Restaurant reviews – the opinions expressed are solely my own. Often, though it will appear that they’re based on a single visit, they’re based on more than one. And I’m willing to hear from folks who disagree – I do know that restaurants, including my own, have their off days.
“You know Shah Jahan, life and youth, wealth and glory, they all drift away in the current of time. You strove therefore, to perpetuate only the sorrow of your heart? Let the splendor of diamond, pearl and ruby vanish? Only let this one teardrop, this Taj Mahal, glisten spotlessly bright on the cheek of time,… Read More Crown of Indian Food?
“I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet, so who am I to judge?” – Douglas Adams, Author Eons ago, a friend of mine told me about this “cool little restaurant inside a fish store”, La Marisqueria (the “seafood store”), Av. Las Heras 2745, here in Recoleta, 4804-6400. I made… Read More Eating At The Fish Store
“The real Buenos Aires resides in its bodegones, neighborhood restaurants steeped in what it means to be Argentine.” – Stephen Metcalf in The New York Times The first culinary thing visitors or expats do in Buenos Aires, assuming they don’t happen to be non-carnivores, is gorge themselves on steaks. Someone once expressed to me the… Read More Lalo, La-La-La-La Lalo…
“It’s what we’re known for. Nobody bad-mouths the roundup.” – Lynn Adams, Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce A last look back at eats in NYC this last week…. You might have thought after my polemic last October that I wouldn’t set foot in A Voce again. And, I probably wouldn’t have had one of my closest… Read More The Roundup
“We’re starting with our own carbon footprint. Not nothing. But much of what we’re doing is already, or soon will be, little more than the standard way of doing business. We can do something that’s unique, different from just any other company. We can set an example, and we can reach our audiences. Our audience’s… Read More All the Food that Fits We Print
Kate: I need bread. Eugene: What? Kate: I don’t have enough bread. Run over to Greenblatt’s and get me a fresh rye bread. Eugene: Again? I just came back from Grennblatt’s. Kate: So you’ll go again. Eugene: I’m always going to the store. When I grow up, that’s all I’ll be trained to do, go… Read More 20 Views of Little Russia by the Sea
“Life moves pretty fast. You don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” – Ferris Bueller For those of you following along for the vicarious thrill of checking out NYC’s restaurant scene, today’s post is likely to be a bit of a disappointment. For those of you, for whom knowing… Read More Leisure Day
“These high wild hills and rough uneven ways Draw out our miles and make them wearisome; But yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar, Making the hard way sweet and delectable.” – from King Richard II, William Shakespeare The first question is whether to admit to a complete lapse in judgment…. …and admit that… Read More Streaked and Patchy with a Probability of Yum