by jpachence | Jan 30, 2015 | Restaurant Reviews, Travel, Uncategorized
There is a lot to love in the Phoenix Valley for the Serious Foodie: an active nightlife, a large selection of eclectic restaurants, and a growing population of young professionals who want fun & diversity & quality. Add Super Bowl Sunday, and you have a...
by jpachence | Jun 23, 2014 | Recipes We Love, Restaurant Reviews, Tampa Area Restaurants
Shishito peppers have been a staple on many restaurant menus for several years, especially up-scale Japanese and Asian fusion restaurants (most notably Nobu). There are appearing more and more at main stream restaurants – so we want to provide some background,...
by jpachence | Mar 13, 2014 | Food, Recipes We Love, Restaurant Reviews, Travel
We received a wonderful gift from our future son-in-law (he’s getting lots of brownie points) – a gift certificate to have Chef Cristian Feher cook for us (The Tampa Bay Chef: http://www.tampabaychef.com/). Chef Feher is well-trained, and has traveled the...
by jpachence | Feb 23, 2014 | Food, Recipes We Love, Restaurant Reviews, Tampa Area Restaurants, Travel
For the purists, great sushi needs very little sauce or flavor – the fish and the rice need to be the central, focal point of each morsel. Soy sauce, a bit of wasabi, and some pickled ginger afterwards is the limit for many sushi foodies. The mold was broken by...
by jpachence | Jan 29, 2014 | Food, Other US Restaurants, Recipes We Love, Restaurant Reviews
During our January 2014 foodie road trip, we made a stop to Charleston, SC. We had dinner reservations at some fabulous restaurants (check out the other reviews), and wondered around the town during the day. We stumbled on 39 Rue de Jean just as we needed to get...
by jpachence | Jan 23, 2014 | Other US Restaurants, Restaurant Reviews, Travel
The DinnerDoctor and I had heard a lot about Chef Sean Brock, and heard from so many sources that his food was tops in a town that is now high on the foodies’ radar screen. In fact, it’s hard to find a (credible foodies) bad review on Husk. We were...