, if you’re willing to part with $12 or so. Taqueria La Loma on Michigan Ave., just west of Ypsilanti has great tacos. Better than Sabor Latino. You can get pupusas there too. I think the place is owned by Salvadorans as...

Tomato Vinaigrette, and my wife chose the Kona Kampachi Radish Salad with Melon & Olive Oil. Besides the Melville, we went with the Olivier Leflaive 1er Cru Corton Charlemagne ‘98 [$ 185] Oops, the bottle presented was the...

olives 7. Pato Confitado Con Sangria De Naranja – duck confit, orange sangria sauce, bitter orange toast 8. Flan De Cangrejo Y Esparragos – servory crab and asparagus flan 9. Surtido De Carnes – Sliced Serrano...

, or Florida is horrible food, something that shouldn’t happen to dogs. What I call Taco Bell with a Liquor License. or Alpo-Mex. For the record, a good goat taco or chorizo or al pastor can make me swoon.

Spanish food not equal Mexican. Long story short: Spanish = olive oil Mexican = lard Imposed by the Inquisition, to smoke out the marranos...

ravioli in a town filled with the fried pasta option. Diner theme is also fun at Olivette Diner on Olive street road(in a strip mall that contains pier one). There you ought to have one of their fun breakfasts- thay close...

the gazillion other Indian options in Berkeley first before trying it again. CHEESE BOARD PIZZA: The pizza of the day had mushrooms, yellow and red onions, feta, mozzarella, and a sundried tomato pesto. It was topped with garlic...

Good one, just a few close to my heart that I have to disagree with, politely. Some of yours, though, are mine as well. With that: Peruvian Chicken: Pollo Real, Herndon Mexican: El Taqueria Charrito Caminante, Arlington (but with...

thinks fresh, so much of the food comes out of a can (calamares, vienna sausages, octopus, chorizo) or is dried (bacalao, tasajo, dried shrimp). In Mexico, tasajo, called by a different name that RST will tell us, I hope, is a...

how to cook from various locals? We hardly see anyone who’s making the food they’re eating, fer chrissakes. I never cared much for Jamie Oliver, but the show he did when he apprenticed in the Mediterranean (was it...

really well and we were excited about this family-style concept, but execution was pretty uneven. Chilled albacore appetizer was not sliced well and delicate flavor was overwhelmed by too much salt crystals and fruity olive oil....

chunks of beef could be found on one side and chunks of pork on the other. There are also large wedges of potatoes and carrot. There are no other “frills”, such as the olives, raisins and other goodies found in a...

. Astonishing. Guelaguetza also imports toasted crickets, which you might as well try, and the tlayudas, manhole-cover-size Oaxacan tostadas smeared with black beans, crumbles of strong cheese and little rabbit-pellets of Oaxacan...

GREAT TOPIC!!! Likes/loves: Had a great family style meal at Maggiano’s (Much, much to my surprise, loved (!!!) the salads) Cafe Brazil-love the roast pork with chorizo and the dish with the beans, egg and cornmeal(?)and the...

that it was nearly impossible to discern between chorizo and potato ... the fish also looked pretty ugly after just a few bites. i was really looking forward to eating here after having highlight dining experiences at the other...