Restaurant Reviews
On a recent visit to Houston to visit my sister, we agreed that I had to have a classic “Houston Steakhouse” experience. After all, Texas is cattle country, and they sure do pride themselves on the quality of their beef. B & B Butchers was not too far from where my sister lived at the
Korean BBQ is a popular method of grilling meat in Korean cuisine. It is very similar to Japanese yakiniku. With both types of cuisine, meats are brought to your table, where you can cook them to your liking on a grill that is built into the table. The main differences are that Korean BBQ meats
Vietnamese food is pretty hard to come by in South Florida. In fact, it is rare enough that I had never actually tried any Vietnamese food until I was in my twenties. There was this little hole in the wall around the corner from an office in North Miami Beach where I worked as a
My inner Colombian will always squeal in delight at the thought of eating an arepa. Whether it’s plain and slathered in butter or split and stuffed with meat and/or cheese, I will have a hard time saying no. It used to be that arepas were something that we got when our mother made them for
Good pizza has always been hard to come by in Miami. And, even pizza places that are great when they first open start to decline after a while sometimes, so the hunt for a good pie is a perpetual one. I don’t consider myself an expert on pizza, but I know what I like in
Not everyone knows this, but I actually lived in Philadelphia, PA for a while. More specifically, I lived in Center City and then South Philly. Back when I thought I could be an artist, I went to an art college in the area. My life eventually took a different path, but not before I spent
The best part about having a job that requires occasional travel is that you get to try new places to eat in different areas. I make a big show out of it, too. I scour the web for what’s around the area where I will be staying with good reviews and a menu that piques
This is kind of an unorthodox post. Most of the time, when I write a review, it’s mostly so that my friends and family know where to eat locally. Platillos Voladores (Spanish for “Flying Saucers”) is not exactly local. In fact, it’s not even in this country. I’m actually writing this review at the insistence
I must admit that it came as a shock to me to find out that Phoenix, Arizona is kind of “on the map” as one of the go-to cities in the US for pizza lovers. I expected it to shine in Southwestern food, but my few visits to my sister over there have left me
Pascal’s on Ponce opened in Coral Gables back in 2000, and is still going strong. Given the general fickleness of the restaurant industry, especially in South Florida, this says a lot. Since it opened, it has been recognized by food-writers and critics nationwide for its made-to-order contemporary French cuisine. Pascal’s on Ponce, like many other