There were several reasons for stopping for two days in Atlanta at the end of my whirlwind vacation, none of them all that interesting for our purposes here, other than, that I ended up staying out in one of the two “K-town”, or Koreatown, areas, and yes, Atlanta has two of them. Actually, although that’s… Read More Burning through Atlanta

Welcome to Louisville, Kentucky, home of the Kentucky Derby (aka the biggest party in the south), the world’s largest Beatles festival (aka Abbey Road on the River), and Yum! (aka KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and WingStreet). Oh yes, and my parents. The focus was not on food, but on the visit for Father’s Day… Read More City of the Yum!?

And, the wind-up for New York, days 5-7… with less grazing. Y, la liquidación para Nueva York, días 5-7 … con menos caminata de comer.   Cheung Fun (rice rolls) & Crispy Duck Salad at Hakkasan, 311 West 43rd Street, Manhattan. Absolutely spectacular dim sum lunch of various dumplings and buns, plus two versions of… Read More Back to the Big Apple #3

Days 3 & 4, still grazing, but winding that part of the trip down….   Takoyaki at Fresh Mojoilla, stall 26, New World Mall, Flushing. We went to check out this famous food court in the basement of the New World Mall, a beacon of pan-Asian street food and more elaborate dishes. We tried various dumplings, and… Read More Back to the Big Apple #2

No fancy reviews. I’m off on a two week holiday – a week in NYC, a few days in Louisville, and a couple in Atlanta. Just picking out “best or most interesting things I ate”…. Let’s start with the first two days… yes, all this in two days (we did a bit of an “appetizer… Read More Back to the Big Apple #1