Many of the guests of Dallas’ first Sake Festival can consider themselves fortunate as they now have begun their journey into the Age of Enlightenment. As least, as far as sake is concerned.Thursday night’s event took place in the banquet room at Kenichi, located in Victory Park, and was led…
Nothing spells out Americana more than baseball, unless you are adding outdoor grilling, hotdogs and cold beer to the mix. Combine all these together with the opening day of baseball and you might very well have the makings of an arrestable offense.This is what made the late morning jaunt to…
Mexican cuisine has a proud and rich heritage, though you might not know it from eating Tex-Mex. We’ve been tricked into believing that the tacos, beef enchiladas, and waxy, lard-saturated rice and beans are all we can hope for from our friends to the south. Wednesday, however, locals were treated…
There are occasions when even the best of us have that animalistic craving for something basic, something wonderful, something loaded with cheese and bacon. After all, as City of Aters know, everything is better with bacon.I am waxing on about the perfect burger starter, the loaded cheese fries. We know…
Nothing celebrates the coming of spring like the utilitarian, humble egg. For many civilizations, the egg symbolizes and celebrates power, life, fertility and renewal.At the Passover Seder, a hard-boiled egg dipped in salt water symbolizes both new life and sacrifice. The early Persians painted eggs for Nowrooz, their New Year’s…
The Elbow Room 3010 Gaston Ave. 214-828-9488 Roadrunner-like delivery speeds: 15 Delivers at extreme hours: 25 Ability to cure hangover: 18 Crazy good bar food: 30 Total: 88 I had an occasion to spend some time with a friend who lives in a loft in eye-shot of the Dallas Farmers…
There are very few foods that can elicit fondness and memories like the taco. From mom’s boxed Old El Paso version, to the lame version from Taco Bell, to the decidedly un-American street food version found throughout the delicious Mexican states, the humble taco has marked my tastes with each…
Spring break is running rampant across the country as college students everywhere plan beach vacations to party with fellow students. Copious amounts of binge drinking, casual sex and other activities are typically on the slate and will be the subject of nostalgic conversation for years to come. . Dozens of…
My research takes the famous Chicken and Waffle phenomenon back to 1930’s Harlem to Wells Supper Club billed as “Home of Chicken and Waffles Since 1938.” They claim to be the first to sell the dish during the Jazz Age, when late-night diners would order breakfast or dinner to soak…
When we hear tales of a proper fish and chips meal from the United Kingdom, we might conjure visions of Dickens’ characters scurrying about in search of the quintessential British take away. The “Husky chips of potatoes, fried with some reluctant drops of oil” mentioned in The Tale of Two…
Potbelly Sandwich Works 4945 Belt Line Road, Addison 972-661-2264 Promised Delivery Time: 30 minutes Actual Delivery Time: 24 minutes Scoring Summary: Making me order eight pounds of food: -20 Not having to shave to get a decent sandwich: 25 Leftovers for a future hangover: 30 Faster than Wile E. Coyote…
I read Ernest Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast once a year. It reminds me why I appreciate my not-so-secret love affair with all things edible. I picked up a fresh copy this year, and after reading a bit, I paused with the first mention of oysters. Hemingway describes his oysters, and…
Although typically reserved, Sally flutters her eyes and grins as she tosses her head back, her hair flailing softly across her shoulders as she moans with repeated and joyous abandon. As her tempo quickens, Sally’s neighbors pause with alarm. She rocks with repeated gasps and jolts. Sally’s excitement rings throughout…
Satisfying, delicious morsels of doughy goodness packed with intense flavors, various ground meats, and the heart-warming comfort of soup all rolled into one bite-sized dumpling. Any description of xiao long bao is destined to fall short, because the best way to experience the soup dumpling is to share a steamer…
My left arm is still tingling as I write this story. As long as there has been fire, man has enjoyed the scent of cooked meat sizzling hard on an open flame. Be it the brontosaurus or the grazing heifer, there simply is nothing more satisfying than a burger.Perhaps it…
Pizza can be a scary subject, but one that I am not easily shaken from. For this week’s challenge I felt the need to be slightly scientific in choosing the correct opponents. I randomly asked strangers for their ideas on a perfect Dallas pizza.. I polled about 40 people from…
We all find our places to sip a brew, tell a few lies, and hopefully forget the recent events that often plagues a working stiff. As a young child, my father would tell me that if you owe someone money, always pay them back in a bar. Preferably during happy…
It is that time of year when we begin to waver on our resolutions. Oh, we still push ourselves to actually visit the gym we have been dutifully paying for the past eighteen months. Diet books fly off the shelf as we survey the damage done by the excess of…
Each week in ‘Knockers’ we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Thai 2 Go 2222 Medical District Drive 214.484.2161 Promised delivery time: 30 minutes Actual delivery time: 16 minutes Scoring Summary: Seeming lack of authentic Thai employees: -3 Kal-El lightening fast delivery speeds:…
In 2006 we witnessed the death of a good friend in The Green Room. The classic gem of Deep Ellum was brash and ripe with imagination for its time. Since then, the diaspora of the alum that made the kitchen great helped rock the Dallas restaurant landscape. Now, as Green…
