Archive for Restaurants
Special Edition Food Follies to Kick Off July: Killer Wings and Spam…
College Station, TX: Wings to Die For, But Only If You Sign the Release First…
A traditional eatery in the hometown of the Texas Aggies (traditional = restaurant & laundromat) now serves buffalo wings so hot that you have to sign a special endemnity release to get a serving of them. One visitor wrote of his [...] Read more »
Homesick Again
I woke up homesick this morning. For a place I visit infrequently, and not since January of 2007. Yang Ming Shan, the mountain park and resort only a city bus ride from downtown Taipei, Taiwan, is the area I mean. In particular, the village of Zhu Zi Hu, or Bamboo Lake in American-speak, was on [...] Read more »
Friday Follies IX
We’re Baaaack! Time for another edition of funny food, and the people who make it that way…
Burger King Management: “Damn the Economy! Full Steam Ahead!”
Who cares that there’s a recession looming? Burger King certainly doesn’t seem to. A recent announcement indicates they will release the world’s most expensive cheeseburger in the U.K. - A whopping [...] Read more »
Friday Follies VIII
As the Holiday season approaches I thought I’d share some festive colors and a bit of news that’ll make you smile. First, though, I have to report on the Grinch, English style…
The New International Face of Ronald McDonald
The English reputation as a land of cheesed-off, narky misanthropes has been validated once again. Seems with Christmas [...] Read more »
Restaurant Review: Joe DiMaggio’s Italian Chophouse
The years roll by, and before you know it, you are celebrating 21 years together. (Yes, it could happen to you; if you’re lucky, that is.) Paula Jo decided we should celebrate with a special meal, just the three of us. We loaded up our favorite Designated Driver and headed over to a new restaurant [...] Read more »
My Top Five Places to Eat Spicy Food in Asia
No. 5: Indian Kitchen, Gubei District, Shanghai
The Gubei District in Shanghai, the first area where Western expatriates settled in (reopened) Shanghai in 1994, is where a lot of us round-eyes hang out. A great variety of European eateries are located there, and there is good, safe walking areas as well. The Hongqiao Pearl Market is [...] Read more »
A Sad Admission
Okay, I gotta admit it: I didn’t eat spicy food yesterday.
Early in the morning we loaded up Sonia and Sam, the happy Goldens, and about half our house’s plunder and headed out. Road Trip! Destination: Boerne, Texas. Where I grew up. Because of all my travel, I hadn’t visited Mom in way too long. Of [...] Read more »
Home Again, Home Again
The long trek home is over, and I’ve had my required fix of Mexican food; all is well again…
Singapore to Tokyo was a pleasant seven hours, and we arrived simultaneously with about six other jumbo jets. There was complete bedlam in the arrival hall, and they’re still working out the transfer checkin procedures at Narita [...] Read more »
