One of my favorite places to eat around the Cape is Baxter’s in Hyannis, a wonderful cooked-to-order seafood restaurant sitting literally right on Hyannis Harbor with a great view of the Harbor and the boats constantly floating past. The place has a pretty cool history too. The current location was purchased originally by a local sea…
One of my all-time favorite places in London is Borough Market, located under the London Bridge near Southwark Church. This place has absolutely everything, fresh produce, delicious fish, cakes, cheeses and even prepared food. One stall, in particular, caught my eye. The curries. GINORMOUS round pans of them (a bit like some of the largest…
I visited my friend in Dublin a while ago and it was my first trip to Ireland. I had a number of delicious treats there, including shepherd’s pie and some of the best clay-pot mussels I’ve ever had in my life. I also went to the Jameson Distillery and correctly selected Jameson out of 5…
In the autumn of 2009 I lived in Chile for a few months and I traveled within the country and to neighboring ones (Mendoza, Argentina and Bolivia) quite often. I really wish that I had documented the food I ate in this versatile land, the late night chorrillanas (stack of fries with chunks of beef sirloin,…
Hungary for me automatically means family and home-cooking. Uncles, aunts, grandparents, cousins seated around tables dressed hours before for this occasion. Little things to nibble on before the main course reaches the table. Talking, drinking my grandfather’s pretty terrible wine, cracking jokes about it behind his back. Telling stories in an attempt to describe my…
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…
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