Madangsui
35 West 35th Street
New York, NY
212-564-9333
A few weeks before heading to NYC my friend Devon sent me a link to this review of Madangsui in the NY Times.  I’m all for Korean BBQ so quickly put it on our agenda for our NYC “date” night.
Truth be told my experience with Korean BBQ is limited to [...]

A few days ago an intrepid group of food and wine lovers (including me!) got together to head out to Niagara to visit a few vineyards to further our appreciate of Ontario wines and have fun doing it.  We managed to visit four wineries each offering a different experience and with their own charm.  I’ll [...]

Momofuku Noodle Bar
171 First Avenue (btwn 10th & 11th)
New York, NY 10003
(Photo via New York Times)
Momofuku has been on my list of places to try FOREVER.  It opened back in 2004 when I was still a student at NYU.  For some reason it took nearly 6 years for me to finally get my act together [...]

Co. (aka Company)
230 Ninth Avenue (at 24th street)
NY, NY 10001
212.243.1105
(Photo via Serious Eats)
I love pizza.
That might be an understatement.  Pizza is definitely in my top 5 favourite foods.  I sometimes even buy the frozen mini pizzas and eat them for breakfast.  There really isn’t an inappropriate time to have pizza.
I was in New York over [...]

I recently went to NYC and basically did nothing but eat. I wasn’t in a shopping mood (except on missions for others) so the whole trip consisted of meeting friends for a variety of meals. I went to a lot of places I’ve been to before and also some newer “hotspots”.  Here are a few [...]

(treats from Gerard Mulot)
I ate a LOT of desserts in Paris.  When I saw “a LOT” I mean a whole whackload!  There were no rules about when I could have dessert, if a pastry caught my eye I went in for the kill.   I had eclairs, apple tarts, chausson aux pommes, chocolates – you name [...]

I just got back from a fabulous week in Paris (France).  Paris isn’t new to me, I spent almost 6 months studying there while in university about 6 years ago.  It was time for another visit.  While living there on zero income I didn’t get to take full advantage of all the food the city [...]

Hot Doug’s
3324 North California
Chicago, IL 60618
Phone: (773) 279-9550
Alas, this is my last post from my most recent Chicago visit.  I was in Chicago to attend a taping of the “Oprah Winfrey Show” (episode airs on Monday!) with som friends and made sure to eat up a storm!  After the taping we decided to make a [...]

Topolobampo
445 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60654
312-661-1434
XOCO
449 North Clark Street (enter on Illinois St.)
Chicago, IL 60654
312-334-3688
My last visit to Chicago was full of good eating.  Two of the highlights were Topolobampo and XOCO.  Both are Rick Bayless restaurants and are part of what I would describe as his “block of goodness”.  This one block of North [...]

Great Lake
1477 W. Balmoral Avenue
Chicago IL 60640
773-334-9270
(photo via Serious Eats)
My awesome friend Mandy offered to pick me up at O’Hare on my most recent trip to Chicago and suggested we check out Great Lake for some pizza.  Since pizza is my fave meal of the day I was TOTALLY in!
Great Lake (they don’t have a [...]