After the last food festivity at LA Food & Wine just a week ago, I didn’t think I would be hitting up any food festivals any time soon. But The Offalo’s instagram feed alerted me that the LA Times would be hosting its annual food festival, The Taste, very soon. I had been to the…
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LA Food & Wine Festival 2016: Lexus Grand Tasting
I’ve always been meaning to return to the LA Food & Wine Festival. It’s taken me 3 years to do so, but better late than never right? With all the food and drink you can eat, these festivals are an utter delight to attend if you can swallow the price tag. The price has significantly dropped…
Myers + Chang
Myers + Chang 1145 Washington Street Boston, MA 02118 Yelp Myers + Chang is part of Joanne Chang’s Boston empire. Her claim to fame probably comes from her chain of bakeries, Flour Bakery. But she and her husband, Chef Christopher Myers, decided to take the foods she grew up eating, revamped and reinvented for a fun…
Migrant
Most of our dinner reservations were made with recommendations from The Annoyer who has been to Maui now 6 times. But Migrant was a place of my choosing based on Yelp and Top Chef. The chef/owner here is none other than winner of season 10, Sheldon Simeon, the surprise dark horse who shocked many by…
Scopa Italian Roots
The Bear Crew gathering is becoming an almost regular occurrence lately. We are killing two birds with one stone, sharing great food and catching up with great company. I think deep down inside, some of us may feel that our days our numbered. Buff Bear and Panda Bear are growing up into big boys now….
Twenty Eight
So I first tried Top Chef finalist Shirley Chung’s cooking at her pop up at The Playground 2.0. I liked most of the food we had there, especially her hand cut noodles. It was a pricey meal to say the least, but I like to support new talent and understand that sometimes you are paying,…
Top Chef Shirley Chung Pop Up @ The Playground 2.0
I love Top Chef. I love watching the food, the drama, the judges and contestants talking smack. Unlike many of the other reality shows that churn out winners that don’t amount to much after the ephemeral hoopla of the win passes through the minds of fans and viewers, many Top Chef winners have gone on…
LA Food & Wine Festival 2013: Live on Grand
I like going to food festivals, almost exclusively the non-FREE ones. You may be asking yourself, why would you prefer to pay for something rather than get something for FREE? I really hate large crowds and long lines. Free food festivals just attract a TON more people, so you end up having to elbow your…
Little Goat
Stephanie Izzard’s first restaurant, Girl & The Goat, is probably one of the hottest tickets in town since it opened in 2010. Reservations are still hard to come by and sometimes can’t be snagged even months in advance. I dined here some time ago and was very pleased with my meal here, though I feel…
Girl & The Goat
I don’t think any other restaurant has as much hype as this place. I don’t think any other restaurant has as crazy a waitlist as this place either! Yelpers say you need to snag a reservation at least 2-3 months in advance, which is what I managed to. Buff Bear, now a Chicago resident, said…
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I’m a Top Chef and less so a Top Chef Masters fan. I’ve been watching from the beginning. I’ve experienced some of the contestant’s culinary talent (here, here, here, here, and here) , but never have I been able to taste the food from a winner. Ink has finally changed all that for me. It’s the new restaurant from…
Overworked. Underfed. 