A personal blog detailing dining and eating experiences
Went to this place in Dublin from a recommendation from a friend to try out spice bag, which is an Irish Chinese dish. It is basically a mix of fries and fried chicken with spices. It would be good as an after party food. Wouldn’t have it as a main meal (too fried for my taste).
Also tried the pork steamed dumplings. I think there was too much dough, and the pork quality was just meh.
I would come back and try their other noodle dishes (looking at good others were ordering).
First dinner in Dublin (and it is Michelin star recommended).
Setting is a pub like place, but food is definitely not ordinary pub food.
For “snacks” (in Ireland it is almost equivalent to appetizers, it smaller) we got the scallops, the deviled eggs, and the oysters (which I did not try for obvious reasons). Scallops were cooked pretty good, but sauce could have been improved.
For “starters” (equivalent to appetizers) got the beef cheek and oxtail roll, and the cured yellow fin tuna. Both were great.
For mains, tried the pork schnitzel and the pork chop. The latter was great. Wouldn’t get the former again since it was too oily.
For drinks, for the hazelnut martini (which was pretty good. Sweet but not too sweet). Also got an Aperol spritz, and tried the Teeling single malt whisky, and the Dingle Founding Father’s single malt. Will say I liked the Teeling better
Went to this place for my first dinner in Boston (wanted something with noodles).
Sat at the bar and got a couple of drinks plus food. Got a memoset as a drink (of course a whisky based cocktail) and toki highball (they had a very large Japanese whisky selection).
For food, got the Pork Yakisoba. I liked it, but didn’t have enough meet (would get it again, but paired with something else with more meat. Some people would say it was just instant noodles with a bunch of flavoring and some meet added).
I liked the vibe of the restaurant, and the bartender was good to talk to (he gave some suggestions for speak easys). I would come back here.
Wanted to get some kbbq after after work drinks, and this was close by and highly recommended.
For drinks got Soju with milk. For the main, we got the Hodo’s favorite small combo (which feeds 2, but still was fine for 3 of us), which include beef, short ribs and pork belly. All great food (they also cooked the food for you). As well, the side dishes came with fish cake and broccoli, which is what you want. Also, they had this interesting side dish that we mixed with egg, cheese and corn. Lastly, we did order cold glass noodle soup and kimchi soup. Also all great.
I would go back here in a heart beat.
Went to this place for dinner in ktown in New York city. This place is fairly similar to the one in Tokyo (it’s one we went to after clubbing at Womb in Japan). I will say concept is very similar (ie single booths for each person, and you pre-pay).
I ordered an Asahi beer, the original Raman, and extra pork (probably didn’t need the extra pork based on my hunger level).
Went to this restaurant before a night out in San Lucas Cabo (it was 5 minute Uber ride from main downtown).
The vibe was actually really chill (very tropical).
For drinks, got a boost and vodka (boost is one version of red bull in Mexico). Then got a whisky neat (Johnnie Walker black).
For appetizers, tried a dip that was made from grasshoppers (only had a taste). It wasn’t bad, but likely not to get it again. Also got the fish tacos, which was really good.
For the main course, got the Michoacano, which is a pork Chamorro. It was pretty good. Was a low carb option (since it had vegetables).
The only complaint I had about this restaurant is that the main course came really really slow (almost 40 minutes). (They did say their kitchen broke down as the reason).
One other thing is they had a tequila drink that had a scorpion in it, and mezcal that had a snake in it (see the pictures below).
We went to this ramen place after a long night out at Womb.
Overall, the ramen was great, and the middle thickness is what I wanted. Would definitely go back here again.
We went to this place for lunch in Shibuya.
They have a limited menu, and they only accept cash (you have to pay before you get seated also).
I got a highball (of course), and a miso ramen with extra pork and stir fried vegetables (which were basically just stir fried bean sprouts). The noodles seemed home made, but they were the thicker kind (not the thinner ones).
Leaving the restaurant I would have said I would have came back. But I did have a stomach issue later on. So now not sure.
On our second night in Madrid we wanted to eat at a great paella place, and we did!
This place is rated 4.5 on Google, and usually requires a reservation. Fortunately, they did let us in (although the door was locked when we got there).
The place was a bit fancy, but still let us in with shirts and shorts. For drinks, got a white wine that was a tad bit sweet (supposedly pairs great with the paella we ordered).
To start, they gave us some vegetable sticks / fruit sticks, as well as bread with butter that felt and tasted like cheese (soooo good). Also served a cold tomato soup called Gazpacho. Also great!
To start, got the tomato salad. Great way to start a meal by eating healthy.
For the main paella, got the seafood paella and a chicken and pork paella. Both were great, but I liked the seafood one better (others in the group found the other paella better).
For desert, got the apple pie (which almost seemed like an inverted apple pie). Also great! They also gave us complimentary melted chocolate and cookies.
Would come back here again in a heart beat.
Went to this Michelin star restaurant on a Sunday night. Great KBBQ place.
For drinks, got a plum soju (2nd picture). It wasn’t really sweet at all, Whig was surprising, but good.
We got most of the meats on the menu (wish I paid attention to the ones we didn’t get). For the sauces that come with them, only one I really liked (it was the sweet one. One of them was wayyy too spicey.
Tl;dr, would get everything below again.
