Chicago. A late morning after a long night of fun with a friend, meeting new people and taking advantage of the Fullerton area’s wonderful bar specials. A very nice Chicagoan we met that night recommended to us this place for brunch, The Bongo Room, and then even picked us up and took us there the…
In March of 2011 I went to Cancun with my parents to get over a very difficult breakup and to treat myself to a nice vacation before having to take my senior year 2nd semester finals and graduate. It’s unfortunate that in those days I wasn’t feeling well enough to write about the food I…
On my last day in Phuket, I decided to leave again the tourist bubble of Patong Beach and venture into Phuket Town – as always, in search of some new nums. Apart from Old Town, which is riddled with bistros and pizzerias with smiling Italian chef statues and happy hour deals meant to usher the…
Walking further down Thalang Road in Phuket Town, my belly full of Hokkien mee, I was looking for something sweet to round of my meal with and was contemplating the crushed almond Magnum, a childhood favorite with an unfortunate name, a treat I devoured so happily on trips before my calorie counting stage of life.…
The famous Som Tam, Thai papaya salad. Oh god is this stuff good eats. Really. If you ever go to Thailand, don’t be a wiener. Get one every day. The version I tried was Som Tam Thai, which is slightly different from the two other main takes on this dish, the Som Tam Pu with…
Green tea with milk and black bean at the Bangkok airport BlueCup Coffee shop. A bit lame, I know, but worth a mention since it was the first green tea beverage I actually enjoyed. Now I’m hooked on the stuff. This specialty drink was made up of equal parts green tea floating on equal parts…
So, Thailand….Where the hell to begin describing all the things I tried here, the experiences I lived through my taste buds? Might as well start with the first thing I woke up craving every single morning, the first thing I needed to transform from a tired, sunburnt, sweaty and agitated tourist into a real human…
Not too long ago, on a road-trip across the country, I visited Anchor Bar in Buffalo NY, famous for its claim to have been the birthplace of the buffalo wing. Established back in 1964 by a woman Dominic Bellissimo and his mother Teressa, Anchor Bar’s buff wings are based on a secret sauce (the “Frank…
A few weeks ago I attended a going away dinner for one of my colleagues at Aqua Tokyo Aqua Roma Aqua Spirit in Hong Kong. Located on the 29th floor of 1 Peking Road, with gigantic leaning glass windows oriented towards Victoria Harbor this place definitely has one of the best views in town. And…
Street food in HK ain’t bad. Or at least it has caused no problems thus far. My two favorites are the fish balls and the grilled octopus sticks. No doubt, I will have many more articles on street food in the upcoming weeks but for now, here is what I have found so far. A…
That Best Bite 