I’m on a bit of a staycation, as the term goes. Henry’s away for three weeks, it was a last minute thing, and I decided rather than spring for airfare and hotel, and also not wanting to cancel existing Casa SaltShaker reservations, I’d limit dinners to the nights we already had reservations for, let them… Read More Reborn Again in a Not-French Not-Bistro
I don’t like to wait in line to eat. I mean, it’s one thing for a few minutes when a place first opens in the evening as they’re getting everyone situated, or I can even cope with a short wait in a bar/lounge with a cocktail until the rest of my party arrives (though I’m… Read More The Conga Line
Menu #5 January 25-26 – 2019 – 25-26 de Enero Standout Plates / Platos Destacados Cured Silverside – fillet of silverside, cured in lime juice, tamarind paste, soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic, ginger, salt, white pepper; garnished with finely diced cucumber, fried beet threads, nori seaweed, cayenne chilies, chives Pejerrey Curado – fillet de… Read More The Fish or the Chicken?
Our usual hodgepodge of notes, good and bad, from grazing this fine city. I also held out a whole three weeks on not writing bad reviews… but, my goodness, sometimes they’re just practically begging to be written…. A Bronx Cheer The Bronx Pizza, Ayacucho 1188, Recoleta – Another spot purporting to offer New York… Read More Bite Marks #71
Menus #3 & 4 January 16-19 – 2019 – 16-19 de Enero Standout Plates / Platos Destacados Broiled Salmon, Spicy White Beans, Passionfruit Sauce – salmon fillet, rubbed with olive oil, salt and pepper, broiled; sauce of passionfruit puree, onions, garlic, yellow chili; sauteed bok choy; white beans flavored with miso, gochujang, brown butter,… Read More Giving a Fig about a Salmon
Last day in São Paulo and let’s change things up a bit…. A visit to the Museu Afro-Brasil in Parque Ibirapuera, for about two hours of wandering through and seeing some of the history of the African descendant community of Brazil, from the days of Portuguese slave trade to modern day. Well worth a visit! And… Read More Mini-Break in St. Paul, Day 3
I had all these ideas of heading to the restaurants in São Paulo that keep getting written up in international circles, I mean, best of and all that. But Henry, rightly, pointed out that we’ve spent no time in Brazil, and basically have no real sense of the traditional local food. Why go eat the… Read More Mini-Break in St. Paul, Day 2
São Paulo is, apparently, the largest city not only in Brazil, but also in both the Western and Southern hemispheres. It doesn’t feel that way, it’s not particularly crowded, though traffic is a nightmare, and it doesn’t even seem that big. Mexico City feels bigger and more crowded, but the numbers don’t lie, and CDMX… Read More Mini-Break in St. Paul, Day 1