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Day 1 of my girlfriend "suggested" diet It was good.. However, i was going for a veal in a creamy safron sauce, but was forced to go with the white wine and mustard.. Flour instead of cream.. veal in a mustard sauce with cremini mushrooms and a gorgonzola salad, with hearts of palm and peppers.

I think i reached my limit today.. I need to keep it down below 125,000 skoville.. I had Crazy Jerry's Mustard Gas on a grilled chicken sandwich.. Incredibly hot, the flavor was like honey mustard.. Unfortunately i over did it..

Great review, thanks.. I tried to go to the Mesa Grill in Vegas when it first opened up about a month ago and it was mobed. The hostess wasnt even excepting bribes that night. Whats the bar scene like, could i go and have dinner there on a random week night? I see a goat cheese queso fundido in my near future..

Rather funny thing happened today.. My father received a coconut cake from the Pennisula Grill for his bday.. It is a monsterous and wonderfull cake.. Its exactly similar to the recipe i used.. The only major difference is the amount of layers.. They had to have cut the two seperate cakes into three parts.. The coconut is alot fresher then store bought coconut.. The cake is amazing.

They close at 10.. (908)282-0054 is there number.. Address is: 230 Trumbull St. Elizabeth NJ. 07206

This weekend a had a large plate of swan gizzards at Frontera Grill in Chicago.. First time eating Swan and since its the gizzard, it gave me no understanding what the whole bird would taste like.. But it was rather good.. Then again, i think Bayless could make a shoe delicious.. The dish reminded me of a spicy chewy chorizo..

I think Trotter comes off sounding like a self-righteous ass in the article.. He wants to concern himself with an issue of morality? There are people starving and he devotes his life to serving 100 dollar plates.. Shut up and cook.

Back from Chicago and happy to be here! I wanted to share with you guys, what i think is the best place in Elizabeth for lunch.. Its a place called Chicks Seafood located at 230 Trumbull Street.. Its an awesome place.. Its pretty much a local spot for lunch, and if its close enough to be a local place you are very lucky.. Out of the kitchen comes some of the best Portugese food I have ever had.. From Garlic Chicken, to Squid Stew, to Bean Soup, Chicken with rice in a Minhota sauce, Grilled Whole Fish, to the assorted breads they serve complimentary at the table, its all incredible.. And the prices, they cant be beat. . In fact, the cheese steaks here are great! I go here or pick up from here as much as possible.. In fact, my mother brings friends from 40 minutes away to meet me here for lunch.. I wanna say she comes cause she loves me, but lets just say the trips have been getting more frequent since i have taken her here.. I will start taking pictures of some of more favorite meals here... The tin doesnt do this justice. Today is Arroz De Frango a Minhota.. Or simply put Chicken with Rice in a wine white wine sauce.. Or paella.. For 10 bucks I received a tray that will easily feed me for at least three lunches if I didn't share it with my office.. It came with chicken, homemade smokey chorizo, fried bits of pork, peas, in an incredible garlicky white wine soupy saffron rice.. Outstanding! This place is a lunch destination place for anyone in the Elizabeth area.

I went to a Hatian restaurant last week.. I had deep fried goat, it was cooked to a point where it was almost hard and crunchy.. It was rather interesting.

I back guys quest to make the hottest sauce.. Despite the fact that no one should eat it, its the American way.. Make the biggest, hottest, most over the top thing, even if the only point is to do it.. And just for the record, i have absolutely no interest in trying anything close to that..

tell that frank bruni punk to get stop sweating me so hard!

Yeh i mean, I believe a lot of the vibe had to do with the huge amount of homeless people at the market.. And i blame that on the rain.. The place smelled of urine, this comming from a New Yorker.. But in terms of Faidleys, these kids were just thugs that were working there.. I can take attitude just fine, but it seemed to be more of an out right meaness, and it showed in the quality of food they put out as well.

I am in chicago right now and comming back next week.. I would love to show people some of the spot i have learned over the last 5 years.. I would also like to see peoples too!

I keep forgetting to recommend Pat's and/or Gino's for breakfast. And an excellcent warning against provolone cheesesteaks. The bread's there to sop up all the juices and grease. Wiz with, all the way!!! ← Pat's is definately the breakfast spot.. I really dont like Gino's. However, i was surprised at all the interesting pork roll combo's being ordered at TL'S.. I think you misunderstood, I am a pro-provolone and whiz guy.. I like when the sandwich stays together intact.. And the grease falls on the paper which allows one to zupa di pane.. And control the grease. I also love the added cheesiness.. ← Control the grease? Holly LIVES for the grease ← Its not like the grease disappears or less is created this way.. Most likely there is more with the addition of a second cheese melting.. So if someone wants maximum grease its there to enjoy.

I keep forgetting to recommend Pat's and/or Gino's for breakfast. And an excellcent warning against provolone cheesesteaks. The bread's there to sop up all the juices and grease. Wiz with, all the way!!! ← Pat's is definately the breakfast spot.. I really dont like Gino's. However, i was surprised at all the interesting pork roll combo's being ordered at TL'S.. I think you misunderstood, I am a pro-provolone and whiz guy.. I like when the sandwich stays together intact.. And the grease falls on the paper which allows one to zupa di pane.. And control the grease. I also love the added cheesiness..

I notice you skipped the greens on your roast pork. Next time try it with broccoli rabe and sharp provolone. Even if you don't like greens get it and eat it and you'll be happy. (I've had this conversation before...) ← Yeh i agree with you all the way.. It was my first time there, and while eating the pork sandwich i was thinking i shouldnt have gone rabe

We split the weekend between Philly and Baltimore so i decided to put the posting in adventures. I think that was the right thing to do. Thanks everyone for your help.. Weekend in Baltimore and Philly.

My girlfriend and I went on a trip to Baltimore and Philadelphia this weekend.. Our first stop was Morimotos in Philadelphia.. Its one of our favorite places to go.. We left Manhattan around 8 o clock and arrive a little early for our 10 o clock reservation.. We started with a tuna pizza.. Fresh slices of raw tuna are served on a crisp tortilla.. It is served with a spicy cream sauce with pickled jalelpeno peppers and tomatos.. It is refreshing and remarkbly good.. It is a great fusion between japanese and mexican. Next we had one of our favorite dishes.. It is oysters toped with broiled sea urchin and a piece of seared fois gras with a eel bbq sauce.. This came on top of hot sea salt scented with star anise and cinamon.. It is a outrageously rich and decedant appetizer.. The flavors rich and smooth. We then went to a tasting of different appetizers.. The paint box it is served in is so cute. In each glass there are different tastes.. I cant remember all of them.. One was a cold sesame kobe beef.. Another was a sea cucumber, there was a sea weed served with ponzu, a fried red snapper ball served in a cream clam sauce.. We then moved onto an assortment of sashimi.. We ordered all the special fish selections.. Most of them didnt have english names.. The standouts were a scallop-mussle hybrid.. A wild exotic yellow tail, and a mini cooked cooked shrimp.. After dinner we went across the street to another Steven Starr owned restaurant called Jones.. Here we got a cinnamon bun bread pudding topped with cream cheese ice cream.. It was pretty good.. The most impressive part of the dessert was the cream cheese ice cream that we are planing on recreating.. No trip to Philly could be complete without a cheese steak.. We prefer them for breakfast.. hehe.. So the following morning we woke and went to Pats.. In this photo you can see how the combination of Provolone cheese and Whiz works so well here.. You can see the Provolone acting as a barrier between the bread, keeping it from being getting soggy.. Then the whiz is placed on top of the steak and melts down.. What a great breakfast. After going to Pats we then found out in order to go to Baltimore we had to pass Tony Lukes.. I being a safe driver decided to make sure my break lights were working, and since Tony Lukes has ample parking, it would be a perfect place to do my safety check.. After doing the necessary tests to the car, I noticed a sign that said parking is for Tony Luke customers only, so to avoid breaking the law, it was my duty to purchase something at Tony's.. We ordered their famous roast pork sandwich with sharp provolone.. It was excellent.. It was one of the best if not the best pork sandwich i have ever had.. The garlicy sweet pork served with the sharp provolone was wonderfull.. We then topped it off with a mediocre cheese steak.. Not a big fan after going to pats.. We then were ready for our 75 mile drive to Baltimore.. We had been to Baltimore a couple of weekends earlier and had what we thought were great crabs.. Well we were wrong after comparing them to OBrycki's.. When we first arrived we ordered Crabby Mary's.. Served with a chilled crab claw, it was a great way to start our meal.. We then ordered their crab dip.. It was a hot cream cheese dipped with huge chunks of lump crab meat topped with melted cheese.. Very simple and very comforting.. Some times those are the best things.. On to the crabs.. The green spice coated crab arrive on a plastic cafeteria tray and are then proudly dumped onto the middle of the table by our wonderful waitress. .. She unshly picks up one of our crabs and dismantles it in a matter of seconds. Scrapping the lungs, ripping in it half with her hands, and cracking the claws, she then handed us some meat.. The crabs are spiced with this wonderful mix of secret spices.. Unlike most places that just smother them in old bay, the flavoring is much more peppery.. I was hoping to get some insight on what the mixture was, but the bottle didnt offer much help.. The ingredients were listed as salt and spices.. Served with O'Bryckis own beer, a yuengling type, it was a great lunch.. We left the restaurant and went to Lexington Market.. This was one of the more shady places i have been to. Maybe because it was raining and there were homeless people seeking shelter, or maybe its always gross. We were really turned off by it.. There was also a strong smell of urine that kept us away from eating at the raw bars; it was almost liked they washed the floors with it.. As we wondered around, I noticed a sign for Konstants.. A chili dog place that has been around since 1896.. How could one possibly argue with something that has been around for so long.. Easily, the hot dog and chili were both mediocre.. The chili was ground beef seasoned with tabasco.. But i didnt come to Lexington Market for hot dogs, i came for Faidly's Famous Crab Cakes.. A little full after our day of eating so far we decided to split one.. They were really great. They used saltine crackers for their breadcrumbs and of course chunks of maryland blue crab with a little mayo.. Unfortunately, we were met with a really rude and obnoxious duo of thugs at the counter.. Not afraid to curse and grimace while serving our food.. They also werent too concerned with serving the cakes hot either.. Now i have recevied these crab cakes through the mail and were much more happy with the results then.. Its a shame that these people were put in charge of an institution like Faidly's. Oh well.. That night we went for dinner at Charleston..This is a cute restaurant in Fells Point that is serving some really great Low Country cuisine.. It has a great open kitchen and a real cozy feeling. The waitstaff is really warm and knowledgeable and stands behind what their chef is doing..(shout out to Nicholas, our server!) They offer either a tasting menu or they have the menu divided into three different course from which you can pick and choose.. We started with a grilled spiced rub quail served with grilled mango and house pickled green tomatos. The quail was out of this world.. The skin absorb this rub and it just was full of flavor.. It was one of the best quail dishes i have ever eaten.. Also for the first course we had a low country bbq shrimp with button mushroom and tabasco rice.. This dish was also fabulous.. Extremely buttery and creamy.. I could have had this dish as an entree.. Fantastic.. For the second course we had Diver Scallops and and Fried Green Tomato Sandwich with lobster and Crab.. The tomatos acting as a bread in the is dish was really inventive.. And after having a lot of crab that day, I would need a dish this good to not make me grow tired of so much crab. It was really good.. The Scallops were cooked perfectly.. Infact we were very impressed with how everything there was grilled to perfection, seared on the outside pink in the middle.. Everything having such beautiful grill marks.. And look at all those little pieces of bacon.. Enough for every bite of the scallop and more.. We then split the Venison.. This was our least favorite dish of the meal, however it was still wonderfull. The place also offers a great selection of cheeses that we were too full to order.. The next day we woke up and left for home.. On our way back we decided to stop at my favorite burger place the White Rose System.. Unfortunately it closed 5 minutes prior to our arrival.. So we opted for the next best thing the New Brunswick NJ Grease Trucks.. This is a famous spot on Rutgers Campus..Basically they are mobile trailors where you can order anything under the sun between a sub roll.. I opted for the chicken finger, mozzerla stick, with bacon.. With Hot sauce and white sauce,. A classic!

Charleston it is! Thanks everyone

Beer is for breakfast.. and rub the whole thing down

I will be arriving tonight.. So i think we are going to go to Brewers Art till like 2.. Then i think tomorow we are going to go to Faidleys.. Still looking for a place to go to smack crabs and a nice dinner tomorrow night.. Then i think sunday we are going to have breakfast somewhere, have lunch in Philadelphia a second lunch in New Brunswick New Jersey and be home for dinner.. So i still need a crab place, and a nice restaurant.

Went to one of my favorite places in Elizabeth Today.. Its called Portugal BBQ.. Its incredibly inexpensive and incredibly good.. Its one of the best chickens I have ever eaten.. From here to Texas I would put this bbq chicken against anyone's.. I work in the Industrial Park and the neighborhood is rather tough. This place is clean and on a safe block.. They have these chicken, ribs and steaks rotating around an open charcoal fire.. The use Cowboy Charcoal.. As it goes around, they constantly brush the meats with the red sauce. It smells of garlic and various spicy.. When it drips down it makes the flames shoot up and the smoke surrounds the meat.. Its a beautiful thing.. A half of chicken served over white rice that absorbs the smokey and salt, garlic,lemon juice of the chicken and a side of fries and a Portugese Roll.. Its terrific.. And all for 5 bucks.. Fantastic!

What what.. Amateur! Sir, how dare you, sir.. hehe.. Thanks for Faidley's.. My girls father sent us a shipment from them not too long ago.. I just remembered there name after you told me.. They were excellent. Saltines for breadcrumbs if I am not mistaken..

Leaving for Baltimore tonight.. Looking for some fun things to do this weekend.. First and foremost I am looking for a place to crack crabs with a mallet.. Me and my girl have visions of tons of crabs sprawled out on a table and hammering away at them.. We drove through there a few weeks ago and found a decent place.. But it was really expensive.. Secondly we are looking for the best crab cakes in the city.. Third we are looking for anything else we cant miss.. Also what is a really great restaurant that we should go to Saturday night that would still have reservations? Thanks

I have heard the same complaint and that is why i dont venture too much in terms of thai.. I know i love Sripra and go often.. I went to Klong once and this was after fatguy first discovered it.. I thought it was good. I havent been back since.