6 posts tagged ‘restaurants’
"What a waste of a beautiful piece of meat" — restaurant ruins tomahawk steak and charges $1000 for it
Boing Boing,
How do you prepare a tomahawk steak and make it worth $1000? Not by doing it the way this chef in an unnamed Los Angeles restaurant does it. The process starts promisingly with a high-quality tomahawk steak, known for its flavor and tenderness. — Read the rest The post "What a waste of a beautiful piece of meat" — restaurant ruins tomahawk steak and charges $1000 for it appeared first on Boing Boing.
Have you tried the "best" bagel in Seattle?
People from the east Coast always have very high standards for their favorite foods, whether pizza, Italian beef sandwiches, and, of course, bagels. Transplants in Seattle often bemoan the city's status as a "bagel desert," with only lumpy, doughy, or huge, bun-like monstrosities at the grocery store. — Read the rest The post Have you tried the "best" bagel in Seattle? appeared first on Boing Boing.
The Restaurateur Making Meatless Burgers Fun
The Cut,
How Slutty Vegan founder and CEO Pinky Cole Hayes gets it done.
Arizona is getting screwed on the price of a Big Mac
McCheapest (via BBS, Hacker News) tracks the price of a McDonald's burger across the nation. It's pricier in the Bay Area, Seattle and up east, but you know who's getting screwed? Arizona. It's more expensive to get a Big Mac there than it is in Hawaii or Alaska. — Read the rest The post Arizona is getting screwed on the price of a Big Mac appeared first on Boing Boing.
Frederick Wiseman Reveals the Mighty Substance of Culinary Luxury
The New Yorker,
The nonagenarian’s new film, “Menus-Plaisirs—Les Troisgros,” examines the social and aesthetic context of a world-famous three-star restaurant.
Diners sue Japanese steakhouse for serving meals tainted with meth
A group of diners claim that after enjoying a hibachi meal at the Nikko Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi Bar in Pace, Florida, they "began to experience rising heart rate, increased sweating, rapid speech, racing thoughts, dizziness, nausea, excess energy, inability to sleep, vomiting, paranoia, fear, and/or anxiety." — Read the rest