Did you know there’s a reggae remix of Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On”? Neither did I, until I went to Arlington’s Jamaica Gates to eat jerk chicken. The skanked-up Titanic anthem poured out of crackling speakers as I sipped my Jamaican lemonade — thirst-quenching and not too sweet,…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. It took three visits to get to these pastor tacos from…
When the Observer emailed me with the offer to, and I quote, “continue our gross exploitation of your heritage” by somehow shoehorning together the two subjects of the Olympics and food, how could I possibly resist? I suppose this allows me to tackle that thorniest of subjects, British “cuisine”. While…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. I’ve written about the lobster roll at Rex’s far too many…
Food trucks get tons of attention, but is the food they’re peddling any good? While evaluating creativity, curb appeal, value and taste to award Firestone tires, we’re ranking Dallas’ food trucks to sort out which trucks are worth chasing around town and which may be headed for a blow out…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. A New Haven fan would not be pleased. There’s not enough…
The Bowery on McKinney, in the charming old house that used to be Lumi, had a low-key opening this weekend. This upscale hot dog restaurant is the brainchild of three blossoming restaurateurs: Richard and Tiffanee Ellman of Oak and John Paul Valverde, part owner of Campo. For all involved, it’s…
I visited La Nueva Fresh and Hot twice before I added their guisado verde taco to the 100 Favorite Dishes list and there’s a lot more than green pork tacos to make a visit worth it. In fact, the Webb Chapel road tortilla factory and take-out may be one of…
MoMo’s Pasta. It’s a classic red-sauce-two-location-family-owned Italian joint. They serve lunch and dinner daily, with brunch on weekends featuring 99-cent mimosas. Prices are reasonable and you can dine in or get your MoMo delivered. It’s the type of place with lots of regulars. There is just one problem: the Knox…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. You could drive all the way out to Richardson and buy…
Without a doubt the most interesting part of any Korean meal is the banchan, a number sides that come to the table in tiny individual bowls to be eaten on their own, or used to compliment grilled meats and other dishes. The only problem: they tend to hit your table…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. The obsession borders on unhealthy. Sour cream enchiladas were new to…
In the kitchen of Omi Korean Grill and Bar, three old women start each workday at 7 a.m. They chop savoy cabbage into large bite-sized chunks and mix them with salt, water, fish sauce and chili pepper, filling several massive 20-gallon plastic buckets. After a day, the mixture foams and…
Recently I was reading the book Born to Run by Christopher McDougall, about Mexico’s Tarahumara Indians in the Copper Canyons who have an amazing ability to run extreme long distances. In the book McDougall describes the pre-run concoction of choice for the Tarahumara, which is made from chia seeds. A…
I recently mentioned to a friend that I was on a quest to hunt down the best spicy foods in Dallas, and he implored me to visit Alligator Cafe to try their Voodoo sauce, mentioning that they’d appeared on Food Network’s Heat Seekers in January. (That’s the show where my…
See also: *The Cheap Bastard’s take on La Banqueta (and butt crack). Out front of La Banqueta three panhandlers sat in the sun. One asked me for change, while another cleaned his fingernails with the corner of a scratch-off lottery card. The third sat silently and gazed out towards Bryan…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Maple and Motor gets a lot of attention for their burgers…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. While I wait on my petition to have Off-Site Kitchen rebranded…
See also: *Carbone’s: Jimmy’s for the 1 Percent Burrata. Say it again. Roll the “Rs” this time. Giada-style. Ooh yeah, that’s the stuff. Burrata is kind of like mozzarella, in the same way Moët & Chandon is kind of like André. Burrata is like mozzarella except that instead of being…
See also: *An Englishman Reviews the BBQ of Hard Eight for The English *An Englishman Reviews the BBQ of Mike Anderson’s for The English Note: Today’s blog from our resident Englishman, whose regular gig is sampling Texas barbecue, is best played in tandem with the “Let’s Get Farheinhammered” drinking game…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Dolmas get a bad name because so many pre-made versions are…
See also: *Best Food Orgasm – 2006 President Ronald Reagan designated every third Sunday during the month of July as National Ice Cream Day. If you’re a true ‘Merican, you’ll follow the orders of our beloved Dutch and have a scoop or three. We have a list of a few…
