Those of you who watched the episode of CheckPlease that I was on know that I ripped Eleven City Diner apart. Well, actually, I ripped everything apart except for my beloved Café Hoang. But hey, it makes for good TV. Anyway, about a week prior to the episode airing a couple of my [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Not the finer diner
Posted in Restaurant, tagged brisket, cafe hoang, challah, chicago, eleven city diner, jewish, latke, manny's, matza balls, pastrami, Restaurant, vienna dog on February 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Tasty Tandoori
Posted in Restaurant, tagged chicago, essence of india, indian, lassi, naan, pakoras, Restaurant, tandoori, the davis theater on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This past Saturday was date night with the wife. I know, Yuki and I are one of those cute couples everyone hates to see. We hold hands and all of that crap. But hey, she’s cute as hell, what am I supposed to do? Anyway, we decided that it was time to catch [...]
Peace in the Middle East
Posted in Restaurant, tagged baba ghanooj, baklava, chicago, chickpea, dominicks, falafel, fasoola, hummus, koosa ma laban, kufta mihshew, laham ma hummus, middle east, pine nuts, pita inn, Restaurant on February 7, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I didn’t eat too much for lunch yesterday so by the time 5:00pm rolled around my stomach was rumbling! My wife had plans for dinner with some coworkers so I was on my own for dinner. I work from home most of the time, devoid of human contact, so I felt like grabbing [...]
Mmmmmm, Polish Sausage!!!
Posted in Grocery, tagged andy's deli, chicago, dominicks, jewel, kielbasa, mitsuwa, polish, Restaurant, whole foods on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Those of you who haven’t journeyed up to Andy’s Deli on 5442 N. Milwaukee are a bunch of idiots! I say that with a touch of humor, but also a lot of truth as there are very few reasons to grocery shop at Jewel, Dominicks or Whole Foods when there are gems [...]
Vermilion: Better pigment than eats
Posted in Restaurant, tagged artichoke, chicago, fusion, indian, latin, mussles, pakoras, Restaurant, vermilion, vindaloo on February 4, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I went to Vermilion, 10 W. Hubbard, a while back and have to let you all know about the horrible experience I had there as the bitter taste still lingers on (from the night I tried to make her stay. Bob Dylan, “If you see her say hello”, Blood on the Tracks, 1975). [...]
Shout out to Cafe Hoang
Posted in Restaurant, tagged atwood cafe, bahn tet, cafe hoang, checkplease, chicago, eleven city diner, Restaurant, vietnamese on February 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
As some of you may know, I am the obnoxious dude from the Checkplease episode that featured ElevenCity Diner, Atwood Cafe and Cafe Hoang. I thought it appropriate to start off my blog on food with a shout out to my homeboy Jason Tran at Cafe Hoang on 232 W. Cermak. I’m not going to go [...]
