Stumptown Coffee Roasters, Ace Hotel, 18 West 29th Street, New York
el doble my double burger benchmark
The El Doble at Txikito (pronounced “chic-kee-toe”) - a Basque restaurant in New York’s Chelsea. The chubby double burger is draped with smoked sheep’s milk cheese and peppery salsa especial.
The version seen above was requested to be on the rare side of medium rare.
31 March 2010 By 1 Comment
Being drunk is not an excuse to eat crap
When I’ve put London food obsessives in the position of defending their high praise for the rubbery salt beef at the Beigel Bake on Brick Lane they’ve invariably blamed their lapse in good taste on drunkenness. It’s open 24 hours. It’s quick. It’s cheap. It’s filling. Blah. Blah. Blah.
Likewise, discriminating young Londoners who, when within three Chardonnays of sober, wouldn’t be caught dead with a Tesco tomato in their organic jute carrier bags can be seen stuffing their reddened faces with questionable kebabs from an Upper Street shop that recycles its moulded and fully cooked meat, unrefrigerated and unprotected, for hours at a time.
At the risk of sounding like a drunken pensioner, things aren’t what they used to be, at least not for me. [Read more...]
2 October 2009 By 24 Comments
Scoring the food at new Yankee Stadium
The purpose of my visit to the new Yankee Stadium had little to do with a baseball game. I was there to survey the food options and rate perhaps a dozen of them. I thought this would be a valuable service for fans who didn’t wish to subject their bodies to the very abuse I was prepared to endure in my role as self-sacrificing food critic. [Read more...]
29 July 2009 By 6 Comments
Detouring for the indelible delight
When travelling across nations or neighborhoods I revel in the long detour for the indelible delight. My willingness to wreck itineraries and rile companions for a nibble of potentially life-changing apple strudel partly explains my reputation amongst those who know me best as a deviant. [Read more...]
25 June 2009 By 3 Comments
