Forgive us if we’ve discussed this popular dish before–which we have. But the general does outrank Colonel Sanders and his non-spicy, unsticky, broccoli-less chicken. Although the spelling may vary, just about every Chinese restaurant with a delivery option cooks up some form of General Tsao’s. Typically it’s built around fried meat,…
A few weeks before the Christmas holiday, Bill Addison and I had lunch at Screen Door. At the end of the meal he said ‘no reason to hide’ and whipped out his real credit card to pay.Yes, we all carry at least one piece of plastic with a phony name…
Don’t call it McSushi, but finding a reasonably priced roll in the DFW area is about to get really, really easy. A restaurant with the convenience of fast food and low price points of grocery store sushi, Wylie-born Avocado California Roll & Sushi is already rolling for our neighbors in…
It’s no mystery that we’re a fan of sweet treats around these parts. And thanks to our last Best of Dallas issue, it’s also no mystery that we dig on the Natsumi gelato. We’ve given props to the organic partially-organic gelato purveyor for hand-cranking flavors that taste so much like…
The French Room’s executive chef is one of those ‘results-oriented’ types. Perhaps his habit of accomplishment stems from the four years he spent in the U.S. Marine Corps. Or maybe the 35 year-old Michigan native can just flat out cook.Although he came to Dallas from the Mandarin Oriental in New…
“Why is cheese delicious on Italian food, but when you melt it on Chinese food, it’s disgusting?” (Jason Jones, The Daily Show)…
Tillman’s Roadhouse324 W. Seventh St.214-942-0988Dude factor: 9, or “James Dalton,” on a scale of 1 (Brad Wesley) to 10 (Wade Garrett).Sometimes it can’t be avoided. Occasionally, dudes have to go upscale. But if you’re going to eat someplace that actually uses cloth napkins, you might as well pick one that…
Today, the words “political party” have double meaning. And, forget partying like its 1999. Ten years later, America is celebrating the here and now, and a few local restaurants are joining the fun. Lakewood’s Café Lago hosts an Obama Bash from 6 to 9 p.m., tonight with a buffet, live…
OK, OK–a gimmick for Inauguration day. Give us a break. The President gets a personal chef, state dinners and could probably walk out of any restaurant in the country without paying. Of course, there have been some notorious culinary moments: The competent Bush puking all over his Japanese counterpart, Andrew Jackson offering…
We here at City of Ate don’t consider celebrity chefs swoon-worthy. MotoGP riders yes, chefs–hell, line cooks do the work. And when they appoint one of their protoges to their name…..
Blue Canyon at Lake Ray Hubbard hosts a wine sampling…..
Five course beer dinner at Oceanaire…..
New dish at Pei Wei…..
Or maybe he’s just having a good time. A text message from the man himself at 2:07 a.m. this morning: “Las Vegas is the happiest place on earth.” Seems he’s enjoying vacation…
‘Gourmet’ Dating Services Ponder The Missing MaleEd Bamberger can’t figure it out.On a Thursday night, 33 members show up for a ritzy five course spread at Nana–28 women and five men. A few days later, he hosts another in a series of Single Gourmet events. This time a casual gathering…
Ever wondered where chefs (armchair and otherwise) find unique ingredients? It’s not like you can walk into any old grocery store and buy Cambodian Kampot peppercorns, Watermelon Radishes or micro beet tops. It’s likely that the secret source is Tom Spicer, a.k.a. Spiceman of Spiceman’s FM 410, long known for…
Panda Delite1060 W. Frankford, Carrollton972-395-1118Promised delivery time: 35 minutesActual delivery time: 46 minutesThe ScoreNear-promptness: 43Phone patience required: -3Old fashioned boxes: 15Semi-cold food: -6Spending threshold: -9Self-effacing, totally open, honest and unabashed delivery guy: 30Degree of difficulty: 8Total Score: 78Overall StandingsNandina Asian Tapas 93Panda Delite 78Zini’s Pizzeria 51See the final 2008 Standings…
She is something of a force on the local dining scene, equal parts chef and personality adding up to 200 percent.Beck apprenticed with Dean Fearing at The Mansion then stepped into the sous chef role at Hector’s on Henderson, essentially running the kitchen until finally appointed to the executive role…
Photos by Benjamin Lewis Some people consider it uncouth to begin drinking before 5 p.m. Thankfully, you won’t run into any of those spoilsports at the “Blind Salamander Day” tour and tasting at Rahr & Sons brewery tomorrow from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. I took my first tour of…
When it comes to wine, some people are able to identify and pedigree a glass in less than 30 seconds. Others are in the “like what you like ’cause you like it” category. A few still rate jug wines highly, on the quantity is quality principle. Regardless of which camp…
The other day we were sitting around contemplating happy hour options when our editor stomped in to remind us of the morning editorial meeting–for which we were apparently quite late.Now, one of this job’s few perks is that “reading” magazines counts as research. So we hastily reached for the discard…
A native of Liverpool, Green has been pulling pints…well, not quite pints…in local pubs for as long as any of us with shortened attentions spans can remember. Long a fixture at The Londoner in Addison, he moved to The Idle Rich in 2004.In his spare time he both plays soccer…
