Once people know about my food obsession or blog, they inevitable ask what my favorite restaurant is. I always hated that question. You can’t rank food as a whole. I can probably give you my favorite Japanese restaurant, or favorite ramen joint, or favorite place in the UWS under $25, but you [...]
This seems like a unique special and a great chance to taste some timeless classics. Gotham Bar and Grill, still a perfect masterpiece of a restaurant is now offering dishes they served 25 years ago, at their 1980’s prices, every Sunday night from now to Labor day. Make your reservations now!
Here’s an article about the [...]
I always regretted not stopping by Barcelona during my three-week whirlwind tour of Europe. Having tasted the gastronomical dishes of France, Germany, and the Mediterranean (yes, I’m leaving out the horrible experience I had in England), I have made it a point to visit Spain. Until that happens though, welcome to Mercat, a [...]
Last stop in Maine was in the beautiful quaint town of Freehold. It reminded me a lot of Santa Barbara, until I saw a street-side food stand…selling LOBSTER ROLLS. Yes, LA has its Kogi truck selling korean tacos, NYC has its halal carts selling lamb and chicken over rice, but lobster from a food stand?! [...]
$6.5/lb for large lobsters?! Yes please. Just after having had lobster rolls, steamed lobsters and oysters, we walked down to the waterfront and picked out our 2lb dinners.
Here’s my dinner being weighed.
First time in a LONG time cooking live lobster, but these came out perfectly in the small-ish pots that came with our cabin.
I’d like [...]
July 4th weekend I was invited to join a group to go whitewater rafting in Maine. Helllz yah! For some reason, I’ve been an adrenaline monkey lately. This trip will be followed by six flags and then sky diving and hopefully another rafting trip at a class IV/V river. Anyways, it was Maine I [...]
