I've told some of you already about how I actually had an Italian meal for one of my dinners in Tokyo. It may sound weird, but Japan actually has excellent western food, Italian in particular. During my food anthro... [read more about Enoteca Norio]
Okay, so it's been a while. I've fallen into all-out lazy vacation mode since my trip to Vancouver, and it's been tough to get off my ass and start the task of recapping Australia. I'm finally doing it though. It's... [read more about Mores Cafe]
Happy holidays everyone! I'm spending a week or so in Vancouver now. I've got a couple of old SF posts before I start going into Australia. Here is a meal with my dad and Auntie Maggie near her new... [read more about Trattoria Buon Gusto]
My brief stay in SF happened to coincide with the visit of my mom's friend Winifred and her husband Mack. She's one of my mom's best friends from all the way back when she was a little kid. I hadn't... [read more about Quince]
Well, I'm back in San Francisco. I'm quite stuffed from the debauchery in Paris, so I'll do my best to take it easy for the next week. Still a couple more posts from before - I'll start France later... [read more about Incanto]
I am now officially posting from a house in Maillane, a small town in the south of France near Avignon. It took a little tinkering with the settings but the DSL here does indeed work! I've already had a very... [read more about Bella Trattoria]
My mom received a recommendation from someone to try out Da Flora, a small Italian place at the edge of North Beach. The place really is quite small, occupying a weird corner space of a very sharp block on... [read more about Da Flora]
Okay, I thought I was through with my Boston photos, but I found a couple from Teatro that I'd forgotten about because I was hoping to grab a picture of their sign. Of course, I actually did go back there,... [read more about Teatro]
Okay, for some reason, I've been doing a really bad job lately of remembering to photograph restaurant signs, so two posts are coming up that will be signless. After a quick weekend in NYC, I had dinner in Boston at... [read more about Via Matta]
Near the end of the semester, my food anthro class took a Saturday morning field trip to the North End. We ended up eating lunch together at Antico Forno, a homey red sauce Italian spot. The dining room is... [read more about Antico Forno]
We were looking for a spot to eat on Newbury St. after a day of walking and shopping. We decided on Croma, which has gotten a few positive mentions on the Boston Chowhound board. Croma is a sort of... [read more about Croma]
At long last, here is my last post from San Francisco. The fact that this meal was a sort of pre-birthday dinner with some family friends just shows how far behind I am... Anyway, we went to the much-loved... [read more about A16]
Next up on the list is a lunch at Armani Cafe, inside the Emporio Armani near Union Square. I actually quite like this one - it doesn't have the outdoor people watching of the Boston Newbury St. location, but... [read more about Armani Cafe]
Inspired by a few other blogs out there, I've started taking pictures of signs/logos of places that I go to. I guess it helps with the memory process. So on to my next Vancouver spot: Gusto di Quattro, an... [read more about Gusto di Quattro]
Happy Turkey Day everyone. I'm staying in Boston during this break, so I probably won't be eating any Thanksgiving type stuff. I'm not a big turkey fan anyway. Continuing on with my archive of pictures from the summer... Here is... [read more about Quince]
I went to check out Il Fornaio at the Levi Strauss Plaza. It's officially the closest restaurant to our new place I think. It's been there forever but I hadn't been in a pretty long time. fiori di zucchine -... [read more about Il Fornaio]
I had one Italian meal in Hong Kong (again inside Harbour City). This is a lunch at Cova, an Italian restaurant and bakery. carpaccio fried calamari and zucchini scampi with capelinni tiramisu mango mousse cake My dad had tried stuff... [read more about Cova]
Sheesh, I'm jet lagged pretty bad. Here is a meal with my mom at Ristorante Ideale, an Italian place across the street from Mo's. I've got 3 or 4 more SF entries then it's on to Asia (I swear!). zucchine... [read more about Ristorante Ideale]
Went to an Italian place in Yaletown called Cioppino's Enoteca. It's a side part of a parent restaurant called Cioppino's which is only open for dinner apparently. seared scallops with potatoes tuscan style bread salad "panzanella" with warm smoked mozzarella... [read more about Cioppino's Enoteca]
Pretty much my last meal in Boston... went to Carlo's. fried calamari chicken marsala tortellini with pesto The calamari was really good this time. Even better than usual... Perfect crunch and texture. Chicken marsala was good as always. The tortellini... [read more about Carlo's Cucina Italiana]
Went back to Bertucci's the other night for dinner, after a fairly long time of not going. spinach & ricotta gnocchi It was pretty good this time. They finally got rid of the olive oil explanation i was talking about,... [read more about Bertucci's]
Went to Carlo's Cucina Italiana the other night. This past weekend was graduation weekend so a lot of people were having graduation dinners with their families. Seemed like every restaurant had a line out the door... Carlo's was no exception.... [read more about Carlo's Cucina Italiana]
Sorry for being slow, but here's Grotto which I went to last week with my dad. I read a lot of raves on Chowhound about their small tasting menus. My dad and I both went with the "Chef's Whim," a... [read more about Grotto]
Here's another Italian meal from a couple nights ago, at Il Bico near Kenmore Square. It's in the bottom level of a brownstone. penne with salmon chicken marsala I actually came here once last year... It was good then but... [read more about Il Bico]
Went for Bertucci's a while ago. They added some new seafood stuff on their menu. shrimp scampi appetizer veal picatta I think I'm starting to like Bertucci's less. Their rolls are damn good, but I'm realizing that the entrees and... [read more about Bertucci's]
We had a sort of small pre birthday dinner last Sunday at Maggiano's Little Italy with me, Becky, Mike, Dave, Ahrie, Keith, Val, Yuen, and Ginger. roasted mahi mahi veal and mushroom ravioli rigatoni with chicken and mushroom It was... [read more about Maggiano's Little Italy]
Wow, I'm so far behind. Still got a few things from SF. Haven't been eating anything interesting in Boston though, so I should get caught up soon. Here are pics from Milano in SF... always a reliable Italian place. Went... [read more about Milano]
Got quite a bit to update. I'll start with lunch yesterday at the Armani Cafe on Newbury, inside Emporio. buffalo mozzarella and prosciutto skillet-roasted mussels bucatini carbonara gnocchi with chicken cacciatore I must say this meal was very good! I'd... [read more about Armani Cafe]
Saw the Matrix Revolutions... fighting was cool, plot was ehh... Went to Bertucci's again afterwards. This month they have a special for their chicken scallopine stuff... $10.99 with soup and pasta on the side. chicken picatta chicken romana pizza with... [read more about Bertucci's]
Had a nice dinner last night in the North End at Limoncello, which I've been to a couple times before. Had a scallop salad appetizer which was really good, but I forgot to whip out the camera. Here are some... [read more about Limoncello]
Tried Bertucci's again for lunch, this time made it in time for the lunch special. I got a trenette puttanesca. trenette puttanesca from Bertucci's It was not bad. Not too tomatoey which I was a little worried about, and the... [read more about Bertucci's]