La Banquise – The Most Famous Poutine in Montreal!
Categories: $10 - $20 3 Stars Canadian Montreal QuébécoisRating: 3.5/6 Bagels? Check! Schwartz's Smoked Meat? Check! Hot maple taffy stick prepped on a block of ice? Check! Hmm what was I missing from...
View ArticleMotorino – Great Neapolitan Pizza in New York!
Categories: $10 - $20 4 Stars Italian Manhattan PizzaRating: 4.5/6 If I had to name one food that's quintessentially 'New York', pizza would be my top choice. Motorino is always in the discussion for...
View ArticleLadurée – Iconic Macarons in Paris, France
Categories: $10 - $20 4 Stars Desserts French ParisRating: 4/6 Ladurée is an icon in the world of macarons! In addition to those world-famous treats, they also have other pastries and baked goods in...
View ArticleCafé Habana – Great Cuban Lunch Joint in New York!
Categories: $0 - $10 4 Stars Cuban Manhattan MexicanRating: 4.5/6 Café Habana is a small Cuban lunch joint with a hell of a following. I went with two staples, the Cuban sandwich and the Mexican style...
View ArticleMeson Andaluz – Is this the “Best Tapas” in Lisbon?
Categories: $20 - $30 3 Stars Lisbon Portuguese TapasRating: 3/6 It wasn't my goal to try tapas in Lisbon, but a friendly waiter with excellent English convinced me that this was the "best in Lisbon!"....
View ArticleTapas in Madrid! (Casa Lucas, Juana la Loca)
Categories: $20 - $30 $30 - $40 4 Stars Madrid Spanish TapasIt didn't have quite the culture shock appeal of tapas bar hopping in Bilbao, but sit-down style tapas in Madrid proved to be tasty all the...
View ArticleMighty Quinn’s Barbecue – Is this the Best BBQ in NYC?
Categories: $10 - $20 4 Stars Barbecue Carnivorous ManhattanRating: 4/6 Mighty Quinn's Barbecue is the most hyped of the BBQ places that are supposed to make NYC into a BBQ hotspot. The quality of the...
View ArticlePaco Meralgo – Absolutely Delicious Fresh Seafood in Barcelona!
Categories: $40 - $50 5 Stars Barcelona Seafood SpanishRating: 4.5/6 Paco Meralgo shows off the absolute best in ingredients that Barcelona has to offer. The fried artichokes and freshly caught prawns...
View ArticleBistro Guggenheim Bilbao – Refined Haute Cuisine at Reasonable Prices
Categories: $40 - $50 3 Stars Bilbao SpanishRating 3.5/6 The Guggenheim bistro offers wonderfully prepared food that plays it safe and sticks to flavour combinations that work. Given how radical some...
View ArticleCocoron vs. Soba-ya – Battle of NYC’s Best Soba Noodles!
Categories: $10 - $20 3 Stars 5 Stars Japanese ManhattanRatings: 5/6 (Cocoron), 3.5/6 (Soba-ya) Ramen is by far the sexiest of the Japanese noodles, but it's soba that has been the historical noodle...
View ArticleTraif – Unbridled Love for Pork in Brooklyn!
Categories: $40 - $50 4.5 Stars Brooklyn Carnivorous TapasRating: 4.5/6 Traif may seem like a shrine to the meat gods, but the execution here is much more restrained and balanced than you'd expect! The...
View ArticleRuss and Daughters – The Perfect Breakfast Sandwich: Bagel, Smoked Fish and...
Categories: $0 - $10 5 Stars Jewish ManhattanRating: 5/6 Russ and Daughters is a must-visit to enjoy the joys of the last remaining Jewish appetizing store in New York. A bagel sandwich here might just...
View ArticleLevain Bakery – Famed Decadent Cookies in a Quaint Manhattan Bakery
Categories: $0 - $10 3 Stars Bakery ManhattanRating: 3/6 Levain Bakery is a quaint neighbourhood bakery that does great in that respect, especially with the banana bread. Their famed cookies were much...
View ArticleRoger Eats like a Pig is Going Home!
Categories: Site NewsAfter one year of life in this beautiful city, things have come to an end. Roger the Pig is leaving New York City and taking his appetite back to his hometown, Vancouver,...
View ArticlePatacon Pisao – Delicious and Cheap Venezuelan Street Food in NYC!
Categories: $0 - $10 4.5 Stars Queens VenezuelanRating: 4.5/6 Patacon Pisao does a great job introducing NYC to the wonders of Venezuelan cuisine street food-style! Thanks to this experience I think...
View ArticleAtera – A Taste of the Unnatural and Delicious in New York, PART I
Categories: $100 + 5 Stars Gastronomy ManhattanRating: 5/6 If I had to sum up my meal at Atera in one word, my choice would be 'unnatural'. Each plate is likely to contain at least one component whose...
View ArticleAtera – A Taste of the Unnatural and Delicious in New York, PART II
Categories: $100 + 5 Stars Gastronomy ManhattanRating: 5/6 If I had to sum up my meal at Atera in one word, my choice would be 'unnatural'. Each plate is likely to contain at least one component whose...
View ArticleAtera – A Taste of the Unnatural and Delicious in New York, PART III
Categories: $100 + 5.5 Stars Gastronomy Manhattan Michelin StarredRating: 5.5/6 If I had to sum up my meal at Atera in one word, my choice would be 'unnatural'. Each plate is likely to contain at least...
View ArticleOctopus Garden – Traditional Japanese Omakase in Vancouver
Categories: $50 - $75 3 Stars Japanese VancouverRating: 3/6 Octopus Garden is a small neighbourhood restaurant in the Kitsilano neighbourhood of Vancouver known for their traditional Japanese omakase...
View ArticleFood Blogs are Here to Stay. But Why Don’t More People Care about Food? A...
Categories: Site NewsOn Wednesday, Josh Ozersky, founding editor of the New York food news site Grub Street and author of numerous food books like The Hamburger: A History, published a piece in the...
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