19 +0000

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Location: Manuel’s Austin -310 Congress Avenue, Austin, TX

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Mike Langford, Jeff Cutler, Molly Wood and Tom Merritt feasted on an amazing chef’s choice of appetizers and entrees. These included Ceviche – Yellowfin Tuna marinated in lime juice and served with salsa fresca; Baja Taquitos de Callo de Hacha – lightly battered and fried, wild-caught bay scallops served with shredded cabbage and chipotle crema; and some other amazing stuff that the chef whipped up special. We also let the bartender create some masterpieces and each of us left with a grin on our face and possibly some lime juice dribbling down our chin. Tropical, Mexican goodness.

Here’s that Drink Menu

Conversation Topics

MisoHungry!- Shout out to our coordinator on the ground in Austin, Jenny Chen MisoHungry on Twitter who made our shows rocktastic. She helped organize the venues for us and for that we’re eternally grateful.
Firewire Vanishing – Why? – With our guests, both Tom and Molly, so accomplished in the tech and entertainment industry, we wanted to find out why anyone would do away with the standard that allows people to stream video right from their HD camera. We solved the problem with an informal conversation about how Steve Jobs should improve his method for looking ahead.
Who can you trust with your children? - A lively discussion with the parents in the group – Mike and Molly – about how you might not want to let just anyone play babysitter to your children. We got sidetracked by the drinks (MMMMmmmmm), but this was a talk you’ll love.
We Can End This- Shout out to our friends at We Can End This who put on a major grassroots campaign during the entire SXSW Festival to get people thinking about hunger in the United States. We paused to think about those going hungry during our meal at Manuel’s. And during every show we like to discuss how social channels can further causes.
RANT! Apple and iPhone App Strongarming - Molly is known to steam a bit about poor customer service, bad gadgets, inept organizations, hamfisted folks, and probably about 79 other themes. Today she and Tom got to share their thoughts on how a locked-down service like the Apple App Store is a FAIL.

During this Episode NomX3 Ate With a huge list of people. We still haven’t fully updated the list on our Twitter list but you can see the list of attendees here.

We are also very grateful to Brian Schwartz our fantastic editor. Without Brian we wouldn’t look half as good as we do. If you have video that needs editing or other rich media needs you’ll find no better than Brian.

Tastings Wine Bar and Bistro

Mike Langford — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:08:03 +0000

Location: Tastings Wine Bar and Bistro - 201 Patriot Place, Foxboro, MA

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Conversation Topics

Packing Correctly for Conferences- Thanks to Justin Levy – @justinlevy on Twitter – who gave us the inspiration for our tech topic. He shared with readers the way he prepares for conferences and we took that info to heart as we got ready for our upcoming journeys. From the right shoes to the right technology, we use Justin’s guide to make ourselves travel geniuses.
The Right Tools - When you have the wrong screwdriver, you’re the one getting screwed. Same holds true if you have the wrong glass for your wine, wrong tire on your scooter, wrong hairdryer for your hair, and so on. We explore and underscore the need for everyone (and every task) to be paired with the right tools.
RANT! Conversational Misbehavior – The Yuppers - Like the low talker, the close talker, and many other folks who don’t align themselves with societal norms of conversation…there are many folks who don’t pick up on conversational cues. These are the folks who can talk hungry dogs off a meat truck or those who can talk the bark off a tree. We make fun of them and ask you viewers how this can happen.

During this Episode NomX3 Ate With

Gretchen Kinder.
Kelley Kassa
Ellen Rossano
Jamie Rossano
Graham Rossano
Renee Demirali
Nick Demirali
Henry DuLaurence
Kim DuLaurence

Bread and Lily

Mike Langford — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:12:21 +0000

Location: Bread and Lily – 2 Hartford Street, Newton Highlands, MA 02461

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Conversation Topics

1. Transparent Technology – Do people really care how stuff works?

2. Adult Birthdays - Get your mind out of the gutter it’s not what you think.

3. RANT! Helping People Move - Jeff goes off on people who ask friends to help them move.

4. Movember – We are letting our Mo grow to raise money for a cure for prostate cancer.

As Mike Langford and Jeff Cutler have determined, it’s far better to eat lunch out with friends than it is to sit at your desk and eat a yogurt. That’s the premise behind NomX3 – Let’s Do Lunch!

Bread and Lily Cafe and Catering went without a hitch. For once we found a venue that had outlets and Wifi. It didn’t hurt that the menu was tasty and quite affordable.

Ben Cutler – lots of relation to me, Jeff Cutler – is the owner of the restaurant and bent over backward to serve us some great dishes. He also told us about house-made foods, sweet potato chips and the magic of making hungry people happy.

Best part of this episode, aside from the food shots and the brilliant conversation, is the rant I get on at the end. Take a look and tell us what you think. I think I get wound up about six or seven minutes from the end of the show.

Noms? I gave it four out of four. Or maybe five out of five. Nom nom nom. Lunch at Bread and Lily.

Mooo Restaurant

Jeff Cutler — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:17:58 +0000

Location: Mooo Restaurant – 15 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108

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Conversation Topics

1. Bundling – Sometimes bundling of services makes sense and sometimes…not so much.

2. Happy Birthday Internet! – The internet turned 40 on Oct 3oth. Like many things it was born out of the unintended utility of something else.

3. Channel Discrimination – On one channel it’s a free service and on another it’s a paid service. What?

4. Movember – We are letting our Mo grow to raise money for a cure for prostate cancer.

Somehow it seems that the high-end restaurants bring out the best in studio audiences. We video the show live – which means we often have our Livestream feed going – and we do the show in one take without revised shots. Except for when I – Jeff Cutler – mess up the intro or the farewell.

Take a moment to watch the show and tell us what you think. Did I mess it up?

At Mooo on Beacon Hill, the pattern persisted. Some great food for Lunch and a massive studio audience made for a fantastic video program. Lunch was a success that day and my favorite memories were the tuna tartare and the beverages.

Thanks to those who show up week after week to see NomX3 do lunch. Good food is only the start – great conversation is the real sustinence behind NomX3.

Eastern Standard

Mike Langford — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:18:54 +0000

Location: Eastern Standard – 528 Commonwealth Ave, Kenmore Square, Boston, MA 022215

You can follow @ESBoston on Twitter or check out their Facebook page for specials and new additions to the menu.

Conversation Topics

1. Rules of the Road - Let’s have a little refresher course on driving rules and etiquette shall we?

2. Kevin James and/or Cannolis - Note: If you see Kevin James, ask him to join us for lunch. And bring cannolis.

3. Here Come The Oysters! - Watch Mike try oysters. Very interesting. The Maldonado helped… a lot!

4. Social Media for B2B Companies - So you sell to the Fortune 500, you should still be using social media.

5. Cats Are Takers - Jeff sent his cats on a “spaycation” and then cat rants ensue.

Asgard Irish Pub and Restaurant

Mike Langford — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:22:28 +0000

Location: Asgard Irish Pub & Restaurant – 350 Massachusetts Ave, Between Central Sq. & MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139

Conversation Topics

1. Viewers Hate Joe Morgan – Why isn’t ESPN listening to its customers? A quick Twitter search would tell them that Red Sox fans loath Joe Morgan.
2. Involuntary Babysitting - What do you do when someone just assumes you’ll watch their kids or their stuff?
3. Dessert? – Do you order dessert with lunch? Psst…see Jeff’s lament about developing a double, triple or even quadruple chin in the Burton’s episode.
4. Reality Shows – Bridezillas, Antonio Sabato Jr, Scott Baio, and The Turnaround.

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Burton’s Grill – Hingham

Mike Langford — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:22:34 +0000

Location: Burton’s Grill – 94 Derby Street, The Derby Street Shoppes, Hingham, MA 02043

Conversation Topics

1. Short Form Video (guest Eric Guerin of SmartMarket Media)
2. Girly Beer – What do you think of fruity beer? Join the conversation in the Tweetworks Beer group.
3. Parking Tickets
4. Goiter, Redacted, Pink Pants and Dictum – Check out Mark Cuban’s blog and Scott Monty’s Facebook note for mentions of “redacted.” See Jeff Cutler on Permission TV to see if he indeed needs to buy the Neckline Slimmer.
5. The Smartest Guy In The Room – Mike Langford’s 5 Fundamentals of Networking: 1) Know You, 2) Like You 3) Trust You 4) Think You’re Competent 5) Think You’re Relevant

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