“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
“As an artist, you don’t think about the parabola or the arc you’re describing or where you’re going to ultimately end up, you’re just kind of crawling around, seeing what’s out there.” – Michael Nesmith, musician, former member of The Monkees Those of you who’ve followed me for some time know that one of the… Read More A Bit o’Crawling About
“I grew up in a very humble way. My intent was never to come out and say I’m the best.” “I got really low score – what the fuck was that. That piss me off.” “Maybe they do not understand other culture; those things really bug my ass.” (speaking of the critics judging his food… Read More Shang-a-delic
“Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event.” – Oscar Wilde …Fifth anniversary that is… of this blog. It’s odd, it seems as if I’ve been writing it far longer than that, and as this date approached… Read More I’m Taking the Fifth…
“[T]he diversity of the people, the landscape and the history — occupied or colonized by the Chinese, the Spanish and the Americans, with Mexican influences from the Acapulco-Manila galleon trade — is reflected in the haphazard etiology of the food. The cuisine can seem a jumble of indigenous fruits and fishes, with calamansi limes and… Read More Pinoy Prandial
As part of my exploration of various foodstuffs here, and in particular recently, of pastries, I thought I’d do the hard work of nibbling my way through the various alfajores available here in my ‘hood. It’s a tasty job and I was happy to volunteer…. Quebec, Av. Pueyrredón 1639 (and other locations) Three types of… Read More Sandwich Cookies
“Business is the art of extracting money from another man’s pocket without resorting to violence.” – Max Amsterdam You’d think given my penchant for a good sandwich that someone would have mentioned Café Paulin, Sarmiento 635 in Centro, to me at some point during the last five or so years. But to the best of… Read More The Sandwich Money Tree