Pickle Deli Square

Aug 21

Aug 21 NY Eats: Cafe Boulud, 3 courses, 1 Michelin star, $19

I found out that NY Restaurant Week was extended through Labor Day, so I made sure to take the chance to try a restaurant I otherwise would not have gone to...

Aug 21

Aug 21 NY Eats: Katsu-Hama, tonkatsu specialty restaurant

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I love restaurants that specialize in one dish. I love tonkatsu...

Aug 17
Aug 17 100 Montaditos Spreading Across America!

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Jun 4

Jun 4 Ballabeni Ice Cream

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While walking around the area of the Pinakothek art museums, we wanted a snack and came upon this ice cream store called Ballabeni...

Jun 4

Jun 4 Weisswurst and faux Weisswurst

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One of the Bavarian specialties is Weisswurst, or sausage made of veal...

Jun 4

Jun 4 Best of Munich Eats: Hofbrauhaus (touristic value)

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Ahh, Hofbrauhaus. The most famous of them all...

Jun 4

Jun 4 Best of Munich Eats: Der Pschorr (overall)

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I thought this was the most pleasant experience overall...

Jun 4

Jun 4 Best of Munich Eats: Augustiner Bierhalle (meat)

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We ended up at Augustiner Bierhalle by chance - it was where we were walking at the moment and looked bustling inside...

Jun 4

Jun 4 Best of Munich Eats: Weisses Brauhaus (starch)

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Eating in Munich is all about the breweries and beer halls, and Weisses Brauhaus was the first we went to...

Sep 6

Sep 6 Lines x 3

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Sussing out the hype behind the long lines for Tartine, Ike's Place, and Bi-Rite...

Sep 6

Researching the food scene in San Francisco, specifically Asian food, I learned that people here are proud of a few things like Shanghaiese restaurants and Burmese restaurants, while other areas are lackluster, e.g. ramen...

Aug 15

Aug 15 Dutch Sausage Fest!

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For my last weeks in the Netherlands, I decided to give some of its famous sausages a try...

Jul 28

Jul 28 Best of Rome Eats: ice desserts

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When in Rome... GELATO! I was lucky enough to try a bunch of different gelaterias, and one coffee shop that serves granita di caffe, or granita made from coffee...

Jul 26

Jul 26 Best of Rome Eats: bread

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Aah, the memories of the bread in Rome. So simple, and economical too...

Jul 18

Jul 18 Best of Rome Eats: Dinner at Dino and Toni's

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Dinner at Dino and Toni's was so memorable, it deserves a post all on its own...

May 23

May 23 McDecor: swish in Berlin

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At Berlin Hauptbahnhof, I went to McDonald's for breakfast before getting on my train back to Eindhoven...

May 23

May 23 Berlin Eats: Rogacki

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I paid a visit to the restaurant Rogacki, based on recommendations from both David Lebovitz, and the NY Times as a really "German" place to eat...

May 20

May 20 Berlin Eats: pastries galore

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When I think of pastries, the first thing that comes to mind is "France." But during my time in Berlin, I realized that a lot of pastries that we consider to be "normal" in America, like streusels and strudels, are actually German...