A personal blog detailing dining and eating experiences
We grabbed food here after the Bills game.
And yea, we definitely had some Buffalo Wings (in Buffalo). Can’t beat that.
We also had the pepperoni pizza and a mushroom and pepper pizza. Will say the latter was better than the former.
For drinks, got a toki highball and a makers on the rocks.
Conclusion is that I would definitely come back if I find myself in downtown Buffalo.
We had drinks at this speakeasy.
Basically you need to stop by to put your name down, and then they text you (like 2 hours later, so we went to a place called Two Doors Down to kill time, which is also a great bar).
This type of bar you tell them what you’re feeling like drinking, and they make it for you (although they seem to have a preset menu because all their drinks they served had a name).
I told them for the first drink I wanted something with whisky and sweet, but no simple syrup. I think the drink they gave me was called Come Around.
The second drink I said alsmot the same thing, it something with banana flavor.
Technically this is a bar, but we went here for a brunch.
I would come back, bout would definitely order some things over others.
For drinks, mimosas and Irish coffee were great. (Next time I would also try the espresso martini).
For food, I got scrambled eggs and Canadian bacon. The eggs were good, but would probably get regular bacon over Canadian bacon next time.
We also ordered the mac and cheese with bacon. Highly recommend.
Also, will say the owner was very easy to talk to, and there was a DJ playing great top 40 edm music.
This rooftop bar is actually pretty good. The view of the New York skyline was great, and also people watching was fun. Had a very Gen Z vibe (even one guy was trying to impress some girl with his trust fund).
FYI, the entrance of it is not obvious (on street level).
I will say drinks are not cheap (it was $25 for one drink… although they do give heavy pours).
I would come back for the people and view.
So this is labeled as a speak easy, it really it’s just a late night Chinese food place with a full bar / cocktails.
I would go back again for a late night meal. We got the Sui Mai, XLB, noodles with beef, and Szechuan beef. Would get everything again but the beef (pictured below, it was not what I was expecting since it was crispy. Usually it’s not like that).
For drinks, think I just got whisky on the rocks (the usual).
Went to this speak easy on a Monday night in NYC. Being a Monday, no line.
I was pretty impressed that the speak easy is behind this hidden wall. And it’s disguise as a coffee shop. Also the place is Tesla themed (the inventor).
I will say service was a bit slow, but the menu looked pretty sick (like an engineering notebook from Tesla).
Got a Strawberry magic (it’s like an Aperol spritz, but tasted more orangey). Also got Toki on the rocks.z
Overall yea, like mentioned, would come back.
After eating some Chinese food at a place that had no liquor license, we ended up here, where they have some impressive cocktails.
Apparently this place ins supposed to be know for their ice. It did have some interesting shapes and curvatures, and interestingly enough I learned about what an ice chef is last week in Chicago.
The cocktail I got was called the City Hall, which was very similar to an old fashion, minus the symbols syrup.
Other drinks I got were not so fancey (to help with recovery the next day). Those were a Prosecco, and Basil Hayden on the rocks.
We went here for some bites after a 3 hour boat ride, and got drinks as well.
For lunch, got the sea bass with vegetables. It was pretty good. For drinks, got a pina colada.
The vibe of the restaurant was fairly nice since it was right in front of the beach (and you could easily bar hop to other eateries beside it). Would come back to it, and also would check out the other eateries around.
In the Gion area of Kyoto, we went to this speak easy. We couldn’t easily find it at first because the front door said “Book Store”.
Got several drinks, and also tried some from friends). From the ones listed below, I will say my favorites are the chocolate espresso martini, the bees fashion (ie old fashioned but using honey and another type of bitters).
Went to this speak easy the first night in Osaka Umeda (in the Kitashinchi area). Definitely had a lot of Japanese whisky selection.
The thing about this place is that they don’t have a menu (so it’s kinda hard to know how much you’re gonna pay unless you ask how much each whisky is).
I tried a version of Hibiki Harmony called the Blossom’s choice (around $400 a bottle). As well got a high ball (not sure what whisky). I would definitely come back here again (and try other whisky’s, but look up the prices online before ordering).
Also, the glasses looked pretty sick (as seen below)
