Category Cuisine

Caffe Falai - Blueberry tart with vanilla cream

Blueberry tart on the house at Caffe Falai

The post below on Caffe Falai is no longer valid.  Caffe Falai closed in late 2013 /early 2014. —————————– Yes, you read that right!  My friends and I were served the blueberry tart on the house by Caffe Falai.  Granted we were waiting for 20 minutes for a table despite showing up on time for […]

Salad Tropizienne

Healthy (?) Mediterranean at Boulud Sud

Mediterranean cuisine is considered the healthiest of cuisines.  Take a look at what we ate at Boulud Sud and tell me  – “Did we eat healthy”? When we go out as a group, we often order many appetizers for the table and either skip or share main courses. The chickpea and eggplant dish was served […]

More at Empellon Cocina – Part 2

To accompany the Michelada (My Cold Beer) at Empellon Cocina (for more details, see Part 1 of this post), we had the following delicious dishes: Guacamole with Jalapeno and Pistachios along with Masa Crisps Smoked Ricotta Cheese with 3 salsas (salsa de arbol, salsa verde, and chorizo raisin puree) Hen of the woods mushroom with […]