Food Nomad

Maialino

2012-09-09T11:17:00.000-04:00

2 Lexington Ave New York, NY 10010 212.777.2410 www.maialinonyc.com Sundays in NYC always mean brunch to me which eventually lead to a long day of enjoyment that I like to call Sunday Funday. A little quirky? Yeah. Corny? Sure. Bordering a bit on childish? Kind of. Fun as sh*t? Absolutely. I had heard a lot about a Danny Meyer Italian restaurant called Maialino (Italian for Piglet)

Ippudo

2012-09-08T13:12:00.000-04:00

65 4th Ave New York, NY 10003 212.388.0088 www.ippudony.com It seemed like all my friends were either working or doing some sort of volunteering on Saturday so I was on my own for an...ahem...late lunch. I was all set to either walk two blocks and go to Num Pang or just take a short cab ride to Momofuku. But, I remembered a conversation I had with one of Sakuramen's owners and he had

Ken & Cook

2012-09-07T19:02:00.000-04:00

19 Kenmare St New York, NY 10012 212.966.3058 www.kenandcook.com In continuing with new experiences for this week, I headed up to NYC for the weekend to spend some time with good friends. My flimsy excuse (like I need one) was an e-mail from someone at Ken & Cook saying this: I came across your blog on foodnomad and find it very interesting and well written. It would be a great honor to

WEST. Kitchen & Tavern

2012-09-05T18:48:00.000-04:00

126 West Street Annapolis, MD 21401 410.263.7777 www.annapoliswestkt.com I got this e-mail the other day: Congratulations! Your e-mail has been selected as the PRIZE winner of 2,000,000.00 in Promotion Held September, 2012 in Europe. Umm....wait. I did get that e-mail and usually I'd be stoked about winning 2 million of something but I'm still trying to help an African prince reclaim his

Family Meal

2012-09-02T11:22:00.000-04:00

880 N. East Street Frederick, MD 21701 301.378.2895 www.voltfamilymeal.com When is a diner not a diner? The correct answer is usually, "when the chicken isn't the duck." This time, however, it's when a former Top Chef contestant converts what looks like a former showroom of some sort into a "classic, American diner". Bryan Voltaggio of Top Chef and Volt fame has expanded his empire in

Of Love And Regret

2012-09-01T13:47:00.000-04:00

1028 S Conkling St Baltimore, MD 21224 410.327.0760 www.ofloveandregret.com When I was a much younger man, my friends and I used to frequent the Good Love Bar in Canton neighborhood of Baltimore. This was early on in it's history before it suffered from a fire and before it became caught up in the bar/club/DJ scene. The place had a nice, hip vibe with great drinks and lots of dark nooks

Ravi Kabob House

2012-08-30T17:47:00.000-04:00

250 N Glebe Rd Arlington, VA 22203 703.816.0222 www.ravikabobusa.com I don't remember Ravi Kabob when I lived in Arlington a little over a decade ago but my work hours were crazy back then and I thought Ruth's Chris Steakhouse was at the top of my food food chain. I could have used another word instead of using 'food' twice but a food food chain is not too far from a foo foo chain which

Kushi Izakaya & Sushi

2012-08-27T17:37:00.000-04:00

465 K St. NW Washington, DC 20001 202.682.3123 www.eatkushi.com There's this phenomena that I've noticed in DC where upscale apartment buildings also house retail shops, restaurants, grocery stores, and any other conveniences that a resident may want or need. It's like a hotel but on a larger scale. I guess this may be what they refer to as "bethesdafication" and it was in one of these

Boundary Road

2012-08-26T12:37:00.000-04:00

414 H St NE Washington, DC 20002 202.450.3265 www.boundaryrd.com This week, work's been a bit of a bear so I haven't gotten to eat anything that was a) good for more and b) just good. I have managed to funnel some good money into delivery pizza and fast food so I'm glad I'm doing my part in keeping the economy going. The weekend, though, allowed me a few windows of time where I could

Toki Underground

2012-08-20T17:02:00.000-04:00

1234 H Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 202.388.3086 www.tokiunderground.com I'm a member of donrockwell.com which is a very big and very active forum for people who love food. There was a thread on there discussing Sakuramen and one of the latest posts gave the place a pretty negative review. I was in disagreement with the post so I wrote about my experience and near the very end I said

Pearl Dive Oyster Palace

2012-08-18T12:31:00.000-04:00

1612 14th St NW Washington, DC 20009 202.986.8778 www.pearldivedc.com For me, having a good meal is just as much about the food as it is about the people you're eating with. The ambience is important too but I find that you can make up for a lot of things if you really enjoy the company. This was never more evident to me as when a good friend of mine came to DC and we had lunch. We've had

Virtue Feed & Grain

2012-08-16T18:11:00.000-04:00

106 South Union Street Alexandria, VA 22314 571.970.3669 www.virtuefeedandgrain.com I read somewhere that Virtue Feed & Grain had been nominated by Bon Appetit as one of the 50 best new restaurants in America. The first thing I thought, was "waitaminute, I went there back in January...how can it still be a new restaurant?" Oh. It probably had only been open for a short while in January.

Food We Love: Barbecue

2012-08-15T18:37:00.000-04:00

I've surprised myself about all the barbecue I've written about in this blog. Blue Smoke, The Canopy, Rocklands, The Pig and that order at Waterman's comes to mind. I never realized just how much eat and just how much I enjoy some good barbecue. I am a big fan of slow cooking meat in a smoker and letting all that flavor from a rub or a sauce soak in. So, when I got this e-mail after I got

Café Dupont

2012-08-11T17:41:00.000-04:00

1500 New Hampshire Ave NW Washington, DC 20036 202.797.0169 www.doylecollection.com/restaurants/café_dupont.aspx My mom loves Julia Child. She's seen Julia and Julia several times and her go-to recipes for almost anything begins and ends with Julia Child. Her and I have spent countless holidays making Julia's tarte tatin recipe. I don't even know if that's the proper title but that's what

Tour of Beer: World of Beer

2012-08-11T12:01:00.000-04:00

901 N. Glebe Rd. Arlington, VA 22203 703.962.6982 http://wobusa.com/Locations/ArlingtonVA.aspx So...... This place opened a block away from where I live in Ballston. It's the latest in a chain of bar across the US that serves, I think, over 500 beers on tap and in bottles at all their locations. They have a small menu that consists of basically pretzels and hot dogs but allow you to

Earl's

2012-08-08T13:42:00.000-04:00

2605 Wilson Blvd Arlington, VA 2220 703.248.0150 www.earlsinarlington.com I have a confession. I am not Joey Tribbiani. About half of you just went, "Who the f*ck is Joey Tribbiani?" Some of you are thinking, "Of course you're not a character from a TV show that went off the air 8 years ago". Then there's the three...um...two of you saying, "Yeah, you don't seem like a sandwich guy".

Izakaya Seki

2012-08-05T17:02:00.001-04:00

1117 V Street NW Washington, DC 20001 202.588.5841 www.sekidc.com After a long weekend of eating really rich, really not good for you foods, I wanted something clean & simple for dinner. I thought about making my return trip to Toki Underground but ramen didn't quite feel right. Then, I remembered that Izakaya Seki had just opened up last week and that the menu was really intriguing. So,

Waterman's Crab House

2012-08-05T09:49:00.000-04:00

21055 Sharp St Rock Hall, MD 21661 410.639.2261 www.watermanscrabhouse.com The father of a good friend of ours' is in a band that plays 50s & 60s music and this past weekend, they played in Rock Hall, MD. This was the perfect excuse for a bunch of us to meet up somewhere that wasn't a big city and it's never a bad thing to go to the Eastern Shore. This isn't the Eastern Shore of Ocean

Oby Lee

2012-08-03T17:47:00.000-04:00

3000 Washington Blvd Arlington, VA 22201 571.257.5054 www.obylee.com I've been looking forward to trying out Oby Lee ever since I saw the signage go up since this combination coffee shop & wine bar is directly on my way to and from work. The other coffee shops in the area (Northside Social and the local Starbucks) both require a slight detour which, if you're late for work, is a huge

Ray's Hell Burger

2012-08-01T13:23:00.000-04:00

1725 Wilson Blvd Arlington, VA 22209 703.841.0001 www.rayshellburger.com As you can tell from my weekend in North Cackalackey, I've been eating pretty good and unfortunately, pretty heavy. So, for today at lunch, I was thinking that I want something healthy to eat. (Eyes on the post, please. I see you suspiciously looking up at the title of the post). I looked around to see what was

Fearrington House Inn

2012-07-28T18:17:00.000-04:00

2000 Fearrington Village Pittsboro, NC 27312 919.542.2121 www.fearrington.com/house/restaurant.asp As we were planning our trip to North Carolina, my aunt insisted that we had to have dinner at the Fearrington House Inn or rather the restaurant at the Fearrington House Inn. So, for our last night down there, I made reservations for just my parents, my niece and myself for an early dinner.

The Pig (Chapel Hill, NC)

2012-07-28T14:23:00.000-04:00

630 Weaver Dairy Road Chapel Hill, NC 27514 919.942.1133 www.thepigrestaurant.com Do you think there's an issue with my restaurant choices when I've now written posts about Honey Pig, the Green Pig Bistro, The Pig, and The Pig again (this time in Chapel Hill, NC)? There's no problem there right? It was rhetorical. I can't help it if I love all things pig. I bet you do too and besides, I

Lantern

2012-07-27T17:37:00.000-04:00

423 W Franklin St Chapel Hill, NC 27516 919.969.8846 www.lanternrestaurant.com I haven't been at this blogging thing for very long (well, almost 6 months now. Wow.) but I have noticed that, like anything, it has it's tedious parts where you have to kind of force yourself to write a post (almost feels like a job) after a lukewarm experience and then there are some instances when you can't

Cracker Barrel

2012-07-26T12:12:00.000-04:00

12401 Redwater Creek Rd Chester, VA 23831 804.748.4032 www.crackerbarrel.com What? That's right. I'm sitting in a coffee shop in downtown Chapel Hill, NC just doing some work and surfing the net before going to dinner at Lantern. And yes, I'm also writing a post about Cracker Barrel. I'm in North Carolina to visit some relatives and I drove my parents and a niece down here. On our

H &pizza

2012-07-23T18:21:00.000-04:00

1118 H Street NE Washington, DC 20002 202.733.1285 www.andpizza.com I had gone to Toki Underground last weekend and I was going to write...um...blog (let's be honest, this barely qualifies as writing) about it but I had ordered a special instead of trying out their classic ramen. I tried to figure out ways to justify a post about Toki without having their most basic thing and my