Myung Dong Tofu Cabin 2968 S Norfolk St, San Mateo, CA 94403 (650) 525-1484 Website I love California strip malls. Well, allow me modify that: strip malls of a particular variety and tone. The sort I’m talking about aren’t populated with dollar stores and sporting goods marts. The sort of strip mall I like functions […]
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Consider the Southern Sandwich: Dairy Center, Mt Airy
Dairy Center – Mt Airy, North Carolina 407 W Lebanon St, Mt Airy, NC 27030 Consider the Southern sandwich. Dairy Center is a North Carolina burgers-and-sandwiches joint that would be absolutely heaving with bored-looking foodies if it were located in a major metro area, the sort of folks who of a weekend find themselves seeking […]
22 Square: distinctly un-Paula-Deen eats in Savannah
22 SQUARE 14 Barnard Street Savannah, GA 31401 Website Facebook page—with a copy of the menu Savannah’s culinary scene is inextricably linked with Paula Deen, the slightly wild-eyed Empress of Butterfat whose culinary stylings wage gleeful warfare against the forces of heart-healthy diets and tempeh. This means that tourists in Savannah almost invariably find themselves […]
Not-Actually-Meat in Vietnam: Vegetarian cuisine of Indochina
For such a pork-obsessed country, the Vietnamese do a remarkably good job with vegetarian food. Especially vegetarian food that cleverly simulates meat. I’ve heard that vegetarian restaurants used to be fairly uncommon in Vietnam, and were often run by nuns as a side-business. However, as the Vietnamese become more health (and obesity) conscious, vegetarian restaurants […]
Vy Da Quan: Vietnamese Food, Best Consumed Out of Little Blue Chairs
VY DA QUAN, 62 LY TU TRONG, HO CHI MINH CITY The best Vietnamese food is consumed on the street or near it, off tiny tables that appear designed to accommodate intractable five-year-olds not yet allowed to eat with the grownups. There will be little blue plastic chairs to sit in—sometimes red, on rare […]
Pak Putra: Remarkable tandoori in Malacca
In Malacca, you must try the tandoori chicken at Pak Putra, an Indian tandoori and curry house set in a residential neighborhood not far from the tourist center. It is a pleasant little walk, especially as the sun starts to go down: you will be joined by others. Pak Putra is a small place […]
Little Serow: Isan-style Thai food For the Tragically Hip
Washington DC is lamentably short of half-decent Thai restaurants, but there is one exception: Little Serow. Little Serow is a curious beast, a fixed-menu walk in restaurant that serves intensely authentic Isan-style Thai food to a decidely chic audience. It is apparently owned by a husband-wife team of Westerners who went to Thailand, liked the food, learned how to cook […]
Indian Delight: Best Damn Indian Food in Cambodia
Indian Delight 115e0, Sisowath Quay 023 724 885 Phnom Penh I’m an Indian food snob. I lived in Bangalore for six months back in 2008 and went back in 2010: I’m no fan of the uber-heavy, cream-rich Muhgali food that’s favored outside the Subcontinent. However, I was very happy to discover India Delight on Sisowath […]
Rahu Phnom Penh: I Forgot I Kinda Like Hipster Sushi
Rahu Sisowath Quay 10 Sisowath Quay Tel: 023 215 179 Hipster sushi makes up roughly 80% of the diets of Northern Californians, and I’m pleased to announce that Phnom Penh now has an entry into the field. Restaurant chain Metro has opened a sushi outpost next to Harem Shisha Bar and the Riverhouse Lounge, with […]
Happa: Japanese Teppanyaki Cuisine in Phnom Penh
Happa #17, Street 278 Phnom Penh Tel: 077749266 I realized recently that the restaurants I eat at the most here in Phnom Penh are rarely the ones I review. Something about incredible familiarity makes me less likely to go ahead and haul the camera with me and do the review – so I’m glad I […]