Food and Drink Reviews + Dining Out!
“Mmmmm, Bacon!”
I didn’t know whether to jump up and down with excitement or get really queasy when I read about an ambitious new beverage called MeatWater, a kind of “meal-in-a-bottle” which apparently comes in delicious flavors like Beef Stroganoff, Fish & Chips and Hungarian Goulash, as well as assorted breakfast flavors. The colorful website also includes a contest you can enter to name the next new flavor and win a year’s supply of MeatWater! Yummy!
Waffle of the Gods
This morning I was a bit behind schedule getting out of the house – because I enjoy being asleep, and mornings bite the big one sideways. In my haste to slam the front door as loud and hard as I possibly could behind me, I not only forgot to grab my Netflick on the way out, but I also spaced on bringing my Tupperware full of tasty breakfast cereal with me. Needless to say, but you can see I am about to, I arrived at the office in need of procuring breakfast.
Continue reading What I had for Breakfast Today and Why I am Still Talking About It
“Oh, oh, I love it so…”
When Havana Chelsea closed last summer for “remodeling,” Geoffrey and I mourned and pouted for months that our favorite Cuban food diner/dive was lost to us forever. During our extended grieving process, we dined several times at the also-good-and-considerably-more-gay-friendly Cuba Cafe just a few blocks up the street, but the trade-off in ambiance/gayness/liquor license versus super low cost/actual taste of the food just didn’t cut it. We were ever so saddened.
Continue reading Cheap and Awesome Cuban Food Returns to Chelsea!
Would You Like a Shot of Mustard With That Latte?
I’m a pacifist as a general rule, but here’s one “War” that I consider to be totally worth getting behind: McDonald’s Plans to Battle Starbucks by opening high-end coffee bars in their restaurants! I say Bring it on, McDonald’s!!
Continue reading McDonald’s Takes on Starbucks in Euphemistic "Coffee Wars"
The Red Velvet Cupcake from late, great Crumb’s Bakeshop is described thusly:
Traditional red velvet cake frosted with vanilla cream cheese frosting and drizzled in chocolate with red sprinkles around the edge and a cherry to finish it off.
Ohmygod, it was so good!
