FoodQuest 2011
OPEN: JANUS FILE #0374
Happy New Year, everyone! I certainly hope that your hangovers are not too severe.
I am guessing that at least some of you are making, or have made, resolutions for 2011. For the past two or three weeks, I had been thinking on and off about what my resolution for the new year might be. During the past week, I finally decided what that resolution would be.
The simple description can be found in the title for this entry. I'm calling the project "FoodQuest 2011."
I have decided that at least once a month, I am going to visit a restaurant that I have not visited before.
At the moment, I am trying to decide how easy or difficult this will really be. I can think of a number of places where I have visited once, maybe twice, and would like to revisit. Much as I might like to include them on the list, I'm not going to do it. I might include them as a sidebar, but not as part of the main FoodQuest.
One new restaurant a month. That's 12 restaurants in all. The question is, can I find them?
I know one category that will probably not appear on the list -- Chinese restaurants. It's not that I dislike Chinese food -- quite the contrary, in fact. My problem here is that I think I have tried most of the Chinese restaurants in my part of Louisville. If I can think of one or two where I have not previously eaten, they might just make the list.
I've also tried most of Louisville's local pizza establishments as well. I know I haven't tried Impellizzeri's Pizza, so that is definitely one for the list. And I don't think I have ever tried Za's Pizza, either. I know I have gone in and picked up their takeout menu, but I think that is it. I do know that Wick's, Bearno's, and Tony Boombozz are out.
One place that I have been wanting to try for a couple of years is Lynn's Paradise Cafe. I finally discovered its location a few months ago (more by accident than anything else), so FoodQuest is as good a reason for trying the place. And I am pretty certain that I will be visiting Molly Malone's for March (albeit sometime other than St. Patrick's Day).
And I am not restricting FoodQuest to strictly local establishments. I know of at least two or three chains that I have been wanting to visit, and again, this will give me a good enough reason to finally try them. And if I am lucky enough to do a little traveling this year, that will more than likely open new possibilities.
For the moment, though, let's focus on Louisville, and restaurants in Louisville. Does anyone have any suggestions that they would like to make? Please leave a comment, because I am always interested in trying new restaurants.
And yes, I do plan to write about each of the restaurants I visit, and post the writings here. I mean, what's the point of mentioning this resolution here if I don't?
FoodQuest 2011 begins . . . now.
CLOSE: JANUS FILE #0374
Happy New Year, everyone! I certainly hope that your hangovers are not too severe.
I am guessing that at least some of you are making, or have made, resolutions for 2011. For the past two or three weeks, I had been thinking on and off about what my resolution for the new year might be. During the past week, I finally decided what that resolution would be.
The simple description can be found in the title for this entry. I'm calling the project "FoodQuest 2011."
I have decided that at least once a month, I am going to visit a restaurant that I have not visited before.
At the moment, I am trying to decide how easy or difficult this will really be. I can think of a number of places where I have visited once, maybe twice, and would like to revisit. Much as I might like to include them on the list, I'm not going to do it. I might include them as a sidebar, but not as part of the main FoodQuest.
One new restaurant a month. That's 12 restaurants in all. The question is, can I find them?
I know one category that will probably not appear on the list -- Chinese restaurants. It's not that I dislike Chinese food -- quite the contrary, in fact. My problem here is that I think I have tried most of the Chinese restaurants in my part of Louisville. If I can think of one or two where I have not previously eaten, they might just make the list.
I've also tried most of Louisville's local pizza establishments as well. I know I haven't tried Impellizzeri's Pizza, so that is definitely one for the list. And I don't think I have ever tried Za's Pizza, either. I know I have gone in and picked up their takeout menu, but I think that is it. I do know that Wick's, Bearno's, and Tony Boombozz are out.
One place that I have been wanting to try for a couple of years is Lynn's Paradise Cafe. I finally discovered its location a few months ago (more by accident than anything else), so FoodQuest is as good a reason for trying the place. And I am pretty certain that I will be visiting Molly Malone's for March (albeit sometime other than St. Patrick's Day).
And I am not restricting FoodQuest to strictly local establishments. I know of at least two or three chains that I have been wanting to visit, and again, this will give me a good enough reason to finally try them. And if I am lucky enough to do a little traveling this year, that will more than likely open new possibilities.
For the moment, though, let's focus on Louisville, and restaurants in Louisville. Does anyone have any suggestions that they would like to make? Please leave a comment, because I am always interested in trying new restaurants.
And yes, I do plan to write about each of the restaurants I visit, and post the writings here. I mean, what's the point of mentioning this resolution here if I don't?
FoodQuest 2011 begins . . . now.
CLOSE: JANUS FILE #0374