Highlights: Eleven Madison Park, Xian Famous Foods, Soba Nippon, Lucky Eight. Culture Espresso – chocolate chip cookie which was gooey at the beginning of October but suddenly become small and crispy by the end of the month. Rumor is that they changed bakers — too bad! A side note, there seems to be a fair [...]
Archive for the ‘Fried Chicken’ Category
Fall in New York
November 4, 2010
Alabama & Georgia – BBQ, Fried Chicken, and More
March 26, 2010
From Birmingham to Savannah and then back to Atlanta: Highlands Bar and Grill Oysters, Frito Misto, Chicken Sous Vide – all well executed nothing suprising but good clean flavors and very good service. Seems like a popular after work hangout of professionals in the area. I would definitely return it’s farm to table style done [...]
PICAN ***
August 10, 2009
Who knew that so many restaurants in Oakland are closed on Sunday? Lucky for us, Pican is the exception. We sampled Southern Foie Gras – fried chicken livers with a nice bright slaw to counterbalance the crunchy fried goodness. Even Brett who normally doesn’t prefer chicken livers, enjoyed them. Our second starter was Heirloom Tomato [...]
BAKESALE BETTY **
August 9, 2009
Fried chicken sandwich, crispy, spicy, vinegary slaw, wish it had different bread. Nice outdoor seating using ironing boards as tables.
BROWN SUGAR KITCHEN ***’
June 14, 2009
B and HM brought me here for Saturday brunch. I liked the fried chicken and waffles so much, I returned a week later to have another go at the menu. Enjoyed the following, in order of preference: waffles with maple syrup, fried chicken, both biscuits, cheese grits, gumbo, beignets. Can’t beat the atmosphere, warm and [...]
