When I heard of Roganic opening I canceled my original dinner booking on Friday and booked a table there instead. I had heard and read very exciting things about Simon Rogan's food at L'Enclume so when I learned he was opening a (temporary but relatively long-term of two years) restaurant in London I saw my chance to sample his food without having ( Read more... )

Here's my third and final installment of all the food I ate while in Chicago. This one includes the absolutely terrific experience I had at Girl and the Goat -- the one restaurant I was super bummed about leaving because I wouldn't be able to go back any time soon.


( Read more... )

Here's part two of my Chicago food escapades. I love getting recs for the next time I'm there, that I didn't get a chance to hit this time. :D I'll have one more post after this to encompass everything. I told you I went lots of places and took lots of pictures ( Read more... )

Last week I went to Chicago for the first time, on a self-prescribed foodie tour. :D I was pretty careful about my restaurant selections, getting advice from a bunch of people/lists, then culling it down. I went with a non-foodie friend though, so I also wanted to let her call the shots sometimes ( Read more... )

Went to Avalon in West Seattle this weekend. It's been open all of a month. Very cute and warm, with a fantastic brunch. My friend and I vowed to go back for dinner soon!

I thought it was reasonably priced for the quality of fare we were served. You should check it out if you're in the area... or even if you're not!


( Read more... )

It is Restaurant Week here in Seattle, and since two of your mods (namely, belcantin and myself) recently realized that we lived in the same city, we felt it was our duty to meet up, eat good food, and document it for this comm. Yes. We took one for the team.

We went to Mistral Kitchen in South Lake Union. It's a trendy, fun little place that serves ( Read more... )

Over the JUly 4 weekend, almost 4,000 fans of anthropomorphic animal artwork, animation, comics, costuming, and other media attended the Anthrocon convention in Pittsburgh, Penn., including me.  We were a furry stimulus package, putting about 4 million dollars into the Pittsburgh economy, and providing up to two months of business for area ( Read more... )

( Read more... )

Hello all! I went through the tags and found some posts similar to mine, but they're all from 2007, and I figure things have changed since then, so I hope this is okay.

( Question behind cut. )

Hey everyone! I've been lurking around this community for awhile now. I've been taking a ton of food pictures just for you guys and since I'm bored at work, I'll post my most recent.( Warning: disgustingly greasy food porn ahead. )