Category: Food

I subscribe to a blog called A Hamberger Today, which discusses such eternal topics as “regular bun vs. ciabatta bun” or “mayo vs. no mayo”. They also review burger joints and link to other reviews of such places. So when I saw glowing reviews of a place called Flip Burger Boutique in my original hometown of Atlanta, I just knew I had to go there over the Christmas holidays. As luck would have it, Lisa wanted to meet an old friend (who now lives outside Chattanooga) at some point midway between Atlanta and that city… so I had the Sunday after Christmas free. My Dad offered to take me to Flip in exchange for some computer lessons. Score!

We got there around 1:30 or so on a Sunday afternoon. The place was swingin’ – so much so that the line was out the door! We faced around a half hour wait for a table, but thankfully two spots opened up at the bar, so we were able to sit immediately.

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Jones Soda Company, famous for making oddball flavors of soda to celebrate certain holidays, have released what might be the most disgusting soda flavor ever.

Not content with getting only the carnivore market with their limited-edition “Turkey and Gravy” flavored soda, the company has now released a 100% vegan “Tofurky and Gravy” flavor:

I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.

Ah… such childhood memories we had together. Just you and me, alone in the world. All the hours we spent together, all the joy we shared.

I wish you were still around, Choco-Lite bar!

From the “Better Late Than Never” Department:

Lisa and I went to Myrtle Beach at the end of August, mainly because we got a killer deal at the Holiday Sands South hotel. It certainly wasn’t the Ritz, but it was clean, comfortable and on the beach… all you could ask from a $26/night hotel room.

Shortly after our arrival, Lisa and I stopped in the lobby to have a look at the hotel’s giant display of tourist brochures. A Chinese restaurant menu caught my eye from some reason, and when I took a look at it, I instantly knew why:

The back side of the menu (not pictured) had a giant list of standard American Chinese dishes like Lo Mein, Moo Shu pork and Hunan Beef. The front side, on the other hand, had a galaxy of opportunities: sub sandwiches, nachos, fajitas, burritos, crab cakes, catfish, country fried steak, meat loaf, burgers, spaghetti, fried jalapenos.. and best of all cigarettes! Yep, you can apparently order Salem, Marlboros and\or Winstons from this restaurant!

Sadly, we never got around to ordering from this place, but it sure sounds awesome!

Yesterday was the 250th Anniversary of Guinness Stout!

Partygoers in Dublin, New York, City, Kuala Lumpur, Cameroon Yaoundé, Cameroon and Nigeria Lagos, Nigeria all raised a glass to Arthur Guinness on Arthur’s Day… something that should be an annual thing, in my opinion. We need a boozy holiday this time of year!

Guinness was my “first” beer, because it was new and obscure in the US in the mid 80s, and if you walked into a liquor store and asked for it, it was rare that the guy working the counter would ID you. I guess they figured teenagers only came in and tried to buy cases of Nasty Lite. Anyway, HAPPY BIRTHDAY GUINNESS! TO ARTHUR!

There is a certain subculture in the United States in which everything “American” is inferior, and everything “European” is superior.

Part of this might be due to selective marketing. For example, only the best French films get exported to the United States, so people who enjoy “art house” films might think French movies are better than American ones. But that’s only because he or she didn’t see the 600 other, crappy French films released that year that didn’t make it to American theatres.

There’s also European “brand snobbery” going on. Certainly most people would consider Mercedes Benz or BMW to be a better car than the average Ford or GM product, but again, this is comparing apples to oranges. I don’t know anyone who would consider Renault  or Peugot to be better than Ford. Certainly the Renault Alliance gives the AMC Gremlin a run for the “biggest piece of crap car of all time”… and let’s not forget that the Yugo, perhaps the worst production car ever made – was made in Europe.

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Gizmodo has a neat article with Alton Brown where he gives you the skinny on several kitchen gadgets. As anyone who’s watched Good Eats knows, Brown is no fan of  “unitaskers”, kitchen gadgets that can only do a single task. Here’s Alton’s take on the garlic press, for example:

There is absolutely no reason for a garlic press to exist. It is utterly completely magnificently useless.

Check out the rest of the article for some… good reads?

via Alton Brown: Kitchen Gadget Judgment Calls – Yea or Nay?.

Ritter Sport is a 100g (3.5oz.) square chocolate bar from Germany. Although frequently sold in gourmet and specialty shops here in the US, in its German homeland the Ritter Sport is roughly equivalent to a Hershey bar – the one chocolate bar you can buy at almost any news stand, gift shop or gas station.

I’ve loved them for years, especially the Voll-Nuss (hazelnut) and Alpenmilch (extra milk) versions. But when my local Walmart started carrying them, I was intrigued by one type I’d never seen before:

Yes, it’s a chocolate candy bar… with cornflakes! I had seen them on several trips to the store, but this week temptation got the better of me and I finally bought one… and they’re indescribably delicious!

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